Rite of the Machine God | Dark Epic Warhammer 40k Music

Grimdark music inspired by the Adeptus Mechanicus from Warhammer 40k. This track is about the rite of sanctifying machinery in the name of the Machine God. Heavily inspired by the Mechanicus game soundtrack by Guillaume David.
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The art is made with midjourney. But, with the channel's growth, I aim to commission artwork that truly honours the Machine God.
This work is 100% unofficial and in no way affiliated with or endorsed by Games Workshop or any other company or franchise.

[@Archotechna]

Hey everyone, just to let you know I've now got my music on all the main streaming platforms. There's a link in the description to my Spotify for all those interested. Also, sorry for the delay on the upload. Ideally I'd be able to get them done a bit quicker but life happens and so it can take a bit longer every now and then. Thanks again for all the support.

[@clusterflood]

take your time dude, a long wait for stuff like this is always worth it. better to not overwork yourself, the machine spirits won’t soothe themselves after all

[@mr-pebble]

@@clusterflood Indeed! Quality before quantity is the credo!

[@BlackPsionic]

Sir, if rookies in XCOM had the hit rate you have with your soundtracks, the aliens would be cooked before laser weapons were even a research option.

[@alekjanowski9847]

BOLTERS BROTHERS!

[@sam3drinks]

Return of the fucking king baby let’s goooo

[@the-letter_s]

i like the bleeping sounds that start around 0:38. a good addition to this genre.

[@rebeccahowell6100]

Never before has changing my vacuum air filter felt so epic.

[@drew3n]

Welcome back! No worries about the upload schedule, quality trumps quantity every time. I like the track its going on my playlist, but Sacred Machinery is still my favorite so far. Opinion: The playful synth evoke Subnatica a little, but lacking a truly overriding deep rumble or harder bass line to hold rhythm if feels a little strong and edges the track into a FTL instead of warhammer. I think it would have worked better with harder base to make it feel more like a high energy battle track. Maybe something to play with is using the synths as a melody before a big bass drop into harder mechanicus roar. The mellow off at 2:00 was begging for strong closing statement Noosphere style. Make what you want, and dont let comments dictate your flow, im having a blast with your work either way, I just like theory crafting now that someone is addressing a niche I care about. :D

[@Archotechna]

I really appreciate your feedback and encouragement. I definitely agree with the FTL vs warhammer comment. Sometimes the music pulls me in a particular direction as I’m making it. I’d rather stick to the warhammer/Guillaume David vibe as it’s actually what I prefer, but then at certain points I can get stuck and the easiest way to move forward given my music background is into the slightly more modern electronic domain. I actuallly spent a lot of time on this track and was struggling to get it into the mood I love most about Guillaume David’s work. But hey I’m still learning lots each time I finish a track so hopefully I will improve and find my style. Again thanks for the feedback 🙏

[@Warshamc-Varn]

I like your track. It's great that you don't limit yourself to the limits of the universe and experiment with an interesting and unusual sound!

[@Archotechna]

Appreciate it. Yeah, I always start with a specific mechanicus theme in mind but sometimes the music just pulls a different direction.

[@JabberingJester]

Having listened to all of these amazing tracks a few times and comparing them to the Mechanicus Soundtrack, it strikes me how different yet similar the Adeptus Mechanicus sounds in both interpretations. I can only really describe it synesthetically, but with the soundtrack from the game, it would always look like this old, angry behemoth of ritual and technology marching to war. In your music, this same giant seems at rest, like you are just wandering around this enormous entity and watching the intricate processes that keep it running in detail. It's a really awesome change of perspective and I keep looking forward to where you'll take it next.

[@Archotechna]

That's a really cool perspective. The sentence 'old, angry behemoth of ritual and technology marching to war' is an awesome description. My music is probably more dark and has a lot less high frequency content so it sounds less energetic I think. I've been liking the idea of including more mechanical and synthetic sounds in places too, so that probably conjures the imagery of being deep amongst the machinery.

[@resmues]

My audioprocessory organs are yet again blessed by the machine god. Praise the Omnissiah!

[@jkdragonjk6895]

Homie putting together the mechanicus 2 soundtrack before the game even releases

[@jamaro2006]

Ooh, I really liked all your previous tracks, but this one is my new favourite. Love the different take on the dark electronic church music theme.

[@Archotechna]

Thanks, really happy you like this one a lot.

[@MrMatklug]

the magos released a new canticle!

[@noonport9415]

He's baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack

[@Franco-tc3id]

The Machine-God? I love it 😍

[@Clockwork_Mk3]

And yes - I hope you don't mind that I'm adding all your content to an open playlist on the theme of mechanicus music. In general, it may even help to find references. Or not, the works of the author whose name is distorted by the translator are very good. It is worth paying attention to the soundtracks of the game IXION - he worked on them and there are traces of the main themes of mechanicus.

[@Archotechna]

Ah I love IXION's soundtrack, Guillaume is an amazing composer/producer. I'm so looking forward to his Mechanicus 2 soundtrack.

[@reece5863]

Awesome! Please consider longer edits / 2hr versions. Would love to code while this is playing forever.

[@Archotechna]

Thanks, when I've made like 10 or so tracks I might make a looping album video for that purpose. I don't want to clog my channel up with a 2 hour version for each track.

[@AlwaisGamer]

Yess!! he is back with another incredible track!!

[@anaverageswede9655]

This is actually so sick ma- Ahem, I mean, thou art truly blessed by The Omnissiah 🤖

[@loganlastname5912]

once again we are blessed with another banger, your generosity is boundless as is your skill

[@blackbo1lt35]

praise be the omnissiah he has blessed us with another banger

[@FlorianCramer-l7p]

Once again good shit! Also great that you are now on Spotify as well, immediately added to my favourites!

[@lucasvisser3864]

I was patiently awaiting thy next piece. My patience hath been rewarded. Another blessed piece. Continue thy devine work and do the Omnissiah proud. None may stay our march.

[@ebonthefallen8184]

So good to see you make more music

[@Archotechna]

Thanks man, people like you sticking around and enjoying it definitely keeps me motivated.

[@real_entless1301]

i do like all of the tracks you uploaded so far. i'll have to check you out on spotify its just a matter of finding my spotify account first.

[@lymertyr2250]

I'm in love with your music, everytime it's just goosebumps Keep it up

[@Archotechna]

Appreciate it. I definitely will 👍

[@Azayel]

Blessed is the Machine Thanks

[@broojacker_1]

Amazing tracks. Authentic atmosphere and very close sound design . I like that (vocoded?) cryptek choral. I'm very glad that someone loves Guillaume David music like me and brings something new to this style.

[@Archotechna]

Thanks man! I really love your Conglomerat track so I'm happy to know you appreciate my music too. The choral sound is a choir with some formant shifting and automated filtering. I don't know how Guillaume gets his choir sound but it was the closest I managed to get.

[@gotacreeper1158]

a pleasure as always, keep it up, I love it

[@Archotechna]

Nice, looking forward to checking your stuff out.

[@theshatteredplague531]

The king bestows upon a banger once more

[@Clockwork_Mk3]

*Ave Deus Mechanicus!* I have to admit, this time it turned out to be something titanic!

[@gladioxius3369]

Blessed be the Omnissiah !

[@benediktschmitt4955]

Again, a banger

[@aethersflamessv]

OOOOOHHHH really love the electronic sounds in this one mixed with the organ and deep buzzing. reaching new heights in the name of the Omnissiah!

[@konstantykempisty5353]

Great work!

[@Gudnazon]

woo new track! :D:D

[@kobolddraconneon679]

Always a treat to listen to such wonders on loop. 💙 doing the Omnissiah proud.

[@ShadowWizard5757]

Yet another amazing tune. Good job, man!

[@zetawarrior4848]

This is wonderful. Another amazing track!

[@1KosovoJeSrbija1]

Guillaume david step aside

[@Archotechna]

Appreciate the encouragement but he’s by far the real master of this genre.

[@reddecember7622]

Listening this for an hour fixed my bsod problem. Praise the Omnissiah!

[@Archotechna]

Praise the Omnissiah indeed

[@1KosovoJeSrbija1]

I know I say this each time, but this is the best one yet

[@Archotechna]

Happy you like it!

[@alexiscoleman9585]

🎉🔥❤🔥🎉

[@ezchannelclap]

Another amazing track

[@zangdar524]

glory to the omnissiah

[@vladivodkagamer8825]

Who else spammed the "replay" button?

[@TechPriestFred]

Amazing music as always!! Any chance to be able to use it as background in my 40K videos? With credit in the description ofc, just wanted to ask to make sure that you would be fine with that, that sound needs some sharing

[@Archotechna]

Thanks mate 😁 Yeah, go for it. Always happy to contribute to more admech content.

[@DemetOnAir]

Belisarius Cawl been real quiet since this one dropped. 🗣️🔥 Would love to know what program/plugin you use for the organs they slap so hard

[@Archotechna]

Lol. I use the organs from 'The Orchestra Complete 3'. It's a pretty huge all-encompassing orchestra library, the organs are great and have a huge variety.

[@williamquadara9494]

Awesome

[@ezchannelclap]

what would one of your tracks sound like if you was to theme it around the gathering of an army?

[@Archotechna]

Not sure but it's definitely a cool idea to explore in the future.

[@crackedhammer4612]

The wallpaper is nice, what prompts did you use?

[@Archotechna]

Yeah, I was really happy with this image. Here's the exact prompt I used in Midjourney: A Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis painting of a menacing war titan from warhammer 40k surrounded by a crowd of people. The location is a dark battlefield. There is a red hooded tech-priest standing on an alter. He is raising a staff with an incense burner on the top. --ar 16:9

[@crackedhammer4612]

@@Archotechna thank you very much

[@lukascarbol6173]

Is archotechna dead?

[@Archotechna]

Still here, new track in a few hours!