Rob Rush of Long Island's 94.3 The Shark radio station recently conducted an interview with MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn. You can listen to the entire chat via the SoundCloud widget below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the climate around MACHINE HEAD's 1994 "Burn My Eyes" debut, which was released on Roadrunner ...
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Sebastiano Mereu of From Hero To Zero recently conducted an interview with guitarist Eric Peterson of San Francisco Bay Area thrash veterans TESTAMENT. You can watch the entire interview below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the differences of being a musician today versus when TESTAMENT got their start over 30 ...
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Tonight's MACHINE HEAD concert at The Odeon in Cleveland has been postponed due to a "severe lung infection" that shut down frontman Robb Flynn's throat mid-show last night in Pittsburgh. According to a post on MACHINE HEAD's Facebook page, "Robb is going to a throat specialist today to find out the status of the infection, ...
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Professionally filmed video footage of Dee Snider's performance at the Hard Rock Hell XI festival, which was held last November at Camp HRH in Pwllheli, North Wales can be seen below. The TWISTED SISTER frontman recently finished laying down the final vocal tracks for his upcoming solo album. The as-yet-untitled disc, which is being produced ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of MACHINE HEAD's February 5 performance at The Plaza Live in Orlando, Florida can be seen below (courtesy of "hvymtlmom"). MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn said last year that his band is continuing to play "Evening With" shows because fans never warmed to the opening acts he and his bandmates selected. For ...
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TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider has finished laying down the final vocal tracks for his upcoming solo album. The as-yet-untitled disc, which is being produced by HATEBREED vocalist Jamey Jasta, will tentatively feature contributions from Howard Jones (ex-KILLSWITCH ENGAGE), Mark Morton (LAMB OF GOD), Joel Grind and Nick Bellmore (TOXIC HOLOCAUST) and Charlie Bellmore (KINGDOM ...
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Matt Stocks of U.K.'s Scuzz TV recently conducted an interview with MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about the MACHINE HEAD's songwriting process, Flynn said: "It's all different, but that's one of the weird things that we do — we actually get together as a band three times ...
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San Francisco Bay Area metal titans MACHINE HEAD have released the official lyric video for a song called "Volatile". The track is the opening cut on the band's new album, "Catharsis", which will be released on Friday, January 26 via Nuclear Blast. "Volatile", featuring sociocritical lyrics, is dedicated to Heather D. Heyer, who lost her ...
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MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn spoke to U.K.'s Independent about the band's decision to forgo the usual festival circuit and instead play its own "An Evening With..." shows, with no support bands and performances often lasting two and a half to three hours. "We've always had these mellow songs that we never really ...
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MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn was recently interviewed by Italy's "Heavy Demons" radio show. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about how the current political situation has affected the lyrical themes covered on MACHINE HEAD's new album, "Catharsis", Flynn said: "Yeah, it's a pretty crazy time right now. In a lot of ways, ...
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"Kaleidoscope", the new video from San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD, can be seen below. The clip was directed by MACHINE HEAD's longtime collaborator Mike Sloat, who previously helmed the band's videos for "Locust", "Aesthetics Of Hate", "Imperium" and "Now We Die", among others. "Kaleidoscope" is taken from MACHINE HEAD's new album, "Catharsis", which ...
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MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn was recently interviewed by Barbara Caserta of Italy's LineaRock. You can now watch the chat below. Asked if there is one former MACHINE HEAD bandmate that he misses the most as a partner and collaborator, Flynn responded: "I don't miss anybody, just like you don't wanna be with your ex-husband ...
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Connecticut hardcore/metal masters HATEBREED released their first full-length, the modern hardcore classic "Satisfaction Is The Death Of Desire", back in November of 1997. The album set the tone for the type of moshable metal that would eventually go on to define the '00s. 2002's "Perseverance" was a perfectly executed, packed-with-anthems follow-up that has become emblematic ...
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In the video clip below, MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn talks about the inspiration for "Bastards", the new folk-driven, political song which appears on the band's upcoming album "Catharsis". Flynn told U.K.'s Metal Hammer magazine about the track: "That song is a simple folk song to me. It's four chords that have been played a ...
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Pete Bailey of the "Binge Thinking" podcast on Primordial Radio recently conducted an interview with MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn. You can now listen to the chat using the widget below. Asked why MACHINE HEAD decided to call its new album "Catharsis", Flynn said: "I think when we started looking at the record ...
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"Bastards", a brand new song from San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD, can be streamed below. The track is taken from the band's ninth studio album, "Catharsis", which will be released on January 26 via Nuclear Blast. The effort will be made available in several formats, including a CD/DVD digipak edition which contains footage ...
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In the three-and-a-half-minute clip below, MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn discusses the importance of craftsmanship when producing physical formats of new music releases. MACHINE HEAD's new album, "Catharsis", will be released on January 26 via Nuclear Blast. The effort will be made available in several formats, including a CD/DVD digipak edition which contains footage of ...
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Long-running Los Angeles hardcore powerhouse TERROR has inked a deal with Nuclear Blast for Europe and Pure Noise in the rest of the world. The band is currently working on its eighth studio album, tentatively due this summer. Commented TERROR vocalist and mainman Scott Vogel: "We are super excited to start a new chapter of ...
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JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford celebrated the 32nd anniversary of his getting sober on Saturday, January 6. He wrote on his Facebook page: "One day at a time. Each one of you are in my life and your love and support encourages and helps me to live in the moment and try to do my ...
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MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn was recently interviewed by Holland's FaceCulture. You can now watch the chat in two parts below. Speaking about MACHINE HEAD's musical evolution, Flynn said: "I'm never gonna write another 'Burn My Eyes' [MACHINE HEAD's 1994 debut album] again. I'm never gonna be 24 and selling drugs and living ...
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Marguerite Snider, the the 86-year old mother of TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider, passed away on January 2, more than two months after she was hit by a car. Snider announced his mother's death on Twitter, writing: "Since so many people continue to ask about my mom's health on social media, I have no choice ...
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MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn was recently interviewed by The Conductor of the WSOU radio station in South Orange, New Jersey. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud widget below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the musical direction of the new MACHINE HEAD album, "Catharsis": Robb: "It's definitely ...
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TESTAMENT guitarist Alex Skolnick has revealed to Music & Art Interviews that his band "just signed on to a North American tour that I can't talk about yet, but it will be one of the biggest tours of the year." It is rumored that the trek Alex is referring to will be headlined ...
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SOULFLY and CAVALERA CONSPIRACY guitarist Marc Rizzo will release his new solo album, "Rotation", on March 30 via Combat Records/EMP Label Group/Amped in North America, and Combat/SPV in Europe. "Rotation" is the fourth solo release for Rizzo, following 2004's "Colossal Myopia", 2006's "The Ultimate Devotion" (both released by legendary shred label Shrapnel), and the independently ...
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On November 10, ten "lucky head cases" from Los Angeles were treated to an advanced listening session of MACHINE HEAD's ninth studio album, "Catharsis". They were the first few in the world to have heard the band's follow-up to 2014's "Bloodstone & Diamonds". What did they think? Was it what they expected? Watch the clip ...
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MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn was interviewed on a recent episode of the "That's Not Metal" podcast. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud widget below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On MACHINE HEAD's 2014 album, "Bloodstone & Diamonds": Robb: "It was a big record for us. It was ...
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MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn was interviewed on a recent installment of HATEBREED frontman Jamey Jasta's official podcast, "The Jasta Show". You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud widget below. Speaking about MACHINE HEAD's ninth studio album, "Catharsis", Flynn said: "I've been telling our fans, 'Lower your expectations for the heaviness. Lower ...
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OVERKILL bassist and main songwriter D.D. Verni will release his first solo album in 2018. The record, which was mixed and mastered by Chris "Zeuss" Harris (ROB ZOMBIE, QUEENSRŸCHE, HATEBREED), is said to be a mix of all of Verni's influences. "There's some metal, punk, and classic rock... it's all in there, from QUEEN to ...
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San Francisco Bay area metallers MACHINE HEAD will release their ninth studio album, "Catharsis", on January 26, 2018 via Nuclear Blast. The effort will be made available in several formats, including a CD/DVD digipak edition which contains footage of the band's 2015 concert at San Francisco's Regency Ballroom. A performance clip of the song "Ten ...
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VENOM INC., the band featuring original VENOM members Jeff "Mantas" Dunn (guitar) and Anthony "Abaddon" Bray (drums) alongside ex-VENOM bassist/vocalist Tony "Demolition Man" Dolan, will join forces with U.S. death metal squad SUFFOCATION for a European tour in March-April 2018. Support will come from Brazilian thrashers NERVOSA and Canadian ethnic symphonic metallers AETERNAM. "It is ...
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