Synthetic Generation
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{{Infobox album
| name = Synthetic Generation
| type = studio
| artist = Deathstars
| cover = Synthetic Generation.jpg
| released = 2002/2003
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Industrial metal, gothic metal
| length = 41:12
| label = Nuclear Blast
| producer =
| prev_title = Syndrome (single)
| prev_year = 2002
| next_title = Termination Bliss
| next_year = 2006
}}
Synthetic Generation is the debut album of the Swedish metal band Deathstars. This was the only album to have Beast X Electric (Erik Halvorsen) on rhythm guitar.
In a 2015 interview, frontman Whiplasher Bernadotte said that album "was more of an experiment – we didn’t know where we were heading, so it just became… something".{{cite news|url=https://newnoisemagazine.com/interviews/interview-deathstars-talks-the-perfect-cult/|title=Interview: Deathstars Talks About “The Perfect Cult’|first=Eric|last=May|work=New Noise Magazine|date=21 January 2015|access-date=30 June 2025}}
Track listing
{{tracklist
| title1 = Semi-Automatic
| length1 = 4:17
| title2 = Synthetic Generation
| length2 = 3:28
| title3 = New Dead Nation
| length3 = 3:39
| title4 = Syndrome
| length4 = 3:10
| title5 = Modern Death
| length5 = 3:57
| title6 = Little Angel
| length6 = 4:11
| title7 = The Revolution Exodus
| length7 = 4:00
| title8 = Damn Me
| length8 = 3:33
| title9 = The Rape of Virtue
| length9 = 3:54
| title10 = Genocide
| length10 = 3:39
| title11 = No Light (to Shun)
| length11 = 3:24
| total_length = 41:12
}}
{{tracklist
| headline = Limited edition bonus tracks
| title12 = White Wedding
| note12 = Billy Idol cover
| length12 = 3:32
| title13 = Our God, the Drugs
| length13 = 4:26
| total_length = 49:10
}}
Limited edition also includes music videos for "Synthetic Generation" and "Syndrome".
Band personnel
- Whiplasher Bernadotte – lead vocals
- Nightmare Industries – lead guitar, keyboards, electronics, bass
- Beast X Electric – rhythm guitar
- Bone W. Machine – drums
Guest musician
- Johanna Beckström – female vocals
= Production personnel =
- Håkan Åkesson – mastering
- Thomas Ewerhard – design
- Anders Fridén – engineer
- Stefan Glaumann – mixing
References
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