16Volt - More Of Less

More of Less marks the long-awaited and ferocious return of 16Volt, the trailblazing industrial rock project led by Eric Powell. Limited to just 600 copies, this new full-length release on Metropolis Records ends a seven-year silence, reasserting the band’s legacy as one of the key architects of modern industrial music. Where 16Volt’s early work helped define the fusion of crushing guitars and machine-driven electronics, More of Less pushes that formula into sharper, darker territory, balancing raw intensity with precise, high-definition production.

The album’s lead single “White Noise” captures its core ethos: a confrontation with alienation and erasure in the digital age. “You become just white noise,” Powell explains, “that static sound of nothingness.” Across the record, that theme unfolds through an arsenal of serrated riffs, mechanized rhythms, and cutting synth textures, blending human frustration with the cold logic of machinery.

Arriving after the sold-out vinyl reissue of 1993’s Wisdom and the archival collection NegativeOnArrivals, More of Less is no nostalgic exercise—it’s a battle cry from a band that refuses to fade quietly. Powell channels decades of experience and collaborations with industrial icons like David Ogilvie, Paul Raven, and Chris Vrenna, forging an album that’s at once immediate and meticulously crafted.

Pressed on heavyweight vinyl, More of Less is a visceral experience—equal parts catharsis and confrontation. It’s 16Volt at their sharpest, reaffirming their position among the genre’s innovators.

For fans of: Nine Inch Nails, Ministry, KMFDM, Stabbing Westward, Chemlab, Front Line Assembly, Gravity Kills, Orgy, Marilyn Manson, Nitzer Ebb, Filter, Skinny Puppy, and early Pitchshifter.