NEWS
“Kimberly by MZZTR is a face-peeling, flesh-seducing anthem for the age of toxic beauty, where glam meets gore and influencers become goddesses of rot. Part Clive Barker fever dream, part operatic takedown of vanity culture, it’s a stunning debut from a band you won’t forget—or escape.
The debut video from metal fusion band MZZTR (pronounced “Mis-ter”), “Kimberly” is a brutal, beautiful descent into the horrors of modern beauty standards, body dysmorphia, and the seductive rot of online validation, told through operatic vocals, gore-soaked visuals, and razor-sharp satire.”
“MZZTR’s debut single release KIMBERLY has a very striking music video to accompany it...the imagery is strong and it’s especially timely where genre is concerned given it’s coming close on the heels of THE SUBSTANCE and THE UGLY STEPSISTER. ”
“…with this dominant stance being implied right there in the band’s name with “Mister” being a word derived from “Master” (a man having control or authority over a place, a teacher or tutor) with the ultimate figure of masculine authority and mastery being, of course, the Father, or more broadly, the patriarchy, the provider and protector who pulls the levers of power, offering a succession of hole-filling rewards and punishments all the while posing the rhetorical question, “who’s your Daddy?”
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MUSICIAN YOLANDA GRACE REVIEWS MZZTR
“…Kimberly is a scathing feminist anthem of disgust towards the ideation of influence being driven by the ultra rich. IE: bodyweight, status, lifestyle. All being perpetuated as a standard to hold ourselves. A social barrier to justify the exploitation or objectivication of our peers.
The “Queen of rot.” Addressing hypocrisy at it finest with an impossible dream of the perfect life being sold by those who are already dead inside.””
“...with chaotic riffs, grotesque visuals, and a scathing feminist message, the band is here to melt faces and tear down the beauty standards they’re sick of seeing. Think Alice Cooper meets GWAR with a dose of kink, camp, and full-throttle transgression. The track is a hard-hitting critique of a culture obsessed with plastic surgery, influence, and the idea of femininity as a performance. ”