While fresh to the prog space, ONLY HUMAN are already on the brink of a major discovery with their debut album. On Planned Obsolescence, the Danish upstarts invent an existential form of prog metal that speaks to our not-too-distant dystopia.
â[â¦] an outstanding progressive album, and in many ways, it might point towards where the genre is headed for the futureâ, Metal Temple writes in an early 9/10 review of Planned Obsolescence.
Today, ONLY HUMAN are releasing the third and final advanced single from Planned Obsolescence. âTechno Fascistâ confronts the forces corrupting our society with the bandâs cutting-edge fusion of prog, classic rock and modern metal.
âAt the core of âTechno Fascistâ is a confrontation with the privatized technocratic establishments of todayâ, Only Human vocalist Patrick Grønbæch Christensen says. âThe song questions the acceptance of disruptive technology as an inevitability while also asserting that we all have a choice in whether we want to risk losing our humanity to a soulless system that guides our every moveâ.
Watch the music video for âTechno Fascistâ on the Season of Mist YouTube channel.
Planned Obsolescence comes out March 27, 2026 on Season of Mist.
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Canât wait to hear Planned Obsolescence? Hear all eight inventive songs before the album comes out by RSVPing to todayâs Bandcamp Listening Party.
Only Human Planned Obsolescence Bandcamp Listening Party
Tuesday, March 17 @ 2:30 pm Eastern Time
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Concept albums are standard entries in metalâs vaunted archives. But few bands are hardwired around a core idea. âWe like a lot of bands that just play rock musicâ, Christensen explains, âbut we wanted ONLY HUMAN to be about somethingâ.
Planned Obsolescence reckons with technologyâs increasingly hostile takeover. âTech companies often design their products to have an expiration date, so that weâre forced to replace them with the newest modelâ, Christensen explains. Like a virus, âTechno Fascistâ goes undetected at first. Electronics glisten like a dream of utopia before the song comes crashing down amidst a turbulent stream of low-tuned chugs.
âThe album is supposed to wake people up to all the ways technocracy is encroaching on societyâ, Christensen says. âThrough our social media and the adoption of influencer culture, we now live in a reality where humans are products to be consumed and disposed ofâ.
ONLY HUMAN arrive with a bleak vision for our future. While ushered in by an enchanting keyboard, âTechno Fascistâ culminates with a breakdown thatâs truly crushing. âCut from the cord, youâre obsoleteâ, Christensen warns with fearsome growls. But while Planned Obsolescence is fueled by existential dread, the bandâs inventive approach proves thereâs still hope. By toggling between headbanging riffs, an eye-opening solo, soothing cleans and progâs synthetic folds, they repeatedly find new ways to break the system.
âWhen the world is going badly, the reason is because people gave upâ, Christensen concludes. âThings arenât hopeless. We can absolutely fight back. Hopefully, this album gets people to think about valuing humanity over profitâ.
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