One Machine Comments On "The Final Cull" Album Artwork

One Machine recently announced the impending release of second full-length album, "The Final Cull," out on September 18 worldwide via Scarlet Records. The album artwork illustrated by Gustavo Sazes (Gus G. Morbid Angel, Arch Enemy) has also come online.

“We are very happy to present our new album cover for 'The Final Cull,' designed by the very talented Gustavo Sazes,” states guitarist and One Machine mastermind Steve Smyth. “The cover concept behind 'The Final Cull' is a bit of fantasy, a bit of reality crossed in between, as we present the idea of humanity being wiped out by the advancement of technology, at the hands of a small set of powerful human beings bent on power and control over all, even at the cost of the general population."

He goes on to say, "The only useful and lasting valuable assets of humanity is the human soul, this last piece behind taken daily via technology, mind control, and psychological warfare. The scene of the cover is set in the near future, where human beings are rounded up and placed into tubes, which take the soul, to be placed in the 'new' human beings, complete A.I. human replicas, and here is where the album begins… we hope you will join us down the dark path that is The Final Cull!”

The album's track listing is:

01. Forewarning
02. The Final Cull
03. Summoning Of The Soul
04. Screaming For Light
05. The Grand Design
06. New Motive Power
07. Ashes In The Sky
08. Born From This Hate
09. Welcome To The World
10. Computer God (Black Sabbath) [Digipack and vinyl only]