Saviour Machine

New album never, it sadly seems.

The group is quite avant-garde and plays great music! My favorite tracks are "American Babylon", "Behold A Pale Horse", "The Mask", "Ludicrous Smiles" and "The Whore Of Babylon". I read the description. Surprisingly, vocalist Eric Clayton never wanted to be considered a goth icon.

These guys fucks so hard. I just think it's absurd to me that they never got big as much as Type O Negative or Paradise Lost

The more I listen to it, I am convinced that Legend Part I ranks up there with their first two albums. On some days I think it's actually better than Saviour Machine II. The atmosphere is absolutely stellar.

A new album would be phenomenal. Unfortunately, the band doesn't have the greatest track record in that regard. I'll believe it when I am listening to the new album :)

Ok, they're called Eric Clayton & The Nine now: https://crystal-logic.blogspot.com/2019/10/eric-clayton-nine-man-scars-band-and.html?m=1&fbclid=IwAR33-xX_ATCQOuvPA152LFkrixYy3tSk3GGX19jOSGyzL2svfe2JIjgCzq8

They're in the studio recording a new album, unbelievable !

Their Facebook page is back with a hint of possible release in 2018!

The first two albums are legendary, especially the debut. It's quite sad that they're so criminally underrated.

They totally got lost in their orchestral shit and now they even didn't finish their "Legend" - series...

This band is criminally underrated. "Son of the Rain" is one of the best metal songs of all-time.

Does anybody have some news about Eric or his brother ? Never ever heard of Jeff again...

Just listening to the first album, it's more than flawless...

Damn, I miss these guys. Saw 'em a couple of times live and they were brilliant.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2y_enGfqEf0

No need for waiting. Eric can't sing anymore and retired the band a few years ago.

Still waiting for Legend III:II...[2]

Still waiting for Legend III:II...

As far as originality/talent go I haven't heard a Christian band even half as good as Saviour Machine, many of the Christian Metal bands of the 80s/90s weren't very original. Although not a Christian myself SM are one of my favorite progressive metal bands, Eric and his bro Jeff are geniuses!

Any news on this band? Something new from them would definitely be a treat!

i love this band !!!!

Legend

Jesus bless

what's happened with Eric, guys? people search him for live theater performance of Arjen Lucassen's The Human Equation. if someone knows something about him and his contacts - please, write me a private message. it's very important for all Ayreon fans.

Ludicrous Smiles ... the best.

Legend Part I .....

the wicked window

"The Woman!" \m/

Just amazing!!!

Man, just really listening to the song [url=http://www.last.fm/music/David+Bowie/_/Saviour+Machine+(1999+Digital+Remaster)]Saviour Machine[/url]. You can hear how Eric mimicked this style a bit, especially in the beginning.

Ooh new main pic!

Haha I like Legend Part II a lot more now...it has a different atmosphere, one that takes getting used to, but just as much a masterpiece as any of the others.

Agreed. Don't think there are many other Christian artists that went as far as they did with it. Similar artists should be more secular artists.

Similar artists are Christian bands, but not the same genre. Tourniquet are thrash, Mortification are death and Antestor are unblack

I'm not a Christian, but damn... Their music is amazing. Eric's voice blew my mind.

@ACanonne I think that "Legend Part II" is my least favorite so far, the mixing on that one was different and I didn't like the songs as much. They seemed to be trying to do too much all at once; sometimes simplicity is better. But "Legend III:I" was an excellent return to form and I can't wait for the official release of "Legend III:II"

Cool band

@silverlage, Yes, the name is a reference to Bowie.

and [artist]e nomine[/artist] to a certain extent.

Similar artists would be bands like [artist]the mission uk[/artist] and [artist]sisters of mercy[/artist]

Did they get the name of their band from Bowie's mention of 'Savior Machine' in one of his songs?

Yes, it's based on listeners. Really, only two of the similar artists would even begin to sound like Saviour Machine (Saviour Machine has such a distinct sound). I would say that last.fm should change it to tags, but I've seen a lot of terrible tagging over the years. So I'm not sure what the best system would be...

Saviour Machine is the best thing religion has brought

aren't the similar artists listed there based on the listeners, not tags? since people who listen to saviour machine tend to listen to other christian bands too (even those that are nothing like SM), that's the reason for all of those bands up there that aren't really similar except for the lyrical theme. atleast that's how i thought last.fm worked...

"Christian" for this group not more stupid than tag "gothic metal". And who in general has told, what tags necessarily should speak about a musical direction?

@OceanSoul - That is because people will not stop using the stupid "Christian" tag. I completely agree, most of the "similar" bands here have absolutely nothing in common musically. Just goes to show how useless content-based tags are on last.fm!

Fields of the Nephilim are a gothic metal band with male vocals, but their style is still quite different.

Try the band Amos from Brazil. They have some Gothic influences, although a lot different from SM.

Yes, that is true. Does anyone know of other Gothic bands with male singers?

basically they are uncomparable...