Grew up during the grunge scene, bands like Nirvana, Bush, Pearl Jam, just to name a few. Later I was introduced to Metallica, Motoread, Soil, etc.

Bands played with: Soul of a New Machine

Favourite Bands: Metallica, Soulfly, Sepultura, Entombed, Godsmack, Slipknot, Coheed and Cumbria

Influences: Kirk Hammett, James Hetfield, Slash & Daron Malakian

Played for 6 years all round SA until Ian imagrated to Australia and Hugo left for Jo’burg.
Thought that was it , getting old for this and all that crap.

2 Years later, (March ‘09) contact Barry and told him we have to do something… and Soul of a New Machine was born!

Bands played with: Rust/C4, Soul of a New Machine

Favourite Bands: Metallica, Soilwork, InFlames, Pantera, Slipknot, Mudvayne, Hatebreet… and the list goes on….

Started out on drums at the tender age of 17, realized that it was too expensive for a damn kit, and I was born in a cardboard box.  The obvious solution was guitar.  My whole family was involved in music and my dad taught me a couple chords.  At 19 I started a band with a friend of mine.

First band was a Metal/Hard Rock group called Virtual Insanity, never progressed, the drummer ended up in rehab… another good reason not to become a drummer.  Next was Sour Nipple, that evolved to Stool Henge, pretty much a metal/hard rock cover band.  We played a couple clubs and festivals but disbanded when our guitarist moved to London.  During that time the band scene in Bethlehem dissolved and only easy listening and blues cover bands got gigs.  I started playing lead guitar for a local praise and worship band.  An old mate of mine then returned from London and we formed Afrikaanse hard rock band Koeke Moer, influenced by AC/DC.  Didn’t last long, local churches lynched us (I got a fiery red hot poker up my ass)!  We changed the name to Bendover and did rock/blues/funk covers.

Eventually met a gorilla like man beast called Piet ‘Metallica’, imagine Wolverine and King Kong’s love child… and the rest as they say is history!

Bands played with: Virtual Insanity, Sour Nipple, Stool Henge, Koeke Moer, Bendover, Soul of a New Machine.

Favourite Bands: Soulfly, Sepultura, Evile, The Haunted, S.O.D., Mastodon and Soul of a New Machine

Influences: Elvis, Led Zeppelin, John Lee Hooker, Black Sabbath, AC/DC, Sex Pistols, Twisted Sister, KISS, Ramones, Exodus, Metallica, Sepultura, Nirvana, Green Jelly, Pearl Jam, Pantera, Alice in Chains, Soulfly, Machine Head, Primus, Helmet, Rage against the Machine, Tool. Godsmack and Michael Jackson.

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Soul of a New Machine

Attitude

The Art of Hating You

Where you can come party with us:

We are playing  Scene Afrika – Maputo Mozambique SOON with mental metalheads …and Winter and local Moz bands, goin’ to be crazy, will keep you posted on the exact date, so join us if you have a passport!

Download our bio (1mb PDF), print it, keep it, give it to your friends….

SOANM_Bio

Cool people we know:

Shane: what an experience, you the master of sound, demo sounds awesome… thanks!

Morain: thanks for the photos, you rock!

…and Winter: crazy freaks… need I say more…

Anthony @ Blue Moon: Best live venue on earth!

Agro: Legends!

Sacrifist: Amazing band, they just get better every time we see them!

Logan: Thanks for a place to crash, and I think Leeroy might have a thing for that FREAK PUG of yours….?!?!

All our wives / girlfriends / kids / pets: Thanks for the understanding and support!

Andrew: IT help supreme!!! – you rock!

damn, are these the only people who will associate with us…

Piet and I had been talking about doing something for a while, so got out the old sticks and started Soul of a New Machine, early in 2009.

Bands played with: Couple garage bands, Ska Tissue, BlueGreenFish, Soul of a New Machine

Favourite Bands: (at the moment) InFlames, Alice in Chains, Soulfly, Mudvayne, DevilDriver, Pantera, System of a Down…this list will change as time goes by…..

Influences: Derek Roddy (he in NOT human), John Boecklin (damn energetic), Tommy Lee (was the man when I started playing in the old days), Influenceable bands: Sex Pistols, The Exploited, Godsmack, Pantera, Alice in Chains, RedHotChilliPeppers, Motley Crue, Metallica, and too many more to mention!

Hailing from the Mpumalanga capital Nelspruit, SOUL OF A NEW MACHINE is the latest product of the ever growing SA metal scene, started in an egg-boxed up room in March 2009.

The four piece consists of very capable and experienced musicians who have come together to create a crowd churning, brutal array of heavy metal songs what will get head banging and fists in the air!

The ensemble is made up of Riaan Cordier on lead/rhythm guitar, Leeroy Snyman on bass and drummer Barry Odendaal.  The four piece is completed by Pieter van der Walt on vocals, who fronted Nelspruit metal pioneers C4.

They have played clubs and festivals with great crowd response and a growing fan base, stating Nelspruits legendary Blue Moon amongst their favourite venues.

The bands influences range from old school Death and Thrash greats like Pantera, Sepultura and Metallica, to present day destroyers like Chimaira, Soulfly, InFlames and Soilwork to name a few.

Their performance promises to deliver brutal and emotional energy that will leave audiences well and truly entertained.

Contact them on lhi@soft.co.za or call Piet on 082 771 7442.