21:39 - .starrk @Mechanist: I'm not sure anyone even used the term good genres..
21:39 - EMols86 @starrk Exactly! I'm almost done listening to it though. And yes, that's what real music sounds like, whether you like it or not. :-) @ Lit. So what if it isn't shoegaze? I never said it was. I simply posted an amazing album.
21:38 - MechanisT Oho, so now listening to other "good genres" AND nu metal is antagonistic to each other? Mhmmm, naice one.
21:36 - .starrk @emols: then while the guys below are listening to whatever they want, we can go enjoy that Estatic Fear song you just posted :D
21:34 - EMols86 I own them because it was one of the first metalbands I got into when I was a kid. I've always seen it as music that I listened because I had nothing better to listen to. @.starrk I agree, I just don't like the genre at all...
21:33 - MechanisT What's great to you isn't might just be an off thing for others. I see more than 5 and I can safely say they are great in itself. Reg. butthurt syndrome; that goes both ways, if you think about it.
Finnish heavy metal band Machine Men have officially broken up after thirteen years.
Here's the band's farewell message: "Things have been quiet for the past 2 years. During this time we have gone through many changes and we have been thinking about the future of the band. Unfortunately we feel that the challenges as a band would be too hard to overcome. After long conversations we have decided that the story of Machine Men ends here. It's better to end what we started together without bitterness than to make a new album we couldn't put our hearts and souls into. We wouldn't be the five guys that stuck together no matter what. We would be something else, not Machine Men.
Finnish melodic metallers Machine Men have posted their new video for the track 'No Talk Without The Giant', online at their MySpace.
'No Talk Without The Giant' is lifted from the band's upcoming album "Circus Of Fools" out via Century Media Records.
Machine Men will take part in the Earthshaker Roadshock tour with Finntroll, After Forever, Tarot, Die Apokalyptischen Reiter and All Ends, through Europe in April and May.
Finnish Heavy Metal band Machine Men are currently recording their new album. The album will be called 'The Shadow Gallery' and will be released in January 2007.
Here is a posting by Antony at Fantom Studio, Tampere, Finland:
"We are in the studio since 3 weeks and the songs sound good and very powerful! And we are in schedule 'cos we can record 24 hours a day if we want. Of course, we also have to sleep sometime ;-). The new album will be heavier and faster than the last one, but still melodic. And a good thing is - all the songs work live very well. Can't wait for the moment when I hear all the songs mixed and the feeling of intoxication after that".
You can see some studio diary entries, and pictures of Machine Men in the recording studio at www.machinemen.net.
Modern Heavy Metallers Machine Men will be entering Fantom studio, in Tampere to start recording a new album. The band have already written all the songs for the new release, they will just have to record it all. The recording process will start on the 14th August and the band will hit the road for some shows halfway through their sessions. Then they will return to complete the album. Machine Men will also have a studio diary posted on their official website.
Here is a small comment by Machine Men vocallist Antony Parviainen: "We have been in a local bar all days watching football and drinking beer. And we have also wrote the songs ready for the next album! We will keep you updated with a studio diary and all kind of bullshit. Have a nice summer and see you on the tour!"
After Dragonforce cancelled their performance, the Raismesfest is proud to announce that Symphorce and Machine Men will take their place on Saturday 10th of September.
Unfortunately, the Japanese band Loudness might cancel their tour in France and so their appearance at Raismesfest. If this was to happen, a new band of the same caliber would replace them.
Raismesfest will take place in Raismes, North of France, near Belgium, on September 10th and 11th, for a very cheap price! (€30 for 2 days and camping!).
For more information:
http://www.metalstorm.ee/festivals/festival.php?festival=raismes
http://www.raismesfest.com
Finnish MACHINE MEN signs longterm worldwide deal with Century Media Records!
We are proud to announce the addition of one of the most talented melodic metal bands on today's scene, MACHINE MEN, to the quality repertoire of The Century Media Family.
Earning a reputation as an excellent live band, these young musicians (in their early Twenties) created quite a buzz in the realm of melodic metal with their self-titled MCD (2002) and especially their debut album "Scars & Wounds", which was released in their homeland Finland in 2003 and followed up by a full European launch in Spring 2004 via their former label Dynamic Arts Records, with praising media reaction claiming the band to be the most hopeful newcomer of their kind.
