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Machine Head is an American heavy metal band from Oakland, California. The band was formed in 1991 by vocalist/rhythm guitarist Robb Flynn, who remains the only original member of the band. Machine Head's aggressive musicianship made it one of the pioneering bands in the new wave of American heavy metal.
The Blackening is the sixth studio album by American heavy metal band Machine Head. Released on March 27, 2007, in the United States, The Blackening sold 16,000 units in its first week, and became Machine Head's third highest charting release at number 54 on the Billboard 200, and charted in the Top 20 throughout many countries in ...
Formed in: 1991. Genre: Groove/Thrash Metal, Nu-Metal. Themes: Violence, Domination, Respect, Inner struggles, Politics, Society, Anti-religion. Current label: Nuclear Blast. Years active: 1991-present. Initially formed as a side-project, while Robb Flynn was still in Vio-lence, on October 12th, 1991.
- Imperium (Through The Ashes Of Empires, 2003) We’ve mentioned before that although Through The Ashes Of Empires lacked a little in its overall execution, that album’s majestic bookends are amongst the finest tracks in the Machine Head catalogue.
- Davidian (Burn My Eyes, 1994) A blast of machine-gun percussion. That ear-piercing opening riff. Then the unstoppable, building momentum of a freight-train crashes into Robb’s unforgettable declaration: ‘LET FREEDOM RING WITH A SHOTGUN BLAST!’
- Halo (The Blackening, 2007) A deliriously complex composition that sprawled out over nine minutes, Halo wasn’t exactly an obvious hit-single release, but when it dropped as the third cut from The Blackening it felt emblematic of everything that made that record such an important moment in time. ‘
- Locust (Unto The Locust, 2011) ‘Down they come, the swarm of locusts / Skies above converge to choke us / Feast of souls consume the harvest / Young and old, suffer unto the locust…’ Robb and Phil Demmel veered hard into Old Testament imagery with the title track from Unto The Locust, likening the Passover story’s eighth plague of Egypt to the experience of being drained and digested by the industry parasites who tend to circulate around successful bands.
- Burn My Eyes (1994) They said metal was dead back in 1994, but nobody had counted on a gang of street kids raised on Pantera, Public Enemy, Cro-Mags and Ice-T to mix their influences into a magnificent melting pot and make metal sound dangerous, fresh and contemporary again.
- The Blackening (2007) One of the best metal albums of the 21 century it may be, but The Blackening doesn't quite top the pile for the strongest collection of songs in the Machine Head canon.
- The More Things Change… (1997) While there might be more commercially successful and critically lauded albums in Machine Head’s back catalogue, there isn’t one that hits as hard, in so many different ways and as often as The More Things Change.
- Of Kingdom And Crown (2022) It’s bold to think that a band three decades in could write the best album of their career, but to their absolute credit, Machine Head have come close with Of Kingdom And Crown.
The Lowdown by Machine Head released in 2011. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
Jan 26, 2018 · The Lowdown: Machine Head’s ninth full-length marks the California metal stalwarts’ most strident – and discombobulated – record in years, packing in 74 minute of blistering solos, anthemic choruses, nü-metal drug PSAs, Motörhead tributes, and even folksy, election-inspired screeds.
