Machine Head släpper sitt nya album Bloodstone & Diamonds i november via Nuclear Blast Entertainment.
Bandets frontman Robb Flynn kommenterar: ”I cannot even begin to tell you how proud we are of this album. It’s been a heck of a ride. It looked like it might not ever happen again at one point, but man, this album is a milestone for us.
”Without getting too philosophical on ya, bloodstone and diamonds represent two of the hardest materials on earth. It is also a lyric from the opening track of the album, Now We Die.
”In many cultures, the bloodstone has been used as an amulet to protect against evil, and is the symbol of justice. Diamonds are the hardest natural material on earth (which is how we feel about our music), and it also represents the diamond logo I drew 22 years ago (in my wife’s apartment on Dover St. in Oakland) that has become the symbol for the band.”
Låtlista Bloodstone & Diamonds:
1. Now We Die
2. Killers & Kings
3. Ghosts Will Haunt My Bones
4. Night Of Long Knives
5. Sail Into The Black
6. Eyes Of The Dead
7. Beneath The Silt
8. In Comes The Flood
9. Damage Inside
10. Game Over
11. Imaginal Cells (instrumental)
12. Take Me Through The Fire
Flynn fortsätter: ”10 songs, an interlude, and an instrumental with an audio collage of spoken word snippets (think Real Eyes, Realize, Real Lies) by Dr. Bruce Lipton and Steve Bhaerman, taken from their (incredibly inspiring) audiobook Spontaneous Evolution.
”It was once again produced by your truly The General and Juan Urteaga, and like the last seven out of eight albums, masterfully mixed by Colin Richardson. Additional tracking, editing, and mixing was done with heavy metal legend Andy Sneap and Steve Lagudi.
”Guest musicians include two different string quartets featuring the original Quartet Rouge that appeared on our last album Unto The Locust. And a new all-male quartet which we featured on the song In Comes The Flood.
”String arrangements for two of the songs, Now We Die and Sail Into The Black, came courtesy of myself and Rhys Fulber who has worked with everyone from Sarah McLachlan to Fear Factory, and the string arrangement for In Comes The Flood came courtesy of myself and ex-Worship and current-Bring Me The Horizon keyboardist Jordan Fish, who is a producer in his own right.
”We worked with several artists to complete the 28-page (!) ’standard’ CD booklet, as well as the 48-page (!) hardcover leather-bound mediabook that will serve as the special edition, including Rafal Wechterowicz, Marcelo Vasco, and longtime Machine Head art-collaborator Strephon Taylor. The theme was to have both CD and hardcover mediabook look like an old alchemy book from the 1800s, with weathered edges, sepia toned pages, and magic / masonic / alchemy themed woodcarvings throughout.
”It turned out fucking amazing!!
”All album photos were done with our friend Travis Shinn, who took some mind-bogglingly awesome photos, that again, were set to match the theme of the book with an old 1800s / alchemy feel to them.”
Missa inte Machine Head när de kommer till Stockholm i december: ”Om drygt en vecka gör Machine Head en sedan länge utsåld och svettig klubbspelning i Göteborg. Nu kan vi meddela att Oaklands metalstolthet kommer till Stockholm i vinter för att göra en spelning på Arenan – Fryshuset den 1 december. Som support för kvällen får vi se supergruppen Devil You Know och Darkest Hour.
Biljetterna släpps till försäljning på fredag den 15 augusti klockan 9.00.”
Biljetterna kommer att säljas via Live Nation.
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