From the Local Musician's Showcase in the Message for the week July 2009.
Element Of The Machine Fine Tuning For New CD Release
Story by Joe Milliken,
Rising from the ashes of two previously well-known local rock/metal bands, Broken Mindz and Mercy Machine, comes Element Of The Machine, a hard-driving metal/rock band based in Springfield, Vermont who are currently recording tracks for a new album to be released this summer on the Deka Records label.
The band features former Mercy Machine members Chris Mack (also of Intercept, Sonic Structure) on lead guitar and vocals and "Blue" Ray Sylvester on guitar, along with ex-Broken Mindz band mates Mike Descoteaux (Infinite IS, Stuffed Soul) on bass and Jeff Bixby (Smashbong, Icaria) on drums.
In October of 2008, Broken Mindz had parted ways leaving Mike and Jeff in search of another project, so they posted some flyers at different locations. Chris spotted their flyer and contacted them because Mercy Machine had also called a quits, they started jamming and writing new tunes together, changing old ones to fit what we were creating and everything just clicked.
In March, these talented musicians officially joined forces and have been hard at work perfecting their sound, a brutal blend of stellar guitars and progressive power. Element Of The Machine writes all original music. The band's music is very much a throwback to old-school Swedish metal, but with sort of a new-metal twist.
Then almost immediately after forming, Element Of The Machine was offered a recording deal from Deka Records, an independent label based in Arizona.
The band has been working hard on the new album at Mackay Productions, which is owned and operated by Mack, and is in the mixing and mastering stages.
"This new band simply sounds amazing," Mack stated in a recent interview. "I've waited a long time to be in a band with musicians of not only this caliber, but also character. We have a lot of fun playing and recording together."
The band expects their debut release, which is titled "Our Last Hope" to be ready sometime in the fall.
You can download your copy of "Our Last Hope" at iTunes.com or Amazon.com before it hits the stores! So go get yours now. in 2011 element of the machine released ghosts of the highlands the follow up to our last..get your copy at cdbaby,amazon.com.itunes.emusic
now ending 2011 with a bang signing with new label your label records ,2012 is going to be a busy year the band is in the studio recording there third cd for there new label our label records so look for a spring 2012 release and stay tuned more good things to come..
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