#losing track + ragnarok ii + empty trail + the hanged man rusts + once and future king + rose red + cinders song + our boy jack +

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hello, mechanisms enjoyer. who is your favourite mechanism. what is your favourite album. what is your favourite song. what is your favourite photo. do you have a favourite live recording/have you been to a live show.

HI FELLOW MECHANISMS ENJOYER :DD

okay so my favourite mechanism is by FAR raphaella, her derth of backstory and absolutely nuts vocal range has utterly bewitched me. im also SO in love with her aesthetic, and any + all portrayals of her wings kick ASS

FAVOURITE SONG IS HARD... rn it is a very close tie between pieces and hellfire -- but atm hellfire wins out! i fucking LOVE the ominous sermon vibes it has; the organ in the beginning? the way the humming progresses into wailing in the harmonies? the fucking TRUMPET in the chorus*???????? the hair-raising whispered poem ABT arthurian legend in the second spoken section? jonny's Deranged Preacher Cackle??????? THE DTTM RECORDING WHERE YOU CAN HEAR THE WHOLE CROWD SCREAM 'BUT YOU'RE A LIAR'????????????? showstopping. breathtaking. absolutely no notes.

anyway if you couldn't tell my favourite album atm is high noon over camelot LMAO. i think the soundscape it creates is like. the most impressive + immersive out of all of mechs recordings -- the way they use the synth throughout is fucking MASTERFUL, and its such a PERFECT way to blend the genres of scifi + western, considering the mechs usual timbre lends itself extremely well to folky and old-fashioned. like, the absolutely BONE chilling reprise of hellfire during the heirophant goes CRAZY hard and ive never seen ANYONE mention it! and the whole album is full of moments like that! like each song transitions perfectly into a background hum for the narration and then back again, and its always so well balanced and !!!!!!!

favourite photo............. god there are some really fucking good ones out there but its Gotta be this raphaella shot:

its just. So fucking ethereal. she <333333333333333

i have regrettably never been to a liveshow </3 i don't actually have a lot of knowledge of all the different recordings - i have a bunch of masterposts saved, but im super slow to work through them.

so i think ive gotta go with death to the mechanisms! while i do sometimes wish it captured the details a little better, its so awesome being able to see the majority of the band during each song :) in paticular, i LOVE getting to see kofi's acting, they're SO fucking expressive and they get so excited in the leadup to both thor and expert testimony and i just :D

thanks so much for the ask! i love talking abt the mechs and am stoked to do so at literally any and all times, LMAOOO

*side note: if you've never done a dedicated listen of hellfire where ur completely focused on the trump part, i am begging you to do so. holy shit. it adds So Much. ivy my BELOVEDDDD

[mechs-track-tournament]

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Text Version (Matchups from top to bottom, left to right):

Holder of the GRAIL Vs. Terminus (Live)

Advice From Caterpillar Vs. Ragnarok V: End of the Line

Ragnarok II: The Calling Vs. Cinders' Song

Ties That Bind Vs. Riddle Of The Sphinx

Cold Case Vs. Ragnarok III: Strange Meeting

Pump Shanty Vs.Terminus

Person Of Interest (Live) Vs. “The Fool”

Empty Trail Vs. ‘Endgame’

Drop Dead Vs. Old King Cole

Expert Testimony Vs. My Name Is No-One

Elysian Fields Vs. Riddle Of The Sphinx (Live)

Cold Case (Live) Vs. Underworld Blues

Skin and Bone Vs. ‘Snows's Flight’

Frankenstein Vs. Iphis

Peacemaker Vs. Sigyn 

Lucky Sevens Vs. Pieces

Teatime With The Kaiser Vs. The Recruiter's Song

Sleeping Beauty Vs. ‘Olympians’

‘Ulysses’ Will’ Vs. Prometheus

“Death” Vs. Tim Goes Crazy

Tales To Be Told (Live) Vs. ‘Chapter The Last’

Once and Future King Vs. Trial By Song

Rose Red (Live) Vs. Losing Track (Live)

Our Boy Jack Vs. No Happy Ending

Swan Song Vs. Ragnarok III: Strange Meeting (Live)

‘The Daidala’ Vs. Blood and Whiskey

Gassed Last Night Vs. ‘The City’

‘The Twins’ Vs. “Strength”

The Hanged Man Rusts Vs. Broken Horses

“Justice” Vs. ‘The Aurora Strikes’

Drunk Space Pirate (Live) Vs. Ragnarok I: Runaway (Live)

‘Sunrise’ Vs. Ragnarok II: The Calling (Live)

Sirens Vs. Death To The Mechanisms (Live)

The Toy Soldier's Song Vs. Black Box

Ragnarok V: End Of The Line (Live) Vs. A Mad Tea Party

Drunk Space Pirate (UDAD Live) Vs. Twisted Threads

Torn Suits Vs. “Judgement”

‘The Resistance Grows’ Vs. White Noise

Hellfire (Live) Vs. Lost In The Cosmos

Cinder's Song (Tragic Horror Act 3) Vs. Stranger

Odin Vs. “The Hermit”

Red Signal Vs. Ragnarok I: Runaway

Elysian Fields (Live) Vs. Redeath

One Eyed Jacks Vs. Chop Off Their Heads

Sigyn (Live) Vs. ‘Trial By Wits’

Gunfight at the Dolorous Guard Vs. The Ignominious Demise of Dr. Pilchard

Odin (Live) Vs. Actaea And Lyssa

Lost In The Cosmos (Live) Vs. Expert Testimony (Live)

Loki Vs. The Queen's Court

‘The Bride' Vs. ‘Loose Threads’

Ragnarok IV: Jormungandr Vs. Pellinore and the Beast

‘Hades’ Vs. Thor

Laid in Blood Vs. Ragnarok IV: Jormungandr (Live)

‘Trial By Strength’ Vs. The Hanged Man Rusts (Live)

“The Lovers” Vs. Hellfire

Black Box (Live) Vs. Thor (Live)

‘Trial By Love’ Vs. Conspiracy to Commit Treason

‘Once’ Vs. Favoured Son

White Noise (Live) Vs. Person of Interest

Conspiracy To Commit Treason (Live) Vs. Hereward The Wake

Underworld Blues (Live) Vs. Rose Red

Loki (Live) Vs. “The Hierophant”

“The Tower” Vs. Red Signal (Live)

Cinders’ Song (Live) Vs. Losing Track

[mechs-song-tournament]

Hello! Pinned post time!

Feel free to dunk on songs you don't want to win! I will judge you silently if you decide to be mean to a song I like. You have been warned.

Please feel free to submit/send/reblog propaganda for songs and narrations! I'll either add it to the poll under a readmore or reblog it depending on weather or not I can edit the poll!

Rounds + links to polls under the cut!

ROUND 0 (pre-round)

Ulysses Dies at Dawn:

Sirens / Torn Suits

The Bifrost Incident:

Losing Track / Ragnarok IV: Jormungandr

Ragnarok V: End of the Line / Ragnarok III: Strange Meeting

Sigyn / Ragnarok I: Runaway

Tales to be Told Vol 2:

Swan Song / Alice

Narrations:

All OUaT(IS) narrations

All UDAD narrations

All HNOC narrations

All TBI narrations

ROUND 1

Once Upon a Time (In Space):

Our Boy Jack / Cinder's Song

Rose Red / Sleeping Beauty

No Happy Endings / Old King Cole

Ulysses Dies At Dawn:

Sirens / Broken Horses

Trial by Song / Riddle of the Sphinx

Favoured Son / Underwold Blues

Ties that Bind / My Name is No-One

Tales to be Told Vol. 1:

Gunpowder Tim vs the Moon Kaiser / Prometheus

Pellinore and the Beast / The Ignominious Demise of Dr. Prichard

One Eyed Jacks / Redeath

High Noon Over Camelot:

Gunfight at the Dolorous Guard / Skin and Bone

Blood and Whiskey / Hellfire

Hanged Man Rusts / Peacemaker

Holder of the Grail / Empty Trail

The Bifrost Incident:

Odin / Losing Track

Thor / Ragnarok II: The Calling

Loki / Ragnarok III: Strange Meeting

Red Signal / Ragnarok I: Runaway

Tales to be Told Vol 2:

Twisted Threads / Alice

Stranger / Pieces

Hereward the Wake / Lucky Sevens

Lost in the Cosmos / Drop Dead

Miscellaneous:

Drunk Space Pirate / Lotus Eaters

Tales to be Told / Frankenstein

Death to the Mechanisms / Homesick

Finales:

Laid in Blood / Terminus

Once and Future King / Elysian Fields

Narrations:

The Aurora Strikes / Expert Testimony

The Hermit / Sunrise

ROUND 2

Once Upon a Time (In Space)

Pump Shanty / Our Boy Jack

Sleeping Beauty / No Happy Endings

Ulysses Dies at Dawn

Sirens / Riddle of the Sphinx

Underworld Blues / My Name is No-One

Tales to be Told Vol 1

Iphis / Gunpowder Tim vs the Moon Kaiser

The Ignominious Demise of Dr Pilchard / One Eyed Jacks

High Noon Over Camelot

Skin and Bone / Blood and Whiskey

Hanged Man Rusts / Holder of the GRAIL

The Bifrost Incident

Losing Track / Ragnarok II: The Calling

Loki / Red Signal

Tales to be Told Vol 2

Alice / Stranger

Lucky Sevens / Lost in the Cosmos

Miscellaneous

Cyberian Demons / Drunk Space Pirate

Tales to be Told / Death to the Mechanisms

Finales

Laid in Blood / Once and Future King

Narrations

Expert Testimony / the Hermit

ROUND 3

UDAD winner 1 / TTBT2 winner 2

HNOC winner 2 / Misc winner 1

UDAD winner 2 / OUat(IS) winner 1

TTBT2 winner 1 / TBI winner 1

OUaT(IS) winner 2 / Misc winner 2

Narrations winner / TBI winner 2

HNOC winner 1 / TTBT1 winner 2

Finales winner / TTBT1 winner 1

ROUND 4

Round 3 winner 1 / Round 3 winner 2

Round 3 winner 3 / Round 3 winner 4

Round 3 winner 5 / Round 3 winner 6

Round 3 winner 7 / Round 3 winner 8

ROUND 5

Round 4 winner 1 / Round 4 winner 2

Round 4 winner 3 / Round 4 winner 4

ROUND 6 (Finale)

Round 5 winner 1 / Round 5 winner 2

It should end up looking something like this ^

[mechs-song-tournament]

List of polls under cut because it is very long this time! Have a good round 1 week!

Once Upon a Time (In Space):

Our Boy Jack / Cinder's Song

Rose Red / Sleeping Beauty

No Happy Endings / Old King Cole

Ulysses Dies At Dawn:

Sirens / Broken Horses

Trial by Song / Riddle of the Sphinx

Favoured Son / Underwold Blues

Ties that Bind / My Name is No-One

Tales to be Told Vol. 1:

Gunpowder Tim vs the Moon Kaiser / Prometheus

Pellinore and the Beast / The Ignominious Demise of Dr. Prichard

One Eyed Jacks / Redeath

High Noon Over Camelot:

Gunfight at the Dolorous Guard / Skin and Bone

Blood and Whiskey / Hellfire

Hanged Man Rusts / Peacemaker

Holder of the Grail / Empty Trail

The Bifrost Incident:

Odin / Losing Track

Thor / Ragnarok II: The Calling

Loki / Ragnarok III: Strange Meeting

Red Signal / Ragnarok I: Runaway

Tales to be Told Vol 2:

Twisted Threads / Alice

Stranger / Pieces

Hereward the Wake / Lucky Sevens

Lost in the Cosmos / Drop Dead

Miscellaneous:

Drunk Space Pirate / Lotus Eaters

Tales to be Told / Frankenstein

Death to the Mechanisms / Homesick

Finales:

Laid in Blood / Terminus

Once and Future King / Elysian Fields

Narrations:

The Aurora Strikes / Expert Testimony

The Hermit / Sunrise