New Wave (Powerman 5000 album)

New Wave is the ninth studio album by American industrial metal band Powerman 5000. It was released on October 27, 2017, through Pavement Entertainment.^[8] To support the album's release, Powerman 5000 toured the United States through the end of 2017 on the New Wave Tour.^[9][10]

New Wave
Studio album by Powerman 5000
Released	October 27, 2017 (2017-10-27)
Studio	Clearlake Studios (Burbank, California)
Genre	Industrial metal[1][2] punk rock[1]
Length	31:00
Label	Pavement
Producer	Greg Johnson, Spider One
Powerman 5000 chronology
Builders of the Future (2014) New Wave (2017) The Noble Rot (2020)
Singles from New Wave
"Sid Vicious In a Dress" Released: August 25, 2017[3] "Cult Leader" Released: October 13, 2017[4] "Footsteps and Voices" Released: June 27, 2018[5]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Blabbermouth.net	8/10[6]
Classic Rock	[7]
Cryptic Rock	4/5[1]
Metal Hammer	[2]

Reception

Ray Van Horn, Jr. gave the album a rating of 8 out of 10 for Blabbermouth.net, calling it "a lot of fun".^[6]

Metal Hammer / Team Rock named it one of the 10 worst albums of 2017, referring to it "at best, is all a bit dated and trite, and at worst is desperately dunderheaded cack that makes Five Finger Death Punch sound like Devin Townsend."^[11]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Spider One.

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Footsteps and Voices"	Greg Johnson	3:21
2.	"Hostage"	Spider One, Ryan Hernandez	2:44
3.	"Sid Vicious in a Dress"	Greg Johnson	3:39
4.	"David Fucking Bowie"	Spider One, Ryan Hernandez	3:13
5.	"Cult Leader"	Spider One, Greg Johnson	3:18
6.	"No White Flags"	Ryan Hernandez, Greg Johnson	4:20
7.	"Thank God"	Spider One, Greg Johnson	1:11
8.	"Die on Your Feet"	Ryan Hernandez, Greg Johnson	2:31
9.	"Get a Life"	Ryan Hernandez, Greg Johnson	2:51
10.	"Run for Your Life"	Spider One, Greg Johnson	3:05
Total length:			31:00

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Personnel

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Powerman 5000

• Spider One – vocals
• Ryan Hernandez – guitars
• Ty Oliver – guitars
• Murv Douglas – bass
• DJ Rattan – drums

Additional musicians

• Greg Johnson – additional guitars
• Kevin Garcia – additional drums

Production

• Greg Johnson – producer
• Spider One – producer
• Recorded at Starlight Manor (Burbank, California) and Clearlake Studios (California)