Third Eye Machine
Third Eye Machine ( TEM ) is a French metal band.
Band History
The band was formed in 1996 through the initiative of Mr. Paak ( the singer ) in Chambery, a small town in the French Alps. TEM composed the first work of "trauma" in 1999, which at a very early laid the foundation for the rough and impressive sound.
"Trauma " was a self-produced demo album. The album received very positive reviews from journalists and the FNAC shops choose " trauma " to the " Autoprod of the month".
At this time occurred Third Eye Machine in various clubs and bars and were accompanied by the Swiss producer David Weber ( Young Gods, Lofofora, Shovel ) discovered. This enabled the production of the album " Lookin 'for cure ," which appeared in 2002. " Lookin 'for cure" met with a positive response, but the band regretted the artistic compromises that had to be made by the time pressure during production - " Lookin' for cure" did not reflect thus the energy, darkness and emotions which TEM set to a target had.
Shortly after, the band contacted the producer Sam Albert ( Nostromo, Bumblefoot ) and asked him if he would like to produce with them a mini CD with two songs by the new ideas. From the " Western Balkans Project " was born.
From this sample of thousands of copies were distributed in France and gave a foretaste of the forthcoming album by Third Eye Machine. " Western Balkans Project" ended up in the hands of the lables EMI, which TEM begged to be represented on the "Area Metal " compilation. At the same time chose the Rage Magazine TEM for "French discovery" and present to the group on their sampler.
After two years of planning with TEM " Romkert " a more mature, darker and expressive album. Loot ( bass) produced the album, the title song " Romkert " in the Top 5 of the American Metal radio station Chronix could get in, itself, the entry into the American market and the wide distribution on the Internet by Chronix brought Third Eye Machine a multitude of new possibilities and opportunities, for example, that their innovative music and songs once again found in movies or video games.