Heavy Metal Rules

During the recording of the album, vocalist Michael Starr was diagnosed with nodules of the vocal chords, and had to undergo surgery to remove them which put the album on hold for several months. The album is named after the "philosophy" of the "Zebraman" from the 1986 documentary film Heavy Metal Parking Lot. ==Critical reception==

Heavy Metal Rules received generally mixed to negative reviews from critics, being criticized for its lyrics and overall lack of refreshment, being called unfunny and repetitive. However, the band's performances, particularly the guitars and the drums, were praised. NMEs Jordan Bassett gave the album a wholly negative review, awarding the album one star out of five and stated that the band is "not funny", summarizing that their "gag involves dumb guitar riffs and even dumber lyrics about sex, babes and metal" and describing it as "gleeful misogyny" and "incel rock". Bassett concluded by writing that "If you have never had sex, you might like this album. [...] It's only got one star because the NME content management system doesn't currently support 0 stars." ==Track listing==

• Michael Starr – lead vocals, backing vocals • Satchel – guitars, backing vocals, acoustic guitar • Lexxi Foxx – bass • Stix Zadinia – drums, piano • Spyder – bass (On "I'm Not Your Bitch") Technical personnel • David Jackson – art direction, cover, photography (band) • Trevor Niemann – design (packaging), layout • Francesco Cameli – engineering • John Douglass – additional engineering • Alejandro Baima – assisted engineering • Daniel Morris – assisted engineering • Paul Logus – mastering • Steel Panther – production • Jay Ruston – production, engineering, mixing ==Charts==