Machine Head

Released via: Nuclear BlastProduction: Robb Flynn, Zack Ohren, Colin Richardson, Chris ClancyRelease date: August 26, 2022Album length: 59:22/70:00 (special edition) The last few years have been pretty turbulent for California metallers…

Location: Gasometer, Vienna, AustriaWhen: Wednesday, 16 October 2019 2018 was a rough year for Machine Head. Robb Flynn was left almost on his own when long-standing members Phil Demmel and Dave McClain walked out. Sure, neither was an…

With Catharsis, an album of ups and downs, Machine Head took a big gamble. The band didn't rerun its previous album. It tried something new and different, and plenty of people aren't buying it. Catharsis can be read as a misstep or as a…

If we're going for the cliché, we can say Machine Head age like wine, getting better with every year.

With their eighth album, Machine Head proved they're nowhere near running out of steam. They've still got plenty of imagination when it comes to songwriting, it just gets a bit stuck here and there, which shows in the odd filler.

"'Machine Head' is the golden crown atop Deep Purple's finest studio efforts and the peak of the Mark II lineup, which created the band's most beloved classics to this day."

Location: Tolmin (the confluence of the Tolminka and Soča) / SloveniaDate: August 6, 2012 We moan every year, and we moan all year long. We (rightfully) complain about a lineup that looks like the roster of Nuclear Blast and/or the…

The festival's second day was all about the triumphant return of German death metallers Morgoth and this year's biggest headliners, American giants Machine Head.

The first day of this year's Metalcamp was all about the California double assault of Testament and Machine Head!

Despite the bombastic visual effects, Metallica remains a minimalist concert machine at heart, one that tears down everything in its path in the spirit of defiance!

Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik Venue: Stadthalle / Vienna / AustriaConcert date: 27.11.2008Attendance: 15 Like all true heavy metal fans, us Slovenes included, we could not possibly skip the tour that put Children of…

There aren't many bands that have been through as many ups and downs as Bay Area outfit Machine Head. From the excellent debut Burn My Eyes, which is still considered one of the best thrash metal albums ever and topped every metal best-of…

After a few misfires, Machine Head made an incredible comeback with the excellent record Through the Ashes of Empires, and now they've topped that return off with the DVD Elegies. VIDEO: The video quality is very good. The picture and…