MACHINA/the machines of God

Rock · 1999 · 10 tracks

MACHINA/the machines of God

The Smashing Pumpkins

A maximalist collision of industrial grit and gothic grandeur. Dense, metallic guitars meet spiritual searching in a high-concept farewell to the nineties.

It's like a gothic space opera played through a wall of broken amplifiers.

A high-stakes, spiritual confrontation wrapped in a dense layer of metallic noise and existential longing.

MACHINA/the machines of God · vs · The Smashing Pumpkins

Brooding+1.5σ

Brooding saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks

04

I of the Mourning

4:37

05

The Sacred and Profane

4:22

07

Heavy Metal Machine

5:53

08

This Time

4:44

09

The Imploding Voice

4:25

10

Glass and the Ghost Children

9:56

12

The Crying Tree of Mercury

3:45

13

Speed Kills

3:26

15

With Every Light

3:56

16

Blue Skies Bring Tears

5:44

Moments Worth Waiting For

The way the guitars on 'I of the Mourning' sound like they are physically weeping through a layer of digital distortion.

The mid-track transition in 'Glass and the Ghost Children' where the music dissolves into a hypnotic, spoken-word psychodrama.

The absolute wall of fuzz that hits during the chorus of 'Heavy Metal Machine', pushing the speakers to their breaking point.

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