Phantom Shadow

While it took a little getting use to the vocals the music on MACHINAE SUPREMACY’s (MaSu) new album “Phantom Shadow” was great.  The album is heavily influenced by video games, which you can hear very easily.  A few of the songs intros remind me of old 8-bit style video games.

MaSu has toured with Children of Bodem, played music from Final Fantasy with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in Stockholm, and also created an original soundtrack for video game Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams. Though I’ve never heard of the game I do kind of want to check it out solely for the music.

The album features some great guitar work.  Though the vocals are a little high pitched for my taste the music itself more then makes up for it. The odd mix of heavy guitar and classic video game sounds is something I haven’t really heard before but complements each other very well. 

On t he bands website that can be found here you can find a lot of songs that are available for free to listen to by the band and I definitely plan on checking some of it out.  Though its not a band I’ve heard of a week ago I would highly recommend listing to if your looking for a new style of rock or just like some really good guitar riffs.