Mark Wise, who hails from New Jersey, recently released his EP, The Fire Within, revealing a sound Wise describes as “heavy metal techno.” Speaking about the evolution of his sound, Wise shares, “I grew up listening to grunge, classic rock, and various shades of metal, and this release is the culmination of my entire musical journey from getting into grunge as a little kid in the mid-’90s, to taking up percussion in 5th grade, playing in a band with friends in high school, starting to DJ in college, finishing my first ever electronic production in 2011, picking up guitar in my mid-20s, and taking on the Mark Wise name in 2017 and making techno my sole focus.” According to Wise, the genesis of heavy metal techno occurred during the COVID lockdown, when he was watching Rick Beato’s channel o...