Original song, rough draft recording (final recording soon).

VERSE 

Never saw the signs 
Right there in front of my eyes
Looking back I should've realised
I never saw the signs

You're doing fine
A subtle hint before we said goodbye
Said see you later and you didn't reply 
Yeah you're doing fine

BRIDGE 

Should've known all the while 
Underneath your smile that you were hurting
Always thought of you as someone 
Who couldn't be broken

But when your blinds are drawn
All the lies you've sewn start fraying 
I know I took forever
But I'm here to help you put the pieces together

CHORUS

It must've been hard
Must've been so hard
For you not to cry your bloody mind out

It must've been hard
Must've been so hard
For you not to cry

VERSE

It'll take some time
I can't promise it won't be a fight
There'll be days when you can't step outside
These things take some time

But I'll be by your side
Talk shit when you don't feel alright
Hold you close when you're just fixing to die
I'll be by your side

BRIDGE [Repeated]

CHORUS [Repeated]

MIDDLE 8 

For you, you 
For you, you
For you, you
Oh yeah

Must've Been Hard

What fresh hell is this?

One minute, DMA are covering frikkin' Delilah, the next they're doing some Frankenstein mix of Floyd, The Doors and Tool!

Honestly, we're living in an age of godless.

Taken from the second album, 'Age of Godless' by Dark Machine Audio
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Age Of Godless

Another song originally played by my old band, Exceedingly Good Cakes back in the 90s, but based on the original ideas for it, rather than how it ended up sounding with the band.

I used to love playing this one live with the cakes, but when I wrote it, I had some very different ideas for it...which we can now listen to right here!

Quite a few changes on this one, including some new lyrics, an entire section change (what I originally envisioned) after the middle 8 AND some fantastic new vocals by first time DMA guest, EDAN MACKENZIE! Had a lot of fun putting this together and am super proud of how it turned out.

Enjoy :-)

Taken from the second album, 'Age of Godless' by Dark Machine Audio
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Loving World (Ft. Edan Mackenzie)

A song which was performed live by my other big 90s band, Passionfish. Rap elements (or at least, a piss poor attempt at them} in this one, which were just becoming popular in rap/metal crossovers back then.

Fun to finally record, even though imo it's dated quite a bit now

Taken from the second album, 'Age of Godless' by Dark Machine Audio
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Blind

Our little tribute (musically at least) to 1980s Ozzy Osbourne.
Can't say I'm a fan of cancel culture, especially where fictional storytelling media (books, cinema, TV shows etc.) is concerned, so this song is all about that :-)

Taken from the second album, 'Age of Godless' by Dark Machine Audio
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Cancel This

The third instrumental by DMA. 

This one can be about whatever you want it to be about. 
After all, we all have our M.O.

Taken from the third album, 'The Cultural Assault' by Dark Machine Audio
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Modus Operandi (instrumental)

A recording of me reading a poem I wrote for National Poetry Day in 2018.
The theme was 'Change' and records that feeling of hearing a phone vibrate, beside you, in the dark.

National Poetry Day 2018

I like it (when you stop talking)

An instrumental piece composed for a video project by Maren Elise Nordheim.

Written, performed and produced by Edan Mackenzie.

Thumbnail art by Maren Elise Nordheim.

Dusk

This was an absolute bugger to piece together, but I'm super pleased with how it turned out.

Definitely my most ambitious song to date and pretty epic in length to boot!

It's a song about the way a lot people have been acting and behaving during this pandemic and how this utterly bizarre year has forced massive changes on us all mentally.

Please enjoy :-)

Taken from the first album, 'Throwaway Generation' by Dark Machine Audio
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Dusk

Edan Mackenzie

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