{"id":4144,"date":"2026-10-27T00:05:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T07:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/masakimurashita.com\/en\/?page_id=4144"},"modified":"2026-10-27T00:05:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T07:05:14","slug":"tolerance-zero","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/masakimurashita.com\/en\/tolerance-zero\/","title":{"rendered":"Tolerance Zero"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><main id=\"main\" class=\"tz-page tz-page-en\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"tz-hero\" aria-labelledby=\"tz-title\">\n<div class=\"tz-hero-photo\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"assets\/tolerance-zero-home-20261025-1128.webp\" srcset=\"assets\/tolerance-zero-home-20261025-800.webp 800w, assets\/tolerance-zero-home-20261025-1128.webp 1128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 60vw\" width=\"1128\" height=\"1394\" alt=\"Masaki Murashita holding a Tolerance Zero metal plate in front of stage lights\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"tz-hero-copy\">\n<p class=\"tz-kicker\">MURASHITA<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"display\" id=\"tz-title\" aria-label=\"Tolerance Zero\">TOLERANCE <span>ZERO<\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=\"tz-project-name\">HEAVY METAL <span>\u00d7<\/span> SHEET METAL<\/p>\n<p class=\"tz-hero-intro\">Japanese craftsmanship meets heavy metal.<br \/>A new project bringing two worlds together.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tz-release\"><span class=\"tz-release-date\">JAN 2027<\/span><span>New single &amp; music video planned<small>Exact release date to be announced<\/small><\/span><\/div>\n<p>      <a class=\"tz-read-link\" href=\"#concept\">Discover the story <span aria-hidden=\"true\">\u2193<\/span><\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"tz-hero-bottom\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>JAPAN \/ LOS ANGELES<\/span><span>MUSIC \u00d7 CRAFT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<nav class=\"tz-nav\" aria-label=\"Explore Tolerance Zero\"><a href=\"#concept\">CONCEPT<\/a><a href=\"#song\">SONG<\/a><a href=\"#story\">STORY<\/a><a href=\"#film\">MUSIC VIDEO<\/a><a href=\"#behind-the-scenes\">BEHIND THE SCENES<\/a><a href=\"#supporters\">SUPPORTERS<\/a><a href=\"#credits\">CREDITS<\/a><\/nav>\n<section class=\"tz-concept tz-section\" id=\"concept\" aria-labelledby=\"tz-concept-title\">\n<div class=\"tz-concept-heading\">\n<p class=\"tz-kicker\">CONCEPT<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"tz-concept-title\">Sharpen the steel.<br \/>Sharpen the riffs.<\/h2>\n<div class=\"tz-rule\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tz-concept-copy\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>I\u2019ve spent my life in two worlds: heavy metal and sheet metal. This music video brings them together.<\/p>\n<p>I want to show the world the energy of manufacturing, the skill of the people behind it, and just how exciting making things can be\u2014all through a heavy metal music video.<\/p>\n<footer>MASAKI MURASHITA<\/footer>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"tz-song-intro\">Rooted in melodic thrash metal, \u201cTolerance Zero\u201d brings MURASHITA\u2019s music together with precision sheet metal fabrication in Japan. The single and music video are planned for January 2027 as part of the Heavy Metal \u00d7 Sheet Metal project.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"tz-song tz-section\" id=\"song\" aria-labelledby=\"tz-song-title\">\n<div class=\"tz-song-heading\">\n<p class=\"tz-kicker\">THE MEANING BEHIND THE TITLE<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"tz-song-title\">Tolerance.<br \/>Zero compromise.<\/h2>\n<p class=\"tz-author\">MASAKI MURASHITA<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tz-song-copy tz-prose\">\n<p>I wrote \u201cTolerance Zero\u201d specifically for this video. In manufacturing, tolerance means the permitted variation from a specified dimension. The title carries a second meaning here: zero compromise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tz-song-belief\">Great products and great music<br \/>don\u2019t come from compromise.<\/p>\n<p>Above all, I wanted this song to express my respect for the craftspeople and engineers who work hard every day to keep Japanese industry moving.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tz-lyrics\" aria-label=\"Lyric excerpts and their meaning\">\n<figure class=\"tz-lyric\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>We bend steel,<br \/>They bend the rules.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><figcaption>We shape steel with skill and pride. We don\u2019t bend the rules to suit ourselves.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"tz-lyric\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>Our sweat and blood<br \/>built this floor.<br \/>We are the ground<br \/>you stand on.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><figcaption>Our sweat and hard work have built the foundations society stands on.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"tz-dedication\" id=\"people\">\n<figure class=\"tz-workshop-photo\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"assets\/tolerance-zero\/workshop-people.jpg\" width=\"1512\" height=\"1512\" alt=\"Two people carefully checking their work at a sheet metal fabrication machine\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1512px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1512\/1512;\" \/><figcaption>On the factory floor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"tz-dedication-copy\">\n<p class=\"tz-dedication-lead\">I didn\u2019t write this song<br class=\"tz-desktop-break\"\/> about myself.<\/p>\n<p>I wrote it for everyone who quietly gets on with the work, day after day, keeping Japanese manufacturing going.<\/p>\n<footer>MASAKI MURASHITA<\/footer>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"tz-story\" id=\"story\" aria-labelledby=\"tz-story-title\">\n<figure class=\"tz-factory-photo\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"assets\/tolerance-zero\/factory-welding.jpg\" width=\"3024\" height=\"4032\" alt=\"Welding metal held in a fixture at a precision sheet metal workshop in Japan\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 3024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 3024\/4032;\" \/><figcaption>Precision sheet metal fabrication in Japan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"tz-story-copy\">\n<p class=\"tz-kicker\">STORY<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"tz-story-title\">Making music.<br \/>Making things.<\/h2>\n<div class=\"tz-prose\">\n<p>After years of making music in the United States, Masaki Murashita returned to Japan and took over Seiko Co., Ltd., a precision sheet metal company in Komaki, Aichi. With no prior experience on the factory floor, he learned the work step by step. Today, both music and manufacturing remain part of his daily life.<\/p>\n<p>Honing a skill. Working with others to create something. Sending it out into the world. That shared approach to music and manufacturing became the starting point for Heavy Metal \u00d7 Sheet Metal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTolerance Zero\u201d is a way to bring the skill and energy of the factory floor to life through music and film.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"text-link\" href=\"bio.html\">Read Masaki Murashita\u2019s biography <span aria-hidden=\"true\">\u2197<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"tz-film tz-section\" id=\"film\" aria-labelledby=\"tz-film-title\">\n<div class=\"tz-section-top\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"tz-kicker\">JAPAN \/ LOS ANGELES<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"display\" id=\"tz-film-title\">MUSIC VIDEO<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"tz-film-status\"><span><\/span> Los Angeles shoot completed \u00b7 October 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"tz-team-photo\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"assets\/tolerance-zero-group-1600.webp\" data-srcset=\"assets\/tolerance-zero-group-800.webp 800w, assets\/tolerance-zero-group-1600.webp 1600w\" data-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 90vw\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1059\" alt=\"MURASHITA\u2019s music video performers and production crew on set in Los Angeles\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1600\/1059;\" \/><figcaption><span>LOS ANGELES, OCTOBER 2026<\/span><span>Music video cast &amp; crew<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"tz-film-copy\">\n<h3>From the factory floor<br \/>to Los Angeles.<\/h3>\n<div class=\"tz-prose\">\n<p>Metal being cut, bent and welded on the factory floor in Japan. A band performing in Los Angeles. The video brings these two worlds together.<\/p>\n<p>Directed by Matt Zane, the Los Angeles shoot was completed in October 2026. The single and music video are planned for release in January 2027.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"text-link\" href=\"news-tolerance-zero.html\">Read the Los Angeles shoot report <span aria-hidden=\"true\">\u2197<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"tz-bts tz-section\" id=\"behind-the-scenes\" aria-labelledby=\"tz-bts-title\">\n<div class=\"tz-section-top\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"tz-kicker\">MAKING THE VIDEO<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"display\" id=\"tz-bts-title\">BEHIND THE SCENES<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tz-bts-layout\">\n<figure class=\"tz-bts-photo\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"assets\/tolerance-zero\/la-dave-friedman-1600.jpg\" data-srcset=\"assets\/tolerance-zero\/la-dave-friedman-800.jpg 800w, assets\/tolerance-zero\/la-dave-friedman-1600.jpg 1600w\" data-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 88vw, 47vw\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" alt=\"Masaki Murashita with Dave Friedman, who lent amplifiers for the video shoot in Los Angeles\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1600\/1200;\" \/><figcaption>With Dave Friedman, who lent amplifiers for the shoot.<span>LOS ANGELES, OCTOBER 2026<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"tz-bts-notes\">\n<article>\n<p class=\"tz-bts-date\">GETTING READY \/ LOS ANGELES<\/p>\n<h3>A little help from friends.<\/h3>\n<p>Before leaving Japan, Murashita arranged for guitars he had kept in the United States for years to be moved from Michigan to Northern California. In Los Angeles, Dave Friedman lent amplifiers for the shoot. Preparations on both sides of the Pacific brought everything together for the performance scenes.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<article>\n<p class=\"tz-bts-date\">OCTOBER 11, 2026 \/ LOS ANGELES<\/p>\n<h3>Reuniting with Matt Zane after 11 years.<\/h3>\n<p>The video reunited Murashita with director Matt Zane for their first project together in 11 years. Guitarist Patrick Morton drove ten hours to be there. Erik Kluiber, Michael Moore and camera operator James Smith joined them to complete the Los Angeles shoot.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<article>\n<p class=\"tz-bts-date\">JAPAN \u00d7 LOS ANGELES<\/p>\n<h3>Two locations. One vision.<\/h3>\n<p>Footage from the factory floor in Japan meets the band\u2019s performance in Los Angeles. The edit brings both settings together to realize the vision behind Heavy Metal \u00d7 Sheet Metal.<\/p>\n<\/article><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"tz-bts-source\"><a href=\"https:\/\/camp-fire.jp\/projects\/954218\/view\/activities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Production updates on CAMPFIRE (Japanese) <span aria-hidden=\"true\">\u2197<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"tz-message tz-section\" id=\"message\" aria-labelledby=\"tz-message-title\">\n<div class=\"tz-message-heading\">\n<p class=\"tz-kicker\">MESSAGE<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"tz-message-title\">Pride in making things.<br \/>Shared with the world.<\/h2>\n<p class=\"tz-author\">MASAKI MURASHITA<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tz-message-copy tz-prose\">\n<p>Japan has manufacturing skills it can be proud of. Yet those skills\u2014and the people behind them\u2014don\u2019t always get the recognition they deserve. I wanted to share that pride with the world through heavy metal, a culture loved across borders.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tz-message-quote\">\u201cFactories are cool.\u201d<br \/>\u201cMaking things looks exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If this video makes someone feel that way, I\u2019ll be happy. If it sparks a younger person\u2019s interest in manufacturing, or helps someone working on the factory floor feel a little more pride in what they do, I couldn\u2019t ask for more.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of waiting for someone else to champion manufacturing, we\u2019re telling our own story.<br \/>That\u2019s what Metal \u00d7 Sheet Metal is about.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"tz-supporters tz-section\" id=\"supporters\" aria-labelledby=\"tz-supporters-title\">\n<div class=\"tz-supporters-heading\">\n<p class=\"tz-kicker\">SUPPORTERS<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"tz-supporters-title\">To everyone who<br \/>believed in this project.<\/h2>\n<p class=\"tz-campaign-dates\">CAMPFIRE<br \/><time datetime=\"2026-06-22\">JUNE 22<\/time> \u2014 <time datetime=\"2026-07-31\">JULY 31, 2026<\/time><span>The crowdfunding campaign has ended<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tz-supporters-body\">\n<dl class=\"tz-support-stats\">\n<div>\n<dt>BACKERS<\/dt>\n<dd>46<\/dd>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<dt>RAISED<\/dt>\n<dd>535,000<span>JPY<\/span><\/dd>\n<\/div>\n<\/dl>\n<div class=\"tz-prose\">\n<p>A crowdfunding campaign for the Heavy Metal \u00d7 Sheet Metal music video ran from June to July 2026. Forty-six backers contributed a total of \u00a5535,000.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside raising funds, the project set out to bring together people who believed in sharing Japanese manufacturing with the world through music.<\/p>\n<p>To everyone who supported it: thank you.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"tz-campaign-link\" href=\"https:\/\/camp-fire.jp\/projects\/954218\/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View the CAMPFIRE project (Japanese) <span aria-hidden=\"true\">\u2197<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"tz-credits tz-section\" id=\"credits\" aria-labelledby=\"tz-credits-title\">\n<div class=\"tz-section-top\">\n<h2 class=\"display\" id=\"tz-credits-title\">CREDITS<\/h2>\n<p><a class=\"text-link\" href=\"press.html#release\">Press\/EPK <span aria-hidden=\"true\">\u2197<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tz-credit-columns\">\n<div class=\"tz-credit-group\">\n<h3>Recording Personnel<\/h3>\n<dl>\n<div>\n<dt>Guitars &amp; Vocals<\/dt>\n<dd>Masaki Murashita<\/dd>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<dt>Bass<\/dt>\n<dd>Rodney McGlothlin<\/dd>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<dt>Drums<\/dt>\n<dd>Kevin Talley<\/dd>\n<\/div>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tz-credit-group\">\n<h3>Music Video Performance Lineup<\/h3>\n<dl>\n<div>\n<dt>Vocals &amp; Guitar<\/dt>\n<dd>Masaki Murashita<\/dd>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<dt>Guitar<\/dt>\n<dd>Patrick Morton<\/dd>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<dt>Bass<\/dt>\n<dd>Erik Kluiber<\/dd>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<dt>Drums<\/dt>\n<dd>Michael Moore<\/dd>\n<\/div>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tz-credit-group\">\n<h3>Production<\/h3>\n<dl>\n<div>\n<dt>Mixing<\/dt>\n<dd>Ryan Greene<\/dd>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<dt>Mastering<\/dt>\n<dd>Gene Grimaldi<\/dd>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<dt>Music Video Director<\/dt>\n<dd>Matt Zane<small>Lord Zane Productions<\/small><\/dd>\n<\/div>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"tz-closing\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"tz-kicker\">MURASHITA<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"display\">TOLERANCE ZERO<\/h2>\n<p>New single &amp; music video planned for January 2027.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button secondary\" href=\"press.html\">Press\/EPK <span aria-hidden=\"true\">\u2197<\/span><\/a><\/section>\n<p><\/main><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discover the story behind MURASHITA\u2019s Tolerance Zero: Japanese craftsmanship, heavy metal, and the people behind the music video. 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