℗ 2024 Relapse Records
| Released | February 15, 2010 |
| Duration | 1h 26m 52s |
| Record Label | Relapse Records |
| Catalogue No. | RR7568 |
| Genre | Metal (Industrial Metal) |
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1.1
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Sand, Wind and Carcass
Author & Punisher |
5:41 | |||
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1.2
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Burrow Below
Author & Punisher |
7:50 | |||
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1.3
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Doppler
Author & Punisher |
6:00 | |||
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1.4
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Beginning of End
Author & Punisher |
5:13 | |||
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1.5
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Skies O'er
Author & Punisher |
9:14 | |||
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1.6
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NTG Part 1 - Time
Author & Punisher |
15:38 | |||
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1.7
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NTG Part 2 - Pressure
Author & Punisher |
15:38 | |||
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1.8
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Lust for Scales
Author & Punisher |
8:32 | |||
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1.9
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Blue Flame
Author & Punisher |
5:31 | |||
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1.10
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Throttle and Hymn
Author & Punisher |
4:58 | |||
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1.11
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Final Hours
Author & Punisher |
2:37 |
What started out as the design and build of his Masters thesis at the University of California, San Diego, the Drone Machines soon become the subject matter of Tristan Shone's third album as Author & Punisher. For those unaware, A&P is an industrial doom metal, one man band utilizing primarily custom designed and fabricated machines and speakers. The devices draw heavily on aspects of industrial automation and robotics, focusing on the eroticism of interaction with machine.
The machines are designed to require significant force from the performer, aligning he or she with the plodding doom influenced sounds that are created. Drone Machines is the heaviest of the A&P albums and also the longest at around 70 minutes.
48 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Relapse Records Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.10 -0.10 to -0.10 | -8.77 -10.17 to -7.57 | -6.21 -7.10 to -5.70 | 5 3 to 6 | |
| 1 | Sand, Wind and Carcass | -0.10 | -7.71 | -6.4 | 4 |
| 2 | Burrow Below | -0.10 | -8.68 | -6.0 | 5 |
| 3 | Doppler | -0.10 | -8.73 | -6.1 | 5 |
| 4 | Beginning of End | -0.10 | -7.57 | -6.3 | 3 |
| 5 | Skies O'er | -0.10 | -8.31 | -6.0 | 5 |
| 6 | NTG Part 1 - Time | -0.10 | -8.76 | -5.7 | 5 |
| 7 | NTG Part 2 - Pressure | -0.10 | -8.76 | -5.7 | 5 |
| 8 | Lust for Scales | -0.10 | -8.51 | -6.0 | 4 |
| 9 | Blue Flame | -0.10 | -10.17 | -7.1 | 5 |
| 10 | Throttle and Hymn | -0.10 | -9.25 | -6.4 | 5 |
| 11 | Final Hours | -0.10 | -10.06 | -6.6 | 6 |