About

INTRODUCTION
Mental Wreckage is a dj & producer from the east of the Netherlands, mainly active in an alternative sub-genre of hardcore techno (coined by many as ‘industrial hardcore’) under various aliases since 1998. Mostly known for being co-founder and (co-)label boss of the Symp.tom label, founder of Kapotcast, and for having done design work for many other hardcore techno artists & labels during his days as a multimedia designer.

LABELS
During his time as label boss of Symp.tom (formerly the industrial hardcore subdivision of Neophyte Records) from 2004 to 2011, a good amount of compilations, mixes and releases came from his hand. After the label became defunkt following the demise of record company Mid-town Records in 2011, he moved on to release his music on other labels like Dark Descent and Noisj, and more recently Meta4 and Traumatic.

CO-ARTISTS
So far, MW did remixes for Meccano Twins (a former alias of Art of Fighters 🇮🇹), Neophyte 🇳🇱 and The Relic 🇳🇱 as well as collaborations with Moleculez 🇩🇪, The Relic 🇳🇱, Syndemic 🇳🇱, Xaero 🇧🇪, Razor Edge 🇨🇦, Sarin Assault 🇫🇷 and Embrionyc 🇩🇪 (the latter two under the alias of Warchetype). Together with The Relic he also operates under the guise of Dual Mechanism, which is a side-project and outlet for their more experimental concepts. Other mentionable aliases are Butcher, that was mainly used for DJ activities from the very first start in 1998 to 2003 and Upr0ar, recently used for a track on the 15th Ronin compilation on Dark Descent.

DESIGN
Furthermore, during his multimedia designer days (under the name of Noise & Art), MW made the websites for Neophyte / Neophyte Records, Angerfist, Evil Activities, Art of Fighters, The Darkraver, Crucifier (former hardcore alias of Crypsis), D-Spirit, Elite Forces, Recess Records, Torque Beats, and Cardiac Bookings as well as vinyl cover artwork for labels like Symp.tom, Noisj, Raw Fuel, Torque Beats and Dutchbad Records, among many other creations.

PODCAST SERIES
Also definitely worth mentioning is Mental Wreckage’s Kapotcast mix series, an initiative born during an era when the industrial hardcore sound was slowly fading away from most European hard dance events in favor of the drum & bass-inspired crossbreed style, even though it still had a large enough fanbase. An idea was born to bring a monthly series of mixes by an international array of respected names in this subgenre to basically keep this sound ‘alive’ and to hopefully inspire a new generation of hardcore fans & artists to re-embrace it. After a few years of brainstorming, preparations and being in talks with other artists about this idea, the series eventually kicked off in 2020 under the banner of Symp.tom and has so far delivered many high-quality mixes by artists like Densha Crisis 🇫🇷, Nanostorm 🇳🇱, The Relic 🇳🇱, Art of Fighters 🇮🇹, AVLM 🇮🇹, Embrionyc 🇩🇪, Dustrializer 🇺🇸, Aus Industrial Militia 🇦🇺 and of course Mental Wreckage himself.

MUSIC EVENTS
Speaking of DJ activities – below are a few notable highlights of the many music events among his portfolio: