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- Oakland's Machine Head have always been about creating the most honest and intense music possible, since their inception in 1982. The Blackening pushes the band's groundbreaking sound farther than it's ever gone before. Challenging themselves and each other to write a record that would demolish all of their boundaries, the band has delivered 60 minutes of the most structurally complex and technical material that Machine Head have ever recorded. Three part guitar and bass harmonies, dueling solos, and savage thrash intricacy, sit alongside soaring 3 part vocal harmonies, ultimately crashing head first into bludgeoning, Neanderthal riffage. Fighting alongside the band's monstrous musical effort are mainman Robb Flynn's gritty, streetwise lyrics which teeter effortlessly between brutal metal shouting and lush, melodic singing. Going from what has recently been a more introspective focus, the words that grace The Blackening return to the socially-conscious narrative so prevalent throughout their earlier albums, focusing heavily on issues that touch one and all.
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- Clenching the Fists of Dissent
- Beautiful Mourning
- Aesthetics of Hate
- Now I Lay Thee Down
- Slanderous
- Halo
- Wolves
- A Farewell to Arms

Average rating (12 reviews)
Powerful and breathtaking
LoneKheir | 09/10/2008 | See all LoneKheir's reviews (8) »
This is a powerful tribute to what heavy metal represents. The music is remorselessly driven forward with a rhythm section that vibrates with energy. The guitar harmonies are so clever you constantly are taken aback in utter amazement. This must be one of the best recordings ever released in this genre.
OMG!
Metalmicka | 29/09/2008 | See all Metalmicka's reviews (11) »
I'm in total agreement with che667 with every point made. All there is to say is that you must buy this album. Amazing!!
Machine Head finally return to REAL metal.
che667 | 09/07/2008 | See all che667's reviews (3) »
I was a fan of Machine Head from the storming debut until they made the appalling Burning Red album and I then gave up on them. I was very dubious about trying them out again but after reading the positive reviews I did....and i'm really glad i did to. Wow....looks like Machine Head have remembered they are metal again......and man are they heavy!!!. Incredible all round vocals from Rob Flynn, and with the addition of the new guitarist banging out crunching riffs and solos.....this is every heavy music fans dream. I can only describe this album as Burn my Eyes.....with bigger balls. Heavy, nasty, angry and very very very bloody good indeed. If you miss this then you are missing out on one of the heaviest metal album in years........Welcome home boys!!
- Burn My Eyes
- Burn My Eyes
- Burn My Eyes (Special Edition)
- Burning Red
- Hellalive
- Maximum Machine Head
- More Things Change...
- Supercharger
- Supercharger (Digipak)
- The Blackening (2CD & DVD 2008 Special Edition)
- The Blackening (Limited Edition CD & DVD)
- Through The Ashes Of Empires
- Through The Ashes Of Empires (Limited Edition With Bonus CD)



































