Three years after reuniting with vocalist/guitarist Pepper Keenan, Corrosion of Conformity is back with “No Cross No Crown,” its first record as quartet since 2005’s “In the Arms of God” and 10th album overall. Released via Nuclear Blast, the new record debuted at number 67 in the United States on the Billboard Top 200, number... Continue Reading →
Light the Torch (formerly known as Devil You Know) will release its new album, "Revival," on March 30 via Nuclear Blast Entertainment. The band has shared the song "Die Alone," which opens "Revival." Hear the new song below. "'Die Alone' is basically a note I had written to myself a couple years ago, and it seemed to really... Continue Reading →
“Kaleidoscope,” the new video from Machine Head can be seen below. The clip was directed by longtime collaborator Mike Sloat, who previously helmed the band's videos for "Locust", "Aesthetics Of Hate", "Imperium" and "Nouw We Die", among others. https://youtu.be/LmqMvT9E4ME "Kaleidoscope" is taken from Machine Head’s new album, "Catharsis" (read review here), which will be released... Continue Reading →
Machine Head's ninth album, "Catharsis" is set for release this Friday and the band continues to give fans new material to chew on. Check out the folk-driven album version of "Bastards" below, along with a powerful a capella poetry-slam version of the song by Robb Flynn. The song was written the day after the last... Continue Reading →
Has Machine Head made "The Burning Red" Part II? I know I'm in the minority, but would that necessarily be a bad thing? After listening to "Catharsis" twice all the way through, the attempt was certainly made to reach a wider audience, yet I'm still not entirely sure what I heard.
The CD/DVD Digipak edition of Machine Head's ninth studio album, "Catharsis" (out January 26 via Nuclear Blast Entertainment), features a full, 21-song live concert filmed at The Regency Ballroom in San Francisco in 2015. Watch the punishing live video for "Ten Ton Hammer," a set list staple that lives on 1997's classic "The More Things... Continue Reading →
Eerie shadows are lurking in the dark corners of spring 2018; the Spirit that denies, a force able to distort our conception of space and time. Although Dimmu Borgir already proved with “Forces From The Northern Night” that they never really left the spotlight, the fans' craving for a new full-length album seems immeasurable after... Continue Reading →
Butoh Dancers. Insane Asylums. Straight Jackets. Roses. Machine Head's crushing yet cinematic new video for the title track to their upcoming album “Catharsis,” out January 26, has it all. Watch it below: https://youtu.be/WYeDJxWvA_I Butoh dance is literally and figuratively the dance of death and pain. Born from Hiroshima/Nagasaki post-World-War-II-era Japan, the dance was created around the... Continue Reading →
Machine Head, which will release its new album, "Catharsis," on Jan. 26, 2018, via Nuclear Blast Entertainment, has released a live video for the song "Now We Die," which originally appeared on 2014's "Bloodstone & Diamonds" album. The clip comes from the CD/DVD digipak version of "Catharsis," which contains a full, 21-song live concert filmed in... Continue Reading →
San Francisco Bay Area metal titans Machine Head will release their highly anticipated new album “Catharsis” on January 26 via Nuclear Blast Entertainment. Today, the band has released a brand new track from the album entitled "Beyond The Pale": https://youtu.be/MVdflCH76t4 “I feel like metal could really infiltrate the mainstream with this album. And it... Continue Reading →
