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Machinae Supremacy
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sid metal, metal, electronic, power metal, game music
Machinae Supremacy is a metal band from Luleå, Sweden. Their musical style is based on the use of the Sidstation synthesizer, which incorporates the SID (Sound Interface Device) of the Commodore 64 home computer. The retro-electronic sound is blended with a metal sound to produce a special kind of “SID-metal” . Their album, Redeemer (released March 18th, 2006 as an ‘Underground Edition’), was described by the band in an interview as everything DXM (Deus Ex Machinae, the debut album) wasn’t. It was re-released on November 8th, 2006 as a remixed version under Spinefarm Records.
Machinae Supremacy has already made their place in history by being one of the first bands to embrace and utilize the Internet and file sharing to gain a huge fanbase without ever having signed a record contract, received airplay or any sponsored promotion. They’ve reached out to all corners of the world and today their site receives roughly 100,000 song downloads every month.
Machinae Supremacy was formed in summer 2000 by Robert Stjärnström, Kahl Hellmer and Jonas Rörling. The name of the band had existed even before this, but it was only a few months later the band really found the path they wanted to go. Andreas Gerdin, a long time friend of Jonas, joined on keyboards and Tobbe joined on drums. When the band parted with Tobbe in early 2002, Tomas Nilsén, old band-pal with Robert, took his place. When Kahl left for Uppsala in 2005, Johan Palovaara replaced him on bass. Palovaara was replaced by Johan Hedlund in 2007.
Machinae Supremacy has already made their place in history by being one of the first bands to embrace and utilize the Internet and file sharing to gain a huge fanbase without ever having signed a record contract, received airplay or any sponsored promotion. They’ve reached out to all corners of the world and today their site receives roughly 100,000 song downloads every month.
Machinae Supremacy was formed in summer 2000 by Robert Stjärnström, Kahl Hellmer and Jonas Rörling. The name of the band had existed even before this, but it was only a few months later the band really found the path they wanted to go. Andreas Gerdin, a long time friend of Jonas, joined on keyboards and Tobbe joined on drums. When the band parted with Tobbe in early 2002, Tomas Nilsén, old band-pal with Robert, took his place. When Kahl left for Uppsala in 2005, Johan Palovaara replaced him on bass. Palovaara was replaced by Johan Hedlund in 2007.
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enemyunknown wrote:
<3 New album hurraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah :) Deus Ex Machinae tshirts should be sold again! I demaaaand this!
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koji7 wrote:
Well, it all depends on how we understand the term "similar". The guitar and drumwork in a lot of MaSu songs is very similar to melo-death. The clean vocals and SIDstation synths don't, but some degree of similarity is definitely there. The system that last.fm has for generating similar artists works fine with regular bands. The problems arise with uniqe bands and I do belive MaSu to be one.
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evertongalning wrote:
@koji7: It's not your fault, I blame last.fm for having a ridiculous system for similar artist calculation (if it's true that it's based on what people listen to besides MaSu). Of course, the only correct way would be to compare tags (and exclude tags such as 'seen live').
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evertongalning wrote:
@thenktor: to me 4tune8 sounds more like Pain or something like that, try shout in that box instead. Not bad though. On to MaSu, where can I nominate Overworld to the album of the year category? Great album! :)
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koji7 wrote:
Sorry, it's because of people like me. I enjoy a whole lot of melo-death and I love MaSu, so it gets screwed up.
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maplejet wrote:
Why are all the similar artists melodic death metal? The vocals aren't even close.
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ZombieVillage wrote:
wtf how come the new site leads to GaySpace now?
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FAMAS wrote:
Got my copy of the first edition of Deus Ex Machinae, now I have all five :o
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efterkrogen wrote:
my spelling is totally fu#ked up
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efterkrogen wrote:
if their any stady moneyflow in this, send me an email..... because i can´t se any money ;-) answer for your question about free stuff... keep your eyes and ears open, u never know ;-)
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danzinch wrote:
Woot! Top listener! XD
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GenocideGod wrote:
Haha, no, they're completely commercial and in it for the money now!
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StoatBox wrote:
Can we get some more free stuff please Machinae ;)
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Seasonreaper wrote:
Sidology is amazing.
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koji7 wrote:
I actually prefer the "Fury" compilation with the epic Sidology series.
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xCarnageV1 wrote:
Elite or bust.
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Sander1991 wrote:
sry, but can we get back 2 topic now? MaSu really impressed me by Player One, Attack Music and Through The Looking Glass =)
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ZombieVillage wrote:
hey tomas wutz up??
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tomas_g92 wrote:
Do you want to cry GenocideGod? once again
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ZombieVillage wrote:
"LOL y we talking about halo 3? mario galaxy is a much better game hahahahah" aw man this guy is a genius!!!
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Events
- Jul 17 Trästockfestivalen Nordanå, Skellefteå, Sweden
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Luleåkalaset
Luleåkalaset, Luleå, Sweden
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- Rabendiener tagged Machinae Supremacy with ‘metal’. yesterday evening
- Feldon tagged Machinae Supremacy with ‘nordic’ and ‘game music’. yesterday morning
- Dishfm tagged Machinae Supremacy with ‘8-bit’. Friday evening
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- Opilog unlinked Machinae Supremacy from Opilog's world. Friday morning
- Arty_Vicious tagged Machinae Supremacy with ‘sid metal’. Friday morning
- Ynard tagged Machinae Supremacy with ‘found by filesharing’. Thursday morning
- T_Niga, SaunaChum and Eli-fant tagged Machinae Supremacy with ‘sid metal’. Wednesday morning
- Eli-fant tagged Machinae Supremacy with ‘metal’. Monday evening
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- Band Members
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- Andreas "Gordon" Gerdin
- Johan Hedlund
- Johan Palovaara
- Jonas "Jonne" Rörling
- Kahl Hellmer
- Robert Stjärnström
- Tomas Nilsén
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