Machine Messiah (album)

Machine Messiah
A collage of animal and machine parts to form what appears to be some kind of nightmarish surrealistic greater being. At the center of the cover is a facial skeleton that has two round objects as implied eyes. Attached to the top of this implied head is a torso with a skeletal-like ribcage, crab pincer arms (echoing Sepultura's earlier Arise album), and a "head" made of a glass-like uterus with a well-developed baby inside. Below the center skull are motorcycle engine-like parts with some kind of gear mechanisms underneath. Below this are a pair of human hands with fingers interlocked as if in prayer but holding what appears to be a clear crystal-like object. All this is resting in a brown, round depression with finger-like ridges. This abstract being also has what appear to be large blue moth wings with some rust coloring. In the background are dark back-light clouds. In the upper-left corner of the cover is the band's name with the album name underneath it.
Studio album by
Sepultura
ReleasedJanuary 13, 2017
RecordedOctober–November 2016
StudioFascination Street Studios, Örebro, Sweden
Genre
Length
  • 46:05
  • 50:40 (deluxe edition)
LabelNuclear Blast – Sony (Latin America)
ProducerJens Bogren
Sepultura chronology
The Mediator Between Head and Hands Must Be the Heart
(2013) 		Machine Messiah
(2017) 		Quadra
(2020)
Singles from Machine Messiah
  1. "I Am the Enemy"
    Released: November 10, 2016

Machine Messiah is the fourteenth studio album by Brazilian heavy metal band Sepultura, released on January 13, 2017.[2] The album sold 1,900 units in the United States in its first week.[3]

  1. ^ Jurek, Thom (January 13, 2017). "Machine Messiah - Sepultura". AllMusic. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  2. ^ "SEPULTURA To Release 'Machine Messiah' Album In January". Blabbermouth.net. October 28, 2016. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
  3. ^ "Metal By Numbers 1/25: Code Orange crush the chartsMetal Insider". Metal Insider. January 25, 2017. Retrieved January 27, 2017.