Why I Can't Stop Listening to The Warhammer 40k: Mechanicus OST

I fell in love with the Mechanicus OST when I first heard it and it has continued to not disappoint me. I listen to it whenever I just want to vibe and feel powerful or like I can take over the world lol. It's that good.
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[@MarcoMeatball]

organ go brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr01010101

[@TheViralInfekT]

The perfect blend of epic orchestral grandure and mechanical, technological sounds. So fitting for the Cult Mechanicus. It just works perfectly.

[@SilverFox86rus]

everybody's gone to the rapture OST pleeeeease

[@JinzoMask656]

Great review! Suites the mechanicus perfectly, but I just realized the beginning part of the theme is in 40k Rogue Trader game as well lol. Also recommendation, should review Unicorn Overlord Farde Mal Diavolo. Very opera like, at least to me.

[@Quincy915]

I don't think I found you because of Mechanicus, but that is and collabs are the reason I stayed. I'd like more takes from your guests on this soundtrack.

[@VykoSss84]

For the love of EMPERAH he must listen to this track Dawn of War II - Angels Of Death (Space Marine Theme)

[@markbrand436]

"I cannot stop thinking about the Warhammer Mechanicus soundtrack". Never heard a more relatable phrase.

[@cryoanubis]

Such a strange video to just upload out of nowhere, but I am SO here for it.

[@MarcoMeatball]

Wait why 😂

[@cryoanubis]

@@MarcoMeatballJust feel like it's been a while since you've made a video on it, and it's just kinda odd because I've been watching your old reacts to it recently

[@Xaevryn]

I always liked this track. I'm a chemical worker, who works in heavy industry. This involves at times wearing a level A hazmat suit. On a light day I'd wear a level B. But in the process tower, there's a rhythm. The machinery is timed of course. By sound alone I am able to tell not only how quickly the machinery is working, but how healthy it is. The timing was so reliable I could time myself to them. Moving the lance, moving the Nederman Arm, moving the grounding wire, activating the pumps and turning valves. All in rhythm. To the point where if I walked into the Kettle Room if the tempo was off, I knew something was wrong. It's an artform. I'd put my flashlight up to a sightglass on a loadline and observe the product. It might be thicker than normal due to temperature, or it's flowing slowly due to a clogged filter. By sight and sound I'd know what to adjust in the process . In this industry its not entirely math or reason the boots on the ground use. It is thoughts and feeling that we use. "Oh, this pump is struggling, why? The product is too cool, it is too thick. We're risking a dead head in the pump. We'll dial up the heaters and open the valves a bit to get it flowing" When you are dealing with a single machine the size of an entire multi-story building and the only adjustments you can make is by eye and ear alone you suddenly understand why the belief in the omnissiah isn't exactly crazy. All those people in science in math classes kind of fall apart once they are in a facility.

[@alexbodnya1286]

Succinctly put. I have very same feeling when I'm looking on the monitoring dashboards. Trend goes up, trend goes down, some turbulence predicts that in a few seconds I will see error count rising. I look at the percentages, percentiles, quantitles, follow streams of logs, not even reading them, just looking for oddities in data flow. I imagine experience is similar, minus hazmat suite😅

[@primachpepe8597]

thats actually fascinating to hear

[@Okabim]

I've had something similar with 3d printing. My printer is in a different room, but I can usually figure out if a print has gone wrong by ear. Also the Prusa mk3 used to have an epic rhythm when performing bed leveling before each print, but it was patched out in a firmware update. I really wish I'd have recorded it, because I always wanted to make an ode to 3d printing using the bed leveling sound as a beat.

[@yume5338]

Very thoughtfully sound argument against heavy industry automation here. Nothing can replace human intuition.

[@intenseavarice34]

I love the tone of this comment. This feels right at home somewhere in between the age of the Mechanicum (Oriented towards cold hard logic) and the birth of the Cult Mechanicus (Oriented towards blind faith in the machine). It reads like it is written by a Tech-priest that retains enough the sanity to know the logic behind the machines, but with the inner voice in tune with the machines around them. Profound, eloquent, but not devoid of reason.

[@GD0nly]

One of my favourite stories involving the Mechanicus, was a conversation between a Magos and Captain about what to do with the food supply issues of the Guardsman regiment that the Captain is leading. The Magos suggests that he be given the corpses of the dead guardsmen to recycle into nutrient paste, the captain calls him inhuman and the Magos replies something to the effect of "Unfortunately, I am yet to have my biology entirely replaced, but I appreciate you saying so."

[@KoteDarasuum]

What i like about that intercation was if he had said that to almost any other Guarsman regiment's commander, he would have atleast reluctantly agreed, but since it was Elysian he said it to, which are pretty much in 40k with modern western standards of living and morals, with respect even for the dead (Elysian funeral custom is to burn the dead) he found it disgusting and immoral and thought even suggesting that is inhumane and against his culture. I love Elysians since they bring "modern" perspective in to the setting of 40k, its great contrast to the more cruel and immoral world of Warhammer.

[@SomeCallMeAku]

My favorite aspect of the game that often goes overlooked is that the game opens with the various Mechanicus leaders talking in their machine speak, and then you get your first dialogue from a Necron and he speaks in perfect English. It so subtly lays out that the Mechanicus are humans trying to give up their humanity and become machines, and juxtaposes them against the Necrons who are biological beings who gave up their (for lack of a proper word) humanity and want it back.

[@garrapato]

The moment I realised I had just felt in love with the game was when in the exploration phase of a tomb, the ad-mech entered into a chamber where the description was something like "a vox caster raises from a pillar covered in glyphs and emits a voice that offers you philosophical conversation". Lost Civilisation sounding.

[@vothbetilia4862]

​​@@SomeCallMeAku Lol no, the reason we get to hear the necrons speak English is because the developers wanted to at least keep English speaking in the game for both newcomers and 40k fans, while the admech have their own binary to make them unique. You also failed to know that the necrons also completely have their own set of language as well, but we simply don't see it in the game. Btw almost more than 50% of the necrons prefer to remain machine rather than revert back to organic and trayzen is one of them.

[@vattmann1387]

@@vothbetilia4862 I viewed it as the Necrons flexing on the Mechanicus by speaking High Gothic to them :)

[@kacperdrabikowski5074]

My opinion (that I formed after hearing it first and will repeat until my dying days) is that Children of the Omnissiah is the sound of what would happen by combining factory and cathedral. The chanting and pipe organ punctuated by hammering of metal and buzz of machinery... THIS is how Adeptus Mechanicus should sound like.

[@davidcassidy602]

You nailed it. “What would it sound like in a place where we literally worship technology?” Guillaume David also got the Necrons right: “the unkillable soulless robot skeletons are emerging from their forgotten tombs in uncountable waves, powered by unexplainable green lightning.”

[@арбузочел]

Логично

[@TheViralInfekT]

You are not alone. This OST is fantastic. Never played the game but it oozes atmosphere. Even my parents play it regularly, when the mood is right. It is one of the best soundtracks I know and hear Children of the Omnissiah daily. Love it. So great.

[@justpotato816]

It's honestly fascinating when a game soundtrack transcends the game itself. Some tracks just become something beyond comprehension. And I love that games allow these masterpieces to be born, just like Never looking back from Cyberpunk or Children of Omnysiah from Mechanicus, Elden beast from Elden Ring etc.

[@notnaiagoaway]

A big part of this is that they are fighting Necrons for the most part. That is part of the reason we hear a lot of ancient vibes contrasting the churrch vibes

[@clementcate4730]

Totally! The more rythmic percussive bits, with weird sounds, and menacing undertones, that's all Necrons. It's purposeful, but threatening, hostile, profane and has an eldritch technological superiority. Contrasting heavily with the holy and mathematical tones of AdMech :) It feels like the whole OST is how the Mechanicus communicates and describes the events of the game and of their lore to each other. A sort of musical render of their binary dialogues and pseudo-feelings. This guy just understood AdMech to the fullest. It's so artful that i can hardly wrap my head around it.

[@theKonfusion]

I feel Necrons are the best antagonist to be paired with admech, they are kinda the same and the total opposite at the same time. atmosphere wouldnt work as well with CSM, tyranids, orks, etc

[@hanasununhamunagoyum]

Guillaume David is to WH40k what John Williams is to Star Wars.

[@sniperdubey]

Hope you've heard his Ixion sound track composition.

[@hanasununhamunagoyum]

That was so good, too. A totally different vibe.

[@Jerthy100]

Jesper Kyd is fucking genius too, these two just defined WH40k music genre, with absolutely unique songs that just don't have any analogue. At all. Nothing similar exists. Amazon better be hiring one of them for their 40K projects......

[@a_makarov]

Jeremy Soule is the 40k's John Williams. Guillaume David is the 40k's Hans Zimmer.

[@barbariandude]

@@Jerthy100 Wanted to comment exactly this! No WH40k music conversation is complete without both Guillaume David & Jesper Kyd.

[@MrScatty92]

I love that you can hear a clear distinction between the musical elements of each faction and the "battle" when those elements clash in a song. The clerical chants of the Adeptus Mechanicus vs the vaguely Egyptian dubstep of the Necrons.

[@davidcassidy602]

“Step like an Egyptian”

[@Cbyneorne]

"Vaguely Egyptian dubstep" is such a good way of encapsulating what Necron music should be.

[@WildWolfGod]

The number of tracks on the OST is pretty short but it's my favorite OST to actually just listen to. It's just so unique.

[@KoloXD]

I can listen literally anytime to someone nerding out on 40k soundtracks, especially mechanicus. Easily top 5 for me.

[@Furious_Zen]

Guillaume David also did the IXION OST, which I'd also give a recommend. It definitely has his signature love of machine wub sounds, almost tribal beats, and choirs, but it's got a more hopeful sci-fi vibe to it.

[@zefft.f4010]

Oh, did he? That is cool. Music in that game is great. Also, the game itself is fun. lol

[@skiadrum9029]

Ahhh so that was why i would chant a canticle outta nowhere

[@jaega4247]

I can't believe how such a relatively unknown and small game could be blessed with such an astounding soundtrack. It's so unique and absolutely genius, while also perfectly capturing the feel of the mechanicus in 40K.

[@H010CR0N]

I love that in Noosphere if you listen to the chanting, I think that they are saying "The Machine is our God!" Which just adds to the awesome

[@арбузочел]

Machine immortal

[@JonathanToolonie]

"There is no strength in Flesh, only weakness."

[@fellamcgee]

There is no constancy in flesh, only decay

[@WordslingerWillard]

Glad to see so many fellow Mechanicus enjoyers in the comments; I too pre-ordered this vinyl last year and it has a place of honor with our record player. This is my "You gotta listen to this" album. I've yet to find another person in my personal life for whom this soundtrack seeped into the corners of their mind and won't let go, it was awesome to hear how you put that feeling into words.

[@zlt__]

Mechanicus OST is absolutely genious and GOD I am glad it is getting the attention it deserves.

[@Glalev]

The omnissiah is the massive god engine that runs the universe. Every machine, from the smallest to the most complex, are part of that unfathomably vast machine god. And so we should strive to become cogs in that machine, to become greater than we are, to embody the purpose we were meant for from birth. That's why Children of the Omnissiah has such vast undertones to it, it harkens back to that machine so vast that none of us can truly perceive it.

[@onerxowns2202]

But in actuallity "Omnissiah" is a part of K'tan, "Dark gods that consume stars as food", after "War in heavens" K'tan was defeated and enslaved by Necrons (Unded Egiptian Pharroth Terminators) Except there are 4 Dynasty of these terminators they can rebuild them self, have technology so advanced it considered impossible, and all thogh regular Necrons guard are a typical T-800 like Terminator no more than a drone. High Necrons higherarhy are very, very smart and cunning. Unded Machines That Thrumple Gods Themself, and got to sleep for millions of years waiting then galaxy got table again (after War in heavens) stars, Star cluster and incountable amount of planes and being got destroyed) Necrons won, but lose so much they need time to recover and so they did... . . . That was i? A yes, mechanicus is a pseudo-technology ultra-religious cult, that build weapons and vehicle and archive any technology they encounter, AI is stricly forbidden. They kinda stupid, they didn't realise "God Machine" they worship is a part of captured K'tan and K'tan are indestructable and cunning bastards. If they give something they would take 10-100-1000-1000000 fold. P. S: Mechanicus despise flesh and usually have at least one mechanical arm, oldest of mechanicus have only brain left, everything else was replaced by mechanics. Any sufficient AI would take over all of mechanicus in seconds, T'AU and Necrons use AI, unfortunately in this Universe humanity have "plot armor" otherwise it would be destroyed Already

[@Chris_ohne_Nickname]

@onerxowns2202 On the other hand, think about how gods in 40k work. A god can just emerge by enough people believing in it or a concept it represents. Just like the personification of the Greater Good, brought forth by Humans in the Tau Empire believing in it and thus manifesting it in the warp (it needs humans because the Tau themselves are near-blanks). It is specifically never mentioned if the Omnissiah and machine spirits are just a technological thing, warp fuckery or the lingering presence of a shattered star god. And i think that adds intrigue and mystery in the most brilliant way. In the end you can choose whats true for your dudes. Thats all warhammer is about. And its C'tan ;)

[@chocolatebutter192]

​@@onerxowns2202None of that is actually confirmed. Those are all just fan theories. Besides what you would expect, the human form and mind are holy to the mechanicus. There is both understanding and reverence within the priesthood. They are not stupid.

[@davidcassidy602]

Every faction in 40k is simultaneously both absolutely correct about the universe and destined to leverage that accuracy into galactic domination, and also completely missing the boat and on the verge of being the vehicle of their own destruction.

[@worldlinezero4783]

​​@@onerxowns2202 The Omnissiah is not the machine god, they are 2 separate entities that comprise 2/3 of the Mechanicus' religion. Those being the Omnissiah, the Machine God, and the Motive Force. Omnissiah is the Emperor, Machine God is the sum of all machine spirits, and the Motive Force is life and the soul. Also, it is not confirmed that the source of the Mechanicus' religion is a shard of the Void Dragon, it's just a theory. A very plausible theory, but still not confirmed.

[@pierremanslapper5559]

10:06 The music is especially effective in-game because there is indeed a certain amount of planning to be done beforehand in every battle, which is when the music is subtle and ambient. But then the music swells in the throngs of battle, usually just as crazy shit starts happening on the screen.

[@argentavis_flight]

It's the very welcome curse of this OST. I'm so glad you still nerd out on it! I got the vinyl record release of it last year and it gets regular plays that make my bookcases vibrate.

[@zacharymorris4504]

Millenial rage may be partially about the necrons; the really warbly electronic sounds and the spider like clanking may be about the mechanicus waking crypt spiders in the necron tombs. These same spiders were probably not woken for at least a thousand years if not more.

[@Fyrefrye]

Necrons we the race that fought and beat the "Old Ones". As a bit of context, the Old Ones bio-engineered the Orks as a weapon to fight the Necrons. They have been "asleep" for millennia and only went to sleep because they saw the Eldari begin to gain power and said to themselves: "Yeah, we're immortal and they're too annoying to deal with. If we just sleep long enough, they'll eventually forget we exist and probably die off."

[@alunea3527]

He describes the spiderlegs and mindlessness correctly, though misattributes it to mechanicus instead of the necrons. On the other hand, considering some of the tech priest augmentations and mindlessness of the admech troops, it does match them as well :D

[@davisdf3064]

@@alunea3527 I mean, the Skitarii (the Mechanicus' troops) become essentially mindless during the battle, only the Techpriests really think and plan to command the Skitarii and the Servitors into tactics that can lead to victory, many times, sacrificing those two to get the mission done. So yeah.

[@vothbetilia4862]

​@@davisdf3064 bruh what you saying, kephra states how much low morale the skitarii lose when fighting a losing battle, they aren't mindless and majority of the time she was them to return safely.

[@davisdf3064]

@@vothbetilia4862 Ok, so, i went to read a little bit about to see if i was wrong. Turns out, I'm half wrong. They aren't mindless, but in battle, they essentially become just automatons, because the Techepriests can just program them to do anything and sometimes even poses them, much like some Necron overlords do to their troops. Out of battle, they have a small amount of independence, but it's still very little. I read some 40k wikis to get this information.

[@pacajoo5347]

It’s always a pleasure to see you genuinely enjoying and a type of genre you discover out of nowhere! I am also a huge fan of this game’s soundtrack and glad to see you revel in some kind of an unholy grandeur.

[@Brizyy]

Same dude, i have never consumed any Warhammer media before i heard this ost a couple years ago and i still cant get enough of it. Children of the omnessiah was literally my most listened to song on spotify wrapped last year. Its so fucking good.

[@MegaMagnusx]

This is what makes marco great. He drops a video about something he has already covered just because he loves it.

[@MarcoMeatball]

:)

[@locke03]

I too think about the Mechanicus OST far more often than anyone that hasn't played the game should. I find it incredibly evocative and I've never really heard anything else like it.

[@theminersays8921]

Dude your analysis is ALWAYS on point and describes what i cant explain but yet still feel. You do amazing work, thank you for your time to create content

[@MarcoMeatball]

I appreciate that!

[@sniperdubey]

Mechanicus has such beauty in the dichotomy between a faction of flesh desperately seeking ways to become machine and a faction of machines lamenting they are no longer flesh.

[@davidcassidy602]

This so much. But like also Necrons are the boomers of 40k; they just want the youngin factions to get off their galaxy lawn. They had it set up just right, and just settled down for a short eon’s nap, and now you got all these rowdy kids trashing up the place…

[@travisteatime]

Mechanicus has been one of my favourite games of last decade and I keep trying to sell the OST to more people as well, so seeing you constantly bring up your obsession with it makes me so happy.

[@QeraxAqua]

I LOVE THE MECHANICUS OST IM ACUTALLY SO HAPPY YOU COVERED IT- The first song you covered is by far my most favorite because it really conveys such a huge feeling of trying for order yet still trying to feel religious too. I would always put it on to sleep too!

[@btchiaintkidding7837]

first time i heard it i just couldnt get it out of my mind for hours. it is absolutely incredible.

[@pandaowl6141]

I have heard it more than any music piece ever in my life, and what I love about it is how grand it feels, while making me feel small, and yet somehow, it makes me also feel important. Like, this is so much bigger than me, but I am needed for it to work. The machine needs all it's parts, no matter how small.

[@Tremadog102]

I'm glad you're still getting a kick out of the Mechanicus soundtrack. I'm not trained to dissect this music like you are, but I know what I like, and the haunting, eerie aspect of the Necron tombs and the fanatical percussive aspects of the Tech Priests really work well together. I hope you can get into the game on the second attempt. I love the "voice acting" in the game. The inhuman noises each character utters were ultimately due to budget constraints if I recall but it really gives you the feeling that they are talking in their own language. When the Necron characters actually speak their lines it seems even weirder, they are talking down to the humans using their own language, which bizarrely makes them feel more "human" than the Mechanicus at times. I'm sure that's a deliberate choice and I think it's brilliant.

[@grantowens7537]

One thing I love about these tracks, and something I don’t see touched on very often, is how… they are. Despite the utter dominance of religion, of technology, the primary choir is consistently human. Something that, of course, is vital to something even as stagnant and rotting as the Imperium, despite all of its efforts. The Imperium still has bit and pieces of true humanity hidden away inside of it, rare moments of understanding and empathy and curiosity that’s innate to the true human soul. And the Mechanicus tracks really do catch that perfectly. It’s subtle, layered deep beneath faith and tech, but know one can deny it. There’s humanity here, even after all this time and all these trials. And that’s beautiful.

[@TheCuriousFan1]

Meanwhile from what I remember of the game the Necrons went around displaying more humanity than the Mechanicus whenever it was their turn to talk.

[@scaremoonturkey]

This song is easily one of my top all-time favorite musical pieces from a video game, hands down. Even if you have never played the game, or know nothing of WH40K, this song goes straight into your core and makes you feel all of the grim darkness of the setting. And yet, it does so in a way that makes you almost nostalgic for something you've never actually experienced/felt. That's the best way I can describe it from my own experience 😁

[@BeardedBooper]

@9:12 Hell, you read my mind: the melodic aspect balancing out the atmospheric quality was scratching all the itches in my brain. Metroid Prime's super-atmospheric, ancient-alien-ruins soundtrack came to mind right before, and I thought "but this isn't just atmospheric like that, it's...", and you come out with a "...it threads the line between ambient and melodic music". Damn good job, man.

[@datamining2340]

maybe its because I played the game but I actually think the first Children of the Omnissiah has something "heroic" sounding about it. Also the fast organ keys fits so well with the game with the theme of you running out of time and being a hurry. Running down these alien dark hallways while the entire planet starts to wake up ;)

[@Gamemaniac29]

What Guillaume David did with this OST not only serves a game about Adeptus Mechanicus exploratory group delving into Necron tombs but perfectly encapsulates the cyclopean magnitude of the 40k universe. The vast complexes of lost civilisations ridden with horrors beyond imagination, entire systems plunged into never ending war, eldritch stars lurking in the void, influencing entire generations to write legends and create religions, space-time anomalies after a heavenly war that spanned millions of years and so, so much more. This OST is solemn, powerful, subtle and I have yet to find anything that would stir the same feelings and creativity in me.

[@gamerin123d6]

If you love this OST, you *need* to check out the Ixion OST, its made by the same guy.

[@jordanespinosa2508]

Warriors of Mars you can close your eyes and picture Skitarii striding across a war torn battlefield, flowing through the debris and ruins as great gouts of vibrant beams of green energy flash overhead and through their ranks. They emerge from cover and unleashed practiced volleys from their fusillade as that pulsing sound echoes the binarhic orders barked out by Marshals wielding control staves and Tech Priests bring about arcane devices and unleash forgotten powers on those that defy the will of the Omnissiah.

[@martinmalecki3302]

its never been done before, it was never repeated, it remains a peerles classic.

[@novapro9553]

This OST is so on point with the material. When I listen to it I m literaly on a forge world praying to the machine spirit.

[@Fyrefrye]

Have you seen that there's now a Mechanicus DLC for the game "Power Wash Simulator"? I have no idea if the soundtrack is good... but the tagline "Purge the Unclean!" is so hilariously perfect I can't stop thinking about it. 😆

[@TheTbrandon]

I was literally listening to this soundtrack the other day thinking that Marco should cover more of it or share it with his opera buddies. And then comes this video!

[@WildWolfGod]

Mechanicus 2 is real, Marco and Guillaume David is doing the soundtrack for it just like the first one!

[@BoondockDevil]

Children of the Omnissiah fully embodies "From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me.". The holiness of the religion of the Omnissiah and the revving of the machines of the machine god. Every time I listen to that track or I hear it in-game I get chills, it truly and fully represents what it's like being part of the Adeptus Mechanicus.

[@Banaaniapina692]

Its just too good. What else can I say? I will porbably have this soundtrack in my head till I die

[@norsh4563]

I am so glad Marco found this masterpiece of an ost. Idk if I ever recommended it to him or if he ever even seen them but you reacting to this game’s ost has been a literal dream of mine

[@Otronator]

my favourite soundtrack, and some of my favourite music in general.wish more poeple did stuff on it like you do

[@remygallardo7364]

I'm 100% there with you on this. I heard the OST first before I played the game and was sold on the game by the music alone. Playing it just made everything feel so much more visceral but still the music stands alone. There's as much a physical experience as there is an emotional and psychological experience to this sound track. The better your headphones or speaker system the more you understand it. It is a sensory tank that envelopes you and I will never remove it from my library.

[@AAw3s0m3]

I'm glad you revisited this OST. It's so...unique yet fitting, for want of remaining concise.

[@witchkinglp]

Man it amazes me every time how much you nail this. Everything from basically uttering my very thoughts to the way you manage to perfectly capture the essence of the music. Like the Warriors of Mars for instance: Skitarii are literally bred to be just what you describe: incredibly aggressive and strong - but thanks to their augmetics they are also incredibly cool and calculating. But honestly the most insane thing is how you literally uttered my thoughts exactly. I literally returned to this soundtrack today on my commute home because it just won't let me go. And then you said just that in the beginning of this video. I thought about how this soundtrack just _injects_ itself into your bloodstream. And then you said just that. Or how it just tickles a part of your brain - I shit you not, I legitimately thought those exact words and was gonna write a comment about it and then you said just that. I don't know if this is some eerily miraculous ability of yours or synchronicity or just sheer dumb random chance but you f*cking nailed it. I am truly amazed. I guess the Omnissiah is watching.

[@mawkishdave]

The joy you get from music just brings a smile to my face everytime. I am jealous I never found anything to have this much passion about.

[@RS250Squid]

16:00 Overlord! It's atmospheric, brooding, aggressive and infectious all at once.

[@harz632]

This OST combined sounds that few ever thought of combining. All parts of it perfectly represent a part of the Warhammer 40k Universe so not only is this an amazing combination, it is also just extremely fitting for the setting.

[@atnasingetnamn2887]

Your enthusiasm for music is so wonderful; happy justl istening to you talk about it!

[@Bobalini1]

Very glad you made this vid, Adeptus Mechanicus is my FAVORITE 40k faction because of their design/mythos. Thank you for some nice opinions and understanding to listen to while i do chores

[@curs3dcrocodile]

A new fan of Warhammer, uploaded videos of it myself thanks to the outstanding OST. ❤

[@sonidoliberto]

Seeing the lighting in the video get dimmer and dimmer as Marco falls deeper and deeper in the Omnissiah faith...poetic.

[@cpt.zangscarlet1898]

It's so good. Pre-ordered the vinyl immediately when it went up last year.

[@WutheSecond]

When you add the visuals of the game with the music it's perfect... and the AMAZING decision for the voices of the Magos. Amazing.

[@eugenech.2450]

That is so true, I dont even play this game, but Mechanicus soundtrack is so beautiful and dark.

[@blackb1511]

Overlooooarrrd this piece is both incredibly epic and conveys such a desperate feeling, you know you'll fight hordes and hordes of necrons, and you know you won't survive.

[@vothbetilia4862]

Except they did.

[@shrapn3ls_]

The Children of Omnissiah song has literally changed my life. It may sound strange to say such a statement but I believe it is true. From the very first time I listened to it, it moved me deeply. I find it to convey such an eerie feeling, such a strong power imbued in its melody and an incredible strength of faith in the chorus throughout the entire tune. It feels like waking up every single emotions within me at the same time, it feels so vivid at the same time, this is insane. There isn't a single day going when I don't listen to it at least once. It literally became my hymn, I feel like home with this music when I get in various moods. Fantastic work

[@Billy-bc8pk]

A lot of games just don't interest me anymore, but channels like this are great because I never would have encountered that OST otherwise and I'm already in love with it. So thanks for that!

[@MarcoMeatball]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@Atoll-ok1zm]

Interesting thing you mention how its slow and measured. The mechanicus' front line soldiers are called skitarii. Lorewise, in combat skitarii are mentally linked to their commanding magos dominus. Allowing the magos to see from each soldier's perspective and coordinate their movements. Skitarii march in perfect lockstep, they are ruthless, efficient, they never tire, shooting with flawless precision and utter devotion. They often use radiation weapons that make the battlefield itself more and more hostile as the fight goes on. Not that the skitarii mind. Nor do their techpriest masters care of their charges are slaughtered so long as they fulfill their purpose.

[@KOTORstudios]

If you haven’t already Legio Symphonica has created some amazing pieces, Quia Sunt Malleo is definitely worth a listen. Encompasses the feeling of warhammer so well to me.

[@samuelsantana8108]

love your videos, and love Warhammer 40k: Mechanicus OST even more. You have no idea how I've been addicted to this song.

[@kjkallio1745]

What makes the "Lost Civilization" track even more great is how it keeps kicking in more the more chaotic the track and the notes get, as if a culture of a technology encounters another that it cant quite understand and things get both chaotic and wondorous, and in the lore the tech priests also communicate with binaric arias, so music is also their language, you can think of the track as a first encounter with something wonderful and infathomable, yet incredibly dangerous.

[@CrescentiaFortuna]

Mood, I neither played this game nor am I super invested into WH40K, yet I just absolutely love this soundtrack. Something one can listen to for hours while working on my art.

[@mingiasi]

ooh overlord.. i love that one. especially the organ signifying everything has been calculated, prayed and incensed for max success

[@radiofloyd2359]

When I started the video, I had my doubts, because most of the WH40K soundtracks I had heard till now sounded like the generic edgy grim dark militaristic tones. But this is truly special. The second I heard the arps on the organ I knew this was something beyond.

[@douglasbutler9415]

Something else amazing about this soundtrack, especially noticeable in Lost Civilisation and Overlord is how it shows the two opposing factions, the mechanicus and necrons are two sides of the same coin, the buzzing and nore obvious synths (symbolising the necrons) is woven so deeply withing the musical beats which represent the mechanicus (organs, more blunt percussive sounds and the chanting)

[@catscrath25alpha83]

@MarcoMeatball So a few things about the tracks and the lore behind them. Most of the tracks in the game are a duet of themes between the Mechanicus and the themes of the foe they are facing at the time, from the perspective of the Mechanicus. Most tracks are a mix of the Mechanicus and the Necron. The Necron are an ancient race that literally fought and killed gods, almost claiming the entire galaxy as their birthright before having to be put to sleep to try and outlive their foes. They are spiteful, most have completely lost their personality and free will, and above all are ANCIENT. There are three tracks that are exceptions to this. Children of the Omnissiah and Caestus Metalican are both purely Mechanicus, and what I would consider to be the “pure” form of the Mechanicus sound scape. The other exception is Treacherous, which is the Mechanicus against their own kind who have strayed to far from the cult’s rules and limitations on what is and is not allowed. Called Hereteks, these are free thinkers who think innovation, adaptation, and reverse engineering is the answer for humanity’s survival and improvement, which are all concepts that the Mechanicus FEARFULLY detests. You can really feel this sort of clash of thinking with how much more synth heavy and futuristic the sounds are in it compared to the far more engines and pipe clanging sounds of the pure Mechanicus tracks.

[@alliedavidson4175]

I was happy and surprised to see this video of you talking about Warhammer's 'Children of the Omnissiah', it's one of my favorite tracks that I have on my fantasy writing playlist on Spotify. If you like this, I highly highly recommend 'Virgo Serena' from The Talos Principle video game soundtrack. I put it on repeat and never get tired of it.

[@lucaslycan6759]

I found Children of the Omnissiah thanks to your video on it and then it became my top song on spotify wrapped 2023 despite the fact I only started listening to it in November

[@hago66]

One can meditate to this ost and become one with the machine.

[@Just_Browsing-cz4nt]

+1 i also don't play the game, but listen to that soundtrack almost daily (i chuck it on when i'm working my desk job). This has become the signature 40k sound to me and no other 40k game has 'felt' 40k enough because of this.

[@Drummajorguy762]

I can feel the organ reaching for my bones trying to transform me. There is a 2 minute music video of what looks like a live look at the player (Frédéric Ledroit) and organ itself and it looks so amazing.

[@themomaw]

This soundtrack just came out of nowhere, I've never heard of the composer before and yet it's absolutely *perfect*. It perfectly conveys the vast and inevitable power of ancient machinery, the pistons and gears caked with grime but still unmistakably gilded, the digital circuits that have never slept, everything kept in utmost reverence by the Mechanicus. Praise the Omnissiah.

[@dariadaedra13]

Yeah, I feel exactly the same!! How Warhammer OSTs always go sooo crazy with sounds, the choir, organ and deliver an atmosphere of almost religious exaltation is so fascinating... Warhammer 40k: Rogue Trader OST (a new (and first ever!) cRPG game in this universe) is also worth to listen if you wish to experience a similar vibe again and it perfectly continues the overall theme :>

[@SarenSoran]

unironically Semper Servientes, the main menu theme, is my favorite part of the ost, and immediately sets the tone for the whole game very well

[@Lochtain]

In the first song, I love how it sounds like they're almost chanting "Gloriam". I also really like how the Mechanicum and the main antagonists of the game, Necrons, are both mechanical creatures, but that the Mechanicus has this rich, vibrant religious and organ-heavy sound, while the Necrons are sort of notably alien, with scratching, breaking down andthose high warbling screech/cries. An amazing soundtrack to paint models to.

[@walterclements5632]

I love to imagine that the soundtrack is essentially a Tech-Priest choir, and it's amazing.

[@anibee_]

I'm the same, I don't play the game, yet this soundtrack went right to my soul and I always get goosebumps and shivers. Maybe it is also the mix of organic and mechanic that hits different in combination with the chanting ... so contradictory yet goes so well along :)

[@mikdu221]

everytime i hear this songs i have goosebumps. i love it

[@garrapato]

I can't put my feelings towards this soundtrack in words. All I can say is that I like music a lot, and these tracks are very special to me. I am indeed obsessed with it. So deep and so rich - the composition, the sound design. I have never seen any composer of classical or rock to give such attention to the sound design, and I have never seen any electronic music composer to be that skilful in the composition. My favourite one is "Treacherous". I love when the synth arpeggio comes in - after 6 minutes of sheer darkness, the synth comes bringing light. Then, the drums sound deeper and the space is widened. The arpeggiated pattern of the synth goes on an on. The sound modulates slightly, and the synth is more trippy each time it repeats. Then, the distant chant. I have never felt that feeling of "suspended trance" like that (and I like Pink Floyd, techno and psy-trance a lot). Then there is "Lost Civilization" - the mechanical beat - those energy drums are deep and alien. So dark, and then, that delicious synth melody emerges and makes one's heart jolly. I played the whole game on weed.

[@Agamembar]

An upload of someone enthuastically enjoying one of my all time favorite soundtracks? Don't mind if I do. One of the things I like to think about the track 'Warriors of Mars' is that the beat doesn't only invoke a army walking but also the beat of sound one might see in a factory and its robots doing thier tasks, As to the tech adepts of the Omnissaiahs faithful both are equal in purpose and value. Children of the Omnissiah and Noonsphere are tied for me for my favorite tracks

[@galedex5661]

Out of topic, but have you looked at "Sankarin Tango" from Control? It's such unexpected piece during that game and it gets even better with lyrics. That song and "Yötön Yö" basically refuse to leave my youtube recommendations

[@NoBSSurvival]

What is really crazy is that I got stuck building complex armour designed for months. I put on this album and burned incense and everything worked. I stopped and I started running into problems again. So played it again and lit the incense and no more engineering problems...... Wtf

[@kyledsweeney]

I’ve never played this game, but I bought the OST on vinyl, and I didn’t even have a record player. It’s so unique, and I’m still in awe that the composer didn’t have anything to his name before he made this. (I have a record player now, and there’s something really satisfying about playing this soundtrack on a physical machine.)

[@michaellewis1545]

I love when most game have drops but instead here is an orgen.

[@nakenmil]

I love how so much of the Mechanicus music summons a vision of this deep abyss where the chanting come from, it's so distorted and echoey that you feel like you stand on a precipice of a deep, dark space where a vast mass is chanting. EDIT: A lot of the Mechanicus' army IS 'unthinking', because they use brainwashed and lobotomized cyborgs as soldiers and servants (the Imperium doesn't really have androids and robots, because AI is outlawed.). So you're not entirely off with how the music makes it sound like it's this unthinking, plodding mass moving forward with vengeance.

[@unnf9971]

Man it is so fascinating hearing a serious opera singer geeking out on a techno gothic sci fi soundtrack. It's like seeing fantasy and reality forming a connection.

[@ironwarriorhonsou9303]

I will add that Milenial Rage is a stunning piece. You are bringing guns that violate physics to shoot a God in the face and the God is fighting back

[@mingiasi]

I also love the ost. The Caestus metallican is THE chant to code to

[@t.maximilianwaechter3208]

Goddamn I'm glad it's not just me this has been living rent free in my head since I heard it

[@Ender7j]

“…and your kind will beg us to save you, but I am already saved. For the machine is immortal.”

[@lordbayne7918]

I fell into a warhammer OST hole when I found this soundtrack myself. Listened for probably thousands of hours now. Nothing like it man.

[@Demigodish4o3]

I've listened to this OST atleast 100 times, almost every other work day, as I get in the zone of productivity.

[@SumsieBun]

I think the low notes are so addicting because there some kind of infrasound that our conscious can’t hear. The low crunch is something our brains block out all day every day and this music (and lots of electronica) stimulates the part of the brain that hears those ultra low distortions. That’s my theory anyway. Throne, I can listen to this for hours

[@dragos2190]

It's a powerful brutal vibe, I listen to it in the shower, I listen to it when cleaning, I listen to it with the morning coffee, I listen to it when I come home from work. And it absolutely rocks when I find someone that feels the same.