Trepanation is the first album composition by the US industrial metal

Industrial metal

Industrial metal is a musical genre that draws from industrial music and many different types of heavy metal, using repeating metal guitar riffs, sampling, synthesizer or sequencer lines, and distorted vocals. Founding industrial metal acts include Ministry, Godflesh, and KMFDM.Industrial metal's...

 band American Head Charge

American Head Charge

American Head Charge is an industrial metal band from Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, earning nominations at the Kerrang! Awards on two occasions.-Formation:...

, released independently by the group on July 18, 1999.

Tracks marked with a (*) means they also appear on the band's major label debut, The War of Art (although in different incarnations).

Tracks marked with a (^) means they also appear on the band's 2007 DVD/CD Can't Stop the Machine

Can't Stop the Machine

Can't Stop the Machine is a two-disc CD/DVD release by American Head Charge. The audio disc contains four unreleased tracks, five live tracks and one remix.-Track listing:-Notes:...

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On the inside booklet, in the customary acknowledgments section, the band collectively declare;

"No Thanks To: any Minneapolis local music publications (you know who you are...) that have ignored and/or continue to ignore the hardcore/industrial/rapcore scene. Take your Replacements memories and shove them up your collective asses."

Recording musicians

• Cameron Heacock - Vocals
• Chad Hanks - Bass, Guitar, Programming
• Chris Emery - Keyboards, Sampling
• David Rogers - Guitar
• Peter Harmon - Drums