Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandoh

Vander wrote it as the final movement of the trilogy, after Theusz Hamtaahk and Wurdah Itah, written from 1971 to 1972 though released first. An early version was recorded in summer 1971 and first performed in November 1971 at Théâtre 140 in Brussels. The studio version, 38:53, was recorded in April 1973 with Giorgio Gomelsky producing, at The Manor and Aquarium Studio in Paris, and released on May 6, 1973; a version recorded in January 1973 was rejected by A&M as not rock enough and came out in 1989 as Mekanik Kommandoh. Wikipedia summarizes its story: after Kobaians rejected Earth, the prophet Nebehr Gudahtt urges acceptance, authorities denounce him and a crowd marches to kill him, and the march becomes a collective awakening.

AllMusic's François Couture gave 4.5 of 5; Rolling Stone's French edition ranked the album 33rd among French rock albums, and Rolling Stone in 2015 24th of 50 greatest prog rock albums. Setlist.fm counts 237 plays, the most of any Magma song. Our upload is titled with 2021 remastered, which matches the Seventh remaster of Rétrospektïẁ, so it is probably the 1980 Olympia performance of about 40 minutes and not the 1973 studio take; the page gave only its title, so this is an inference.