Machinae Supremacy - Get ready to put a 'Phantom Shadow' over you!!!

July 25th 2014

Release

Swedish modern rockers Machinae Supremacy confirm release their sixth studio album ‘Phantom Shadow’ !!!

Swedish modern Rock band Machinae Supremacy are set to release of their sixth studio album 'Phantom Shadow'. The album was produced and mixed by vocalist Robert Stjarnstrom who helped form the band back in 2000 ‘Phantom Shadow’ which is the follow-up to 2012’s ‘Rise of a Digital Nation’ also released via Spinefarm. This album sees Machinae Supremacy continuing to pursue their own musical path. This time around, they have delivered an altogether deeper, more intricate, multi-layered body of work. This album is a conceptual release complete with cellos, violins, guest vocals and spoken word passages detailing a story in Stjarnstrom’s head since 2003 and reflected in the album art that is likely to continue through the next full-length release as well.

In essence, this futuristic narrative touches on man’s use of technology and the quest for greater, ‘super’ powers, and it’s a tale told with considerable flair and the usual strong grasp on choruses and melodies of UK guitarist Mike Dawes one of the World’s finest ‘finger-style’ players guests on the track ‘Europa’ and the sixteen musical passages including video track ‘Renegades’. In the video the music across like the soundtrack to the kind of cleverly plotted, fast-paced movie that will keep you guessing until the very end. As for playing these new songs live, Machinae Supremacy who toured the UK with Children of Bodom back in 2011 and are planning a return in October... exact dates tbc in the meantime. ‘Phantom Shadow’ provides plenty of topics for discussion, and plenty of music to both bang and scratch the head to. This is a band you just have to check out, because they are unique and interesting.