Deus ex Machina

Members: Ryan - Guitars Shai - Drums Mithun MK - Vocals Thomas - Bass Anand - Guitars 2004 – 2006: Deus Ex Machina (DEM) was formed in early 2004 after Azra-el took a break. Ryan, the ex-lead player for Azra-el and Bhelliom started writing and rehearsing music with Lincoln on drums and Justin (Fen-rir) on second guitar. Due to their inability to commit, Ryan roped in Gene (TBK, Bhelliom) for drums and Mak (ex-Angel of Sin) on bass. As a 3-piece, the band decided to carry on writing and rehearsing for the album. They played their first gig, the yearly Sanitarium Festival in August 2005 to a good response. Unable to have enlisted a permanent vocalist, Vivek (Azra-el, S.O.A.C) was asked to session for the gig. By the time recording came around, the band was still unable to get a permanent vocalist. Kathi (Rudra), Subash (Kaliyuga, TBK), Vivek, Lord Insanity (MeltgSnow) and Marie Emily (M.E) came on board for this project to lend their vocals, with Ryan putting vocals on one track. The debut album of 7 songs is entitled ‘The War Inside’, with the band writing all the original material. The album was recorded at TNT Music Studios in Singapore, with KK Wong, Engineering and Co-Producing the album with the sound being influenced by several genres and various bands such as Martyr, Death, Carcass, Meshuggah and Iron Maiden, amongst others. The first album was humanistic in nature, considering everything from war and religion to books such as The Prozac Nation and Da Vinci Code. 2007 – 2009: The band has played shows with acts such as Truth Corroded, Hydrophobia, Defiled and Sludge over the last 2 years. The band has also changed the vocal styling and has stuck to one vocalist – Mithun - unlike the first release. In 2007, ‘The Mask’ EP was self-released to limited copies, as a prelude to the follow-up to ‘The War Inside’. With then-bass player, Caspar, the band spent the months of May – July 2009 recording and producing the 2nd full-length, ‘I, Human’, once again at TNT Music Studios, with KK Wong returning for Engineering and Co-Production duties. Present: New bass player, Thomas, and guitar player, Anand, are inducted to complete the latest line-up. The band will begin working on new material later this year.