Machine Head - The Blackening

[fourstarfizzle]

I think I just shit myself listening to it.

[Ananas]

I just heard Clenching The Fists of Dissent. If the whole album is like that, it's gonna be awesome.

[The Hardcore Canuck]

WHAT? Machine Head has a new album??

*runs out to HMV*

[Guest :shifty:]

Its not out yet. However it is leaked.

The album's great though, other than some parts where Flynn sings.

[Liam]

Glad to hear they've kept it up after Through The Ashes Of The Empire, which I thought was solid, and aren't going back to The Burning Red times.

[Vilge Duin]

Comes out March 27. Can't wait to buy it.

I've heard it, and it's great. Don't know how I'd rate it in regards with their other stuff, but it's some of their best work.

Nice to see they're sticking with longer songs. Albeit I have a preference for Beautiful Mourning.

[Mr. X]

I know this is an old topic, but this CD deserves to be heard about. I know about Flynn mainly from Roadrunner United and The Blackening blows away absolutely everything he did on that CD. Between the hard hitting, crunch driven Beautiful Morning to the slow building A Farewell to Arms, this band is everything I like about metal. Flynn won't shy away from actually :gasp: singing but still showcases the screaming vocals that set metal apart in the beginning.

A fun, but driving CD that isn't hard to get into and showcases some very talented musicians in a genre filled with utter shit nowadays.

[YI]

Yeah, I got hold of this a while back. Machine Head are one of those bands I "Know" yet couldn't tell you a thing about. I've probably heard a song here and there, but that's about it. As for the album it's not really my 'kind of thing', I guess (In that I wouldn't find myself listening to it a lot). They are very talented, but It's just very rare that I really get into 'metal'. I;m much more of a sugar coated melody kind of guy. Still a solid listen, but I doubt I'd be going back to it in a while, unless I have some massive pent-up frustrations, which wanking wont resolve.

[sirdavinator]

I never used to give Machine Head a chance, until this album. It's great. I love the singing.

[Liam]

Machine Head have (aside from the 3rd and 4th album, which were dross) always been a really solid to good album band, and it seems like they've kept it up with this one.