Label: Aeria Records
Category: Music
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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
UPC: 655825503023
EAN: 0655825503023
ASIN: B00008PVXF
Release Date: 2003-03-11
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Label: Aeria Records Category: Music Average customer rating:
Media: Audio CD Number Of Discs: 1 UPC: 655825503023 EAN: 0655825503023 ASIN: B00008PVXF Release Date: 2003-03-11 |
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Album Description
The self titled debut of NEW MACHINE is a huge, majestic, emotional feast for the ears and the soul that merges incredible song writing with a classic, progressive, melodic, symphonic rock extravaganza. The album was co-produced by New Machine & Eric Rachel at NJ's legendary TRAX EAST (Symphony X, Phantom's Opera, Skid Row, Glen Burtnik (STYX) American Angel are just some of the other bands that have worked with Eric Rachel at Trax East) recording studios. New Machine is the first album released by Aeria Records, a division of Song Haus Music Group.Album Description
Self-titled debut from New Machine is a majestic, emotional feast for the ears that combines great song writing with an updated progressive, melodic rock sound. The album was produced by New Machine & Eric Rachel at NJ's legendary Trax East recording studios. New Machine is the first album released by Aeria records, a division of Song Haus Music Group. 10 tracks packaged in a Digipak. 2003.Customer Reviews:
I have the CD... Wow!!.......2003-07-27
Absolutely Amazing.......2003-07-03
simply great music.......2003-05-03
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.......2003-04-19
A prog band who got it right.......2003-04-12
This debut New Machine album is incredible and if this is a sign of things to come from this band they will most certainly be added to that list.
I agree with the other reviewers about the musicianship of this band, but I noticed no one has commented on the individual songs so here we go:
GOING HOME-
This song is weird in the fact that it's not really a song. It's more like an intro piece. Very reminiscent of Yes. The vocal harmonies especially remind me of Yes.
NEW HORIZON -
Going Home goes into New Horizon and with a slam. The guitar riff is really cool. This song is very well written and the chorus is phenomenal. David Garcia's vocals really soar on this one. He sounds a lot like Geddy Lee. NH reminds me of Queensryche in their Mindcrime days.
FALLING -
Can anyone say Rush? This song soooo reminded me of Rush in their Counterparts days. The vocals especially. Garcia sounds so much like Geddy! The solo break has a neat backwards guitar effect which works perfectly as the song seems to be about a mental struggle of some kind.
BLOOD IN THE OCEAN -
Very Floyd-esque. Kind of reminds me of Floyd meets the Beatles. This song has one of the greatest choruses I've ever heard. BITO is super emotional and I can really feel what Garcia is singing. He sounds a lot less like Geddy on this one. His voice changes a lot. Also the guitar solo in this song is an instant classic. Why this song isn't all over the radio I have no idea.
IN THE WAKE -
We re-visit Rush on this one. Except this one reminds me more of Rush in their Hemispheres days meets Dream Theater in their Awake days. ITW has a very cool solo break with a guitar solo that steamrolls. Bob Gilmartin sings this one. His voice reminds me of Robin Zander. Very cool.
COLD -
Cold brings up so many different elements. It's the heaviest song on the album and has a weird but awesome sort of Styx, Metallica, Queensryche, Mozart mix. I mention Mozart because Cold has a solo break with this piano part that is very classical. It was refreshing to hear this actually as these kinds of piano breaks just don't exist in music anymore. There's also a choir-type vocal arrangement on top of it that is just incredible. Garcia sings his tail off on this tune.
FORGOTTEN MAN -
This is the most straight ahead song on the album. It's a good song but compared to the others it seems slightly out of place. Although it does have a really chunky solo break that is actually pretty cool. Gilmartin and Garcia do a vocal trade off that works very well.
MEANT TO BE -
I didn't know prog bands did ballads. The last prog band to do it was Styx in the sense of a pure ballad. Which is actually what MTB reminds me of. MTB has a beautiful arrangement and Garcia's vocals are heartfelt and honest. They should be he dedicates the song to his wife.
A THOUSAND LIES -
INCREDIBLE musicianship on this song. This song screams Dream Theater but in a more coherent tighter box. It's not as overblown as DT can tend to get. Again the guitar solo is just fantastic. This one is Gilmartin's best vocal song and his voice really carries this tune.
WATERFRONT -
This is the epic on the album. Every prog band worth its salt has to have at least one song that clocks in over 10 minutes and Waterfront is New Machine's masterpiece. And I don't use that word lightly. New Machine tips their hats to Pink Floyd quite a bit on this album but on Waterfront they GIVE Floyd their hat. Garcia sounds so much like Roger Waters on this it's remarkable. A slow orchestral beginning that builds into a Dark Side of the Moon type verse is awesome, complete with 3 part harmonies throughout. I had chills listening to this one. The song ventures into all sorts of different movements and sections but without getting lost or boring. Very few bands can pull this off but New Machine did it perfectly. Definitely my favorite on the album.
Music Album:
Music CD
Parker's Mood ~ Sadao Watanabe
Extended Animation ~ Michael Formanek
Forever & Ever ~ Demis Roussos
Hits Selection, Vol. 2 ~ Andy Tupaia