The God Machine is the twelfth studio album by the German power metal band Blind Guardian, released on 2 September 2022 through Nuclear Blast.

The album's cover art was illustrated by American artist Peter Mohrbacher as part of the Angelarium project.

Production of The God Machine took place throughout the global COVID-19 pandemic; however some of the songs were written before 2020.

Frontman Hansi Kürsch feared unforeseeable individual and social consequential damage from the pandemic.

We've set a new course and gone back to certain things that we've neglected a bit on the last few albums", Kürsch told music publications in May 2022.