The Machinery of Other Skeletons : Brand new death-metal band The Machinery of Other Skeletons is made up of five Shanghai expats, all of whom have either been in other Shanghai bands before or are heavily involved in the city’s local music scene: Hans von Meister plays bass, Brian Murdock and Martin Aamodt are on guitar, Sam Gregory is on drums, and Ivan Belcic (of Death to Giants) provides vocals.