Rise of the Great Machine is the debut and only studio album by the experimental rock project Supermachiner. It was released in 2000, through Undecided Records. The album features artwork created by Jacob Bannon.

"In 1994, we started experimenting with this and people [in Boston] would be like what the hell are you doing? We were trying to get really simple, powerful songwriting down, crafting a more experimental, minimalist kind of writing, and it was just a unique approach at the time."

Writing for the album began in 1994 and soon after became a collection of four track recordings, however the project remained inactive for a number of years. When Converge had about six months of down time as the band searched for a drummer, Jacob Bannon and Ryan Parker found the time to resurrect the project. They entered GodCity Studios with Kurt Ballou in the winter of 1999, to take on the piles of old four track tapes they had. During the sessions, Ballou contributed a great deal to the album material both as an engineer and musician. They each brought something to the table and in the end we created an "interesting record".

Bannon stated in an interview that many of the songs off Converge's Jane Doe came from Supermachiner, the project was claimed to inspire Jane Doe's experimental side. The songs "Jane Doe" and "Phoenix in Flight" were initially intended for the Supermachiner but Bannon thought "it made sense for Converge to play them."

The original Rise of the Great Machine CD was released by Undecided Records in 2000 (now out of print). The album was reissued two times after the original release. The first reissue was in 2004, released by Icarus Records a sub-section of Deathwish Inc. This version was limited to 50 copies and was only made available for the Converge "You Fail Me 2k4 tour". The second reissue was in 2008, released by the E-Vinyl label in France. It was released as a one time pressing as a deluxe double vinyl, limited to 1000 copies, with new artwork which would go on to be a similar style to the artwork used on Rust.

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