Nevermore-ish metal One Machine

Nevermore-ish metal One Machine

One Machine: "The Distortion of Lies and the Overdriven Truth” (Scarlet Records)

One Machine is Nevermore music—downtuned thrash/groove with traditional singing. It makes sense, after all, One Machine is the idea of Steve Myth, a Nevermore alumnus. The singer is Mikkel Sandager (ex-Mercenary) and on here he sings melodically, also sings in aggro style and does lots of ear-piercing yelling. (Warning: he really does scream yell a lot in an old-style metal way; expect high vocals). More specifically the music sounds like this: chunky chugging groove with thrashy parts, lots of virtuoso-like soloing, Pantera-style aggro drumming/rhythms, and Mr. Sandager doing all sorts of vocal acrobatics, sometimes appearing jarring to the ears on a first listen. To me, one main segment of the audience for One Machine would have to be the Nevermore listeners. The album sounds very professional, skilled and as modern as modern metal gets. It’s melodic, but in that heavy thrash groove way that you would expect from Steve Smyth/Nevermore. www.facebook.com/OneMachineOfficial