Metal Anarchy

Time for the next edition of Metal Anarchy’s “new music showcase,” the feature where I introduce you to artists that readers of this site may find interesting. This time I have a Q&A with These Dead Machines.

METAL ANARCHY: Tell me a little about your band:

THESE DEAD MACHINES: So right now I’m a one-person band and do most of my recording at home with a little set-up in my dining room – it’s glamorous! Pretty happy using my electric drum kit for different vibes and kind of jamming with myself in that space. We were a 3-piece band under a different name until the latter stages of the pandemic when we went our separate ways. I knew I wanted to find a way to keep going and while I don’t get to play live at the moment, it’s been pretty great creatively to try some different avenues.

METAL ANARCHY: Who are your main influences?

THESE DEAD MACHINES: There’s a sense of melancholy underneath what I do that’s not just personal experiences but growing up with The Cure and The Smiths. I’m a rock kid at heart and grew up through the emergence of the Seattle scene so Soundgarden, Screaming Trees, etc are a part of all of that, there was a vein of heavier stuff where I’m still massively into Deftones and Glassjaw but then as I got older I found how much I liked areas of electronica a bit of Plaid, Fourtet, Amon Tobin…and hip hop through DJ Shadow and Beastie Boys kind of opening my eyes to that side of things. My Dad was a massive part of growing up with music and had artists in common like Jeff Buckley and he got me into jazz.

METAL ANARCHY: What is your latest release and why should readers of this site check it out?

THESE DEAD MACHINES: At the time of writing, my single ‘Phantoms’ has just come out, which is the first from my album ‘Any Minute Now’ due on 2nd December. I guess it’d that melding of influences that I hope creates something familiar and yet different…dark subject matter with resilience and hope…and balance of stuff.

METAL ANARCHY: What can people expect when they go to your live shows?

THESE DEAD MACHINES: At the moment, there are no live shows but I’d hope to find a way to do that at some point either reinterpreting songs in a way that I could do on my own or get a band together around it – who knows?

METAL ANARCHY: Where do you see your band heading in 5 years?

THESE DEAD MACHINES: Just to keep creating and evolving, finding my audience and seeing where it goes.