ONE MACHINE have released a lyric video for ‘New Motive Power’, the last single release from their critically acclaimed album ‘The Final Cull’, released September 18th, 2015 via Scarlet Records.
Watch the video here:
Says Steve Smyth: “We are very proud to release this excellent lyric video for New Motive Power, our last single release from The Final Cull, which we have been touring in support of since the release of the album! It’s a fan favorite, and we decided it must be seen as well as heard! Tommy Antonini did a great job capturing the essence of the song with plenty of underlying visuals to bring this beast to life!”
Chris Hawkins states: “New Motive Power is a reflection on our insatiable thirst for progress and the reduction of people to mere cogs in a much larger machine. This psychotic obsession with being better, faster stronger is fueled by the sacrifice of human life, figuratively and literally, and is best represented in modern times with our ravenous consumption and production of technology. Ultimately, following this path blindly leads to our destruction or self-engineered obsolescence. Leading the way, we have those who benefit from this the most, and have the most to lose from it’s failure. This song is written from the perspective of one of these authority figures, with a brief interjection from ‘The Workers’, but you can substitute the character with politicians, your boss, or perhaps the darker parts of your own pysche.”
Smyth continues: “New Motive Power was one of those songs on the album that was written in the studio, not just played live in the studio as all of the record was. I had quite a bit of the song already written, but working with the guys in the studio, we were able to breathe even more life into this song by playing together, and make it even heavier than I could have imagined! We hope you’ll enjoy the visual ride along with the song as much as we do!”
ONE MACHINE, the powerful new metal project featuring acclaimed guitarist/songwriter Steve Smyth (Testament, Nevermore, Forbidden, Dragonlord, Vicious Rumors), will release their second full-length album, “The Final Cull”, out this Friday, September 18th worldwide via Scarlet Records. “The Final Cull” was tracked at Death Island Studios, with Marco Angioni and Tue Madsen helming.
Today, ONE MACHINE invite fans to step inside their virtual reality! Watch the brand new music video for ‘Forewarning’, directed and edited by Scott Canty of Dark North Media, here:
Steve Smyth states, “The video depicts a wild ride into the not so distant future, where we find our rebel team entering a virtual world to reach their leader, the Hacker, only to be interrupted by the world leader the Cynic, busy blanketing all media with his driveling, meaningless rhetoric, with points inside his speech aimed at making our world seem hopeless without him and his leadership. In comes our hero the Hacker to spread the message of hope and independent thinking outside of conformity, and the war ensues, complete with a virus sent via virtual reality. Who will win? Watch and find out!”
While online, make sure to check out part two of the “Making of The Final Cull” video series.
Watch it here:
In this video, you will hear reasons from each member of ONE MACHINE regarding why they chose to record live as they have, and what they feel is the impact on the sound. This series includes snippets of new music and in-studio footage, in addition to discussing new “The Final Cull” songwriting, recording and subjects in connection with ONE MACHINE’s IndieGoGo crowdfunding campaign to help offset the costs incurred during the recording.
The IndieGoGo campaign also serves as the official album pre-order, which will be available in Digital Download, CD Digipak, and special edition vinyl formats. In addition, the campaign itself offers many great donation perks. For more information, please visit: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/one-machine-album-2-production-promo-tour#/story
Fans will have the chance to catch One Machine live on release date, the band will be playing an exclusive one-off show at London’s Barfly venue this Friday, 18th September.
ONE MACHINE is: Steve Smyth (guitar) Jamie Hunt (guitar) Chris Hawkins (vocals) Stefano Selvatico (bass)
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