Machiavel, named after Niccolò Machiavelli, is a Belgian rock group formed in 1974 and still currently recording and touring today.

[1] Machiavel were founded in 1974 by Roland De Greef (bass) and Marc Ysaÿe (drums and vocals)[2] then playing with a group called Moby Dick and Jack Roskam (guitar) and Albert Letecheur (keyboard).

They released their first eponymous album in 1976 and gained some attention with the song "Cheerlessness" displaying Marc's high pitch voice and Albert's heady keyboard line.

[3] Jack Roskam was soon replaced by Jean-Paul Devaux and Mario Guccio joined the group as lead vocalist and showman, due to his move out to Yugoslavia.

[3] Although live performances have been promoted the band fails to recapture its former glory after such a long absence.