Mater Machina - Compendium Machinery Vibrates
	Released: 2005 Label: Self-released/Bunkker Records Cat. No.: n/a Total Time:
	Reviewed by: Jan-Mikael Erakare, January 2006 Evaluation: Note to bands: if you send your disc to be reviewed, send the actual artwork if you have it … don't send a photocopy of the thumbnails from your website … if you want a review then present your work as you would like it to be perceived … if you send poorly printed cheap-looking packages along with a CDR and expect to impress, your work will be in vain…. Analysis: Hardcore ranting over industrial-tinged riffing … Meshuggah-lite if you will … right down to the lead guitar tones, this is a shadow of what is truly innovative and heavy. Each piece careens into the next, cutting a swathe to be sure but only by sheer, blundering force of will. "Sea Of Skin" deserves a mention for providing minor respite from the blatant Meshuggah-worship through its creative use of cleaner, sparser guitar textures and vocal effects (although the break is fleeting). Overall the musicianship is top notch. Rating: 3.5+/5 (the plus is for the bass … very well recorded and present ... often in this style of music the bass is felt rather than heard) Summary: Mater Machina lacks an identity of its own, creating nothing new, preferring to recycle instead… More about Compendium Machinery Vibrates: Track Listing: Lead Me / Whole World Hush / Phenomenon Ex Noumenon / Smackdown / Sea Of Skin / Guinea Pig: I'm The Guinea Pig / Guinea Pig: Revived / Anger\Angel / Mater / High-Resolution Pain Musicians: Valynor -vocals Anti - guitar Sim - guitar Lace - bass Erik - drums Contact: Website: www.matermachina.com Note: will open new browser window Discography Compendium Machinery Vibrates (2005)
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