Flesh Machine is an indie/alternative band based in Reykjavík Iceland that blew up in the underground scene in late 2022. Flesh Machine is the brainchild of Kormákur Jarl Gunnarsson as an expression outlet while he was living and studying in Berlin and as a coping mechanism for his depression and anxiety. After he moved back to Iceland he decided to expand that Idea by adding members and forming a band: Baldur Hjörleifsson and Lukas Zurawski on guitars, Jón G. Breiðfjörð on drums, and Viktor Árni Veigarsson on bass.
The band performed its debut show in August 2022 and has been active in the Reykjavík music scene ever since, always performing for fully-packed venues and festivals including Norðanpaunk, Lunga and off-venue Iceland Airwaves. The band’s first single, released in January 2023, was very well-received and even caught the attention of Anthony Fantano, who hosts the YouTube channel “The Needle Drop, ” giving the single a good review. Flesh Machine won an award for the music video to their song “Problems,” at the 2024 Stockfish film festival. That same video also got nominated at the 2024 Muvid awards in Peru, competing in the same category as Harry Styles and Jungle. In the year 2025 the band got nominated at the Reykjavík Grapevine Music Awards in the category “Ones To Watch”. The same year the band played their first concert outside of Iceland, on the first edition of the showcase festival Music Week Poland, held in Warsaw, Poland.
The creative world of Flesh Machine draws musical influences from The Velvet Underground, Iggy Pop, Depeche Mode, Brian Eno, Tears for Fears, and David Bowie. The band is also influenced by the creative mind of David Lynch. The essence of Flesh Machine is blending two worlds of flesh, representing warmth, emotion, and humanity, and the Machine which represents the cold, mechanism, and synthetic. Blending acoustic and electronic sounds to create music that explores the human experience, depression, and the dark corners of the human psyche.
Vision: Flesh Machine is currently working on their debut album “the Fool” and has already released four singles that will be featured on the album. Flesh Machine aims to boost their image to reach an international crowd.