Silicon Messiah is the debut studio album by English heavy metal band Blaze, the band which formed by Blaze Bayley, released in 2000, and being the first album since the departure of Bayley from Iron Maiden in 1999.

[3] Blaze Bayley began writing the track for his intended third album with the band, but when he was replaced as lead singer by the returning Bruce Dickinson, Bayley instead repurposed the song for Silicon Messiah.

[3] Bayley's tenure with Iron Maiden also informed the bonus tracks "The Day I Fell to Earth", which deals with his abrupt departure from the band, and "Motherfuckers R Us", which recalls a concert on the North American leg of the Virtual XI World Tour.

Other influences on the album include Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

by Philip K. Dick, which inspired the song "Identity", and the film Gattaca, upon which both "Reach for the Horizon" and "The Launch" were based.