One Machine: A New Plane Of Existence Single Released; Behind the Lyrics, Video Release Date

One Machine’s first single release in nearly 9 years, “A New Plane Of Existence” drops today, Friday August 30th, available on all digital platforms for sale and streaming!

A video release date for the single has been announced for Friday September 6th, via the band’s YouTube page:
https://www.youtube.com/@onemachinetv

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Steve Smyth describes the meaning of the lyrics: “The song reflects my current perception of humanity, and the highly immersive digital world we find ourselves in, in 2024, as compared to when the song was written a few years ago. It feels much more dystopian by the day to me. Everywhere we go, we find many people stuck into their phone, tablet, laptop screen, TV screen, and now, visor screens. We are now more immersed than ever, locked into a digital world, where it seems that human contact has taken on a new role, in the form of video recordings, texted words, a new distal human interaction. Connected to the One Machine a bit more, day by day, and perhaps not even realizing it. Not all of this is a bad thing, mind you, if it’s being used for positive reasons.

I decided to take a bit of a different turn with the lyrics for this song, reflecting on how the screens are the new dictator of humankind, and we are merely followers, ones left without a voice, while someone behind the screens leads us. Where or what are they leading us to? Stay tuned for the video to find out!

It was a very long road to get this far! Our REAL fans, the ones who have stuck around through all of our challenges, with finding a new lead vocalist, the loss of my wife to cancer after a hard fought three year battle, Covid, not being able to tour, can now enjoy our very first bit of new music in nearly 9 years! Enjoy! And I know you’ll stream it first! But it’s my hope that you’ll like it enough to support One Machine and buy the single!"

One Machine embark on a European Tour, returning to the live stage for the first time since 2018, with Overkill and Angelus Apatrida September 1st with new lead vocalist Tasos Lazaris!
September 1 – Hamburg, Germany – Markthalle
September 3 – Hannover, Germany – Capitol
September 4 – Köln, Germany – Live Music Hall
September 5 – Karlsruhe, Germany – Substage
September 7 – Lodz, Poland – Summer Dying Loud
September 8 – Prague, Czech Republic – Meetfactory
September 9 – Kosice, Slovakia – Colosseum *
September 10 – Budapest, Hungary – Barba Negra
September 11 – Vienna, Austria – Szene
September 12 – Geiselwind, Germany – Eventhalle Strohhofer
September 13 – Lindau, Germany – Club Vaudeville

(One Machine will NOT appear on dates 8/30, 8/31, 9/6, 9/7, 9/14)
One Machine is:
Steve Smyth - Guitar
Jamie Hunt - Guitar
Stefano Selvatico - Bass
Matt “Spike” Cherry - Drums
Tasos Lazaris - Lead Vocalist