This Machine Kills

This Machine Kills were a screamo band from Goleta, Santa Barbara, California that were active from approximately 1997 to 2003 (sources vary). They were pretty prolific in terms of releases, with an LP, EP, and multiple splits released over the span of just a few years. Most of you are probably familiar with this band due to their excellent three-way split with Raein and Yaphet Kotto (as well another split with Yaphet Kotto), but their LP Death In The Audoban Ballroom is also worth a listen, especially if you're a fan of In Love With Jetts/The Lady Is A Cat-era Antioch Arrow. And, I can't go without mentioning this, their vocalist was none other than Steve Aoki, better known now as an internationally recognized DJ. Before all that, he was active in the hardcore scene, fun little fact for ya there. I'm missing the Bury Me Standing and JR Ewing splits, so if you have those, let me know! Enjoy.

Demo (1998)

1. Guilty As Fuck

2. Culture Of Protest

3. My Generation

4. Agent Provocateur

5. Collaborator Put Down

6. Everything

On The Move (2000)

1. The Revenge Of John Africa

2. Culture Of Protest

3. Three Hundred & Sixty Degrees

4. Anger Lined With Cement

Envy/This Machine Kills (2000)
1. Envy - A Red Wound Picture

2. This Machine Kills - Forty One Bullets

Death In The Audobon Ballroom (2002)

1. Cracking The Mask

2. Bending The Erotic

3. Giving Testimony

4. Our Histories Have Burned Holes In Your Flag

5. Running With All These Names

6. Breakdown

7. Hearts And Minds

8. Death In The Audobon Ballroom

9. And The Weight Of That Silence Alone Will Choke Us

Yaphet Kotto/This Machine Kills/Envy (2003)

1. Yaphet Kotto - The Fall

2. Yaphet Kotto - Tracing

3. Yaphet Kotto - Momentary Loss Of Breath

4. This Machine Kills - Define Silence

5. This Machine Kills - Carpet Of Gold/Carpet Of Bombs

6. This Machine Kills - Our Histories Have Burned Holes In Your Flag

7. Envy - A Far-Off Reason

8. Envy - Signal

9. Envy - An Adventure Of Silence And Purpose

10. Yaphet Kotto/This Machine Kills/Envy - Untitled