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ONCE HUMAN Release New Single “Deadlock” Feat. ROBB FLYNN Of MACHINE HEAD

Posted by tarjavirmakari on July 15, 2021
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Pieced together over the last two years, ONCE HUMAN’s upcoming album “SCAR WEAVER” represents a massive step forward for the band. Blessed (or perhaps cursed) with plenty of additional time during the last year’s lockdown situation, the band have been able to refine and redefine their sound, inspired by a sudden creative surge from latest recruit, Max Karon. The result is an gloriously idiosyncratic modern metal record, with Lauren Hart’s career-best vocal performance just one of its dazzling revelations. With ONCE HUMAN’s most intense and explosive music to work with, the singer has pushed herself to new heights, showcasing a vastly expanded vocal range in the process.

One instant highlight of the new ONCE HUMAN record is preview single “DEADLOCK”, featuring a typically imperious vocal cameo from Machine Head’s Robb Flynn. Logan Mader’s history with Machine Head is well documented, not least in recent times when he toured the globe with Robb for the Bay Area band’s Burn My Eyes 25th Anniversary Tour. As a result, this new collaboration needs no explanation, but Lauren remains thrilled by the whole experience.

“It was absolutely amazing, are you kidding?,” Lauren Hart says, “I didn’t believe it was happening until he sent something back and I heard his voice on our song. I was like, ‘Holy crap! This is real!’ He came back with a new chorus and it was so much better than mine, so my chorus was gone! [Laughs] But then performing with him in the video, that was insane. The energy he brings on stage, he brings in person too. It was a great experience and his energy is so powerful. The video came out amazing!”

ONCE HUMAN celebrated the premiere of their new video for “DEADLOCK” together with their fans July 1st at 3rd.

Order the single “DEADLOCK”: https://oncehuman.lnk.to/DeadlockSingle

MACHINE HEAD’s ROBB FLYNN Debuts Acoustic Version Of “Circle The Drain”

Posted by tarjavirmakari on October 16, 2020
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Following February’s anti-Valentine’s Day single “Circle The Drain,” which has racked up millions of streams and cracked the Top 50 at radio,  MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn has released a poignant acoustic version of the song today with Nuclear Blast. 

Listen to the acoustic version of “Circle The Drain” on all streaming platforms: https://nblast.de/MHCircleTheDrainAC

“When the pandemic hit in March, and all Machine Head tours got canceled, I started doing free Acoustic Happy Hour shows on Machine Head‘s Facebook page to get out the pent-up energy, entertain some friends, have some laughs, and have a few drinks every Friday,” Flynn explains. “As we had just released our new song “Circle The Drain” fans started asking for me to play it, so I started messing around with it and came up with a re-imagined version of it. It got a phenomenal response… People genuinely loved it, and were continually asking me to release it, and so I recorded it a few weeks back in my home studio, and here it is.”

Originally released in February 2020, the anti-Valentine’s Day song, “Circle The Drain,” was inspired by Flynn’s friend who served in Afghanistan and returned home only to find his relationship with his partner falling to pieces.

Flynn stated after the original was released, “She had messed around on him, then got paranoid about him messing around on her, and drove him crazy. We had a conversation on Valentine’s Day and he said to me, ‘They were just circling the drain…’ The phrase struck me. A few days later, I incorporated it into the song I’d been working on.”

Listen to the original version of “Circle The Drain” on all streaming platforms: https://nuclearblast.com/mh-circlethedrain

Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, Flynn and MACHINE HEAD have been outspoken and unstoppable, cranking out vital music for the tumultuous times. The band’s recent single “Stop The Bleeding,“ which features guest vocals from KILLSWITCH ENGAGE frontman, Jesse Leach, was written and recorded just days after the murders of George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery. Their followup, “Bulletproof,” rounding out the digital single “Civil Unrest,” “Bulletproof” is a clear, defiant statement about the country’s disgraceful climate of corruption, injustice, racism and inequality that has risen during the current administration.

Stream “Civil Unrest” Digital Single: https://nuclearblast.com/mh-civilunrest
“Stop The Bleeding” Feat. Jesse Leach (Music Video):  https://youtu.be/pXiwr6OsYcM
“Bulletproof” (Lyric Video): https://youtu.be/g0xKPIQdb24

PHIL ANSELMO: Issues Apology for Shouting “White Power” At End Of Dimebash

Posted by aliblackdiamond on January 30, 2016
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Earlier this week, video footage surfaced of Phil Anselmo shouting “white power” after making the Nazi salute gesture. He issued a statement shortly after saying it was just a joke, but he was not apologizing. Yesterday, (Friday 29th January) Machine Head frontman Robb Flynn posted a video statement calling out Anselmo for his racist actions and alleging there was no white wine backstage and that he came up to Flynn that night and told Flynn that he hated the “n**ger era of Machine Head.” Other bands, like All Shall Perish have similarly lambasted Anselmo, reports metalinjection.net.

Anselmo just posted a video statement issuing a full apology. You can read his words below:

“Philip H Anselmo here, and I’m here to basically respond to all the heat I’ve been getting, that I deserve completely. I was at the Dimebash and it was extremely late at night. There was heavy duty talk between myself and those who love Dime. Heavy emotions were flowing. Jokes were made backstage that transpired upon the stage and it was ugly, it was uncalled for and anyone who knows me and my true nature knows that I don’t believe any of that. I don’t want to be part of any group. I’m an individual and I am 1000% apologetic to anyone to took offense to what I said, because you should’ve taken offense to what I said, and I am so sorry. And I hope you just…man…give me another chance…to…just give me another chance. Just give me another chance. I love all of you. And anyone who’s met me knows, I love of all of you. Bless you.”

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MACHINE HEAD: Robb Flynn To Have Gall Bladder Surgery

Posted by aliblackdiamond on May 11, 2015
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MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn has checked in via the band’s official Facebook page with several video clips informing fans that he needs urgent gall bladder surgery, due to gallstones. Robb explains his health issues and also the fact that MACHINE HEAD are due to start their ‘Evening With Machine Head’ tour of South America in a couple of weeks time. The video can be seen here.

Best wishes to Robb for a speedy recovery!

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MACHINE HEAD Talk New Album’s Art, Announce French Tour Dates

Posted by tarjavirmakari on July 4, 2014
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Nuclear Blast has issued that Robb Flynn, singer and guitarist for Oakland’s metal icons MACHINE HEAD, has posted a new entry of his ongoing column “The General Journals: “Diary Of A Frontman… And Other Ramblings”. The newest episode called „Is it me you’re lookin’ for…“ in which the legendary frontman talks about his favorite beer, the album artwork and more, can be viewed here: ‪http://tinyurl.com/ogxrn9f

In other news the band has announced a bunch of French tour dates for late 2014.

07.11. F Strasbourg – Laiterie
10.11. F Paris – Bataclan
12.11. F Toulouse – Bikini
17.11. F Marseille – Espace Julien

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MACHINE HEAD recently released the prestigious 10“ vinyl EP »Killers & Kings« featuring the demo version of the title track as well as a cover of the IGNITE classic ‘Bleeding’. The EP is available in two differen colours (red & blue) and can be purchased with four differen cover artworks.

The EP is available via the Nuclear Blast Mailorder – surf to http://bit.ly/1nGyhyP . A digital copy can be purchased via iTunes: http://georiot.co/MHkk

“I remember growing up in the thrash scene and always wanting to hear the demo version of songs,” commented vocalist/guitarist Robb Flynn. “You searched them out. Thankfully my buddy Jim was a big ‘tape trader,’ and through trading we had both METALLICA demos, EXODUS demos, bootlegs of songs sometimes ‘years’ before they came out. I knew how to play every note of »Pleasure Of The Flesh« by EXODUS, easily 2 years before the record was out! My friends and I would debate the merits of each, but we all agreed, It was so much cooler to hear it BEFORE the album is out! So we’re gonna do that for you. I can’t wait for you guys to hear this stuff.”

More recent info on MACHINE HEAD on YouTube:
‘Killers & Kings’ song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trljQDE54Sw

‘Bleeding’ (IGNITE cover) song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39NbBAkbLug

Production Blog #1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hq74Yu-8fq0
Production Blog #2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SpQJRnOSOk

KILLERS & KINGS EUROPEAN TOUR
Tue 29-Jul UK, Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
Thu 31-Jul UK, Edinburgh, Liquid Rooms
Sat 2-Aug UK, Leeds, Stylus
Sun 3-Aug UK, Norwich, Waterfront
Mon 4-Aug UK, Brighton Concorde II
Wed 6-Aug Netherlands, Zwolle, Hedon
Thu 7-Aug Belgium, Antwerp, Trix
Fri 8-Aug Luxembourg – Den Atelier
Sat 9-Aug Switzerland, Winterthur, Salzhaus
Mon 11-Aug Austria, Dombin, Conrad Sohm
Tue 12-Aug Czech, Prague, Roxy
Wed 13-Aug Poland, Warsaw, Palladium
Fri 15-Aug Germany, Dinkelsbühl, Summerbreeze
Sat 16-Aug Germany, Hamburg, Elbriot
Sun 17-Aug Germany, Herford, X Festival
Tue 19-Aug Denmark, Aarhus, Train
Thu 21-Aug Norway, Stavanger, Folken
Fri 22-Aug Sweden, Gothenburg, Tradgarn

MACHINE HEAD: To Begin Demoing New Material

Posted by aliblackdiamond on April 11, 2013
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Source: Blabbermouth.net

San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD are scheduled to begin demoing material today (Thursday, April 11) for the follow-up to 2011’s “Unto The Locust” with engineer Juan Urteaga of Trident Studios in Pacheco, California. The band’s vocalist/guitarist Robb Flynn writes on the band’s official web site: “[MACHINE HEAD drummer Dave] McClain and I had a really good jam session on Monday. It was one of those jam days where you feel a breakthrough happen, a day where, for no apparent reason, several things fall into place and start to make sense. It is an amazing-yet-hard-to-explain feeling, but you know that a huge chunk of progress just happened! New riffs flowed, new ideas materialized and new concepts explored. It was definitely one of ‘those’ days.”

He added: “We had one more day of rehearsals yesterday and we’ll start demoing the new tunes today with my trusty engineer Juan from Trident Studios manning Da Tools.

“Phil [Demmel, MACHINE HEAD guitarist] begins his Jackson Guitars clinic tour overseas for a couple weeks, so it’s a perfect time to demo. I tend to take over the jam room when demoing, so rehearsals fall by the wayside as I track and experiment with a million different ideas.”

MACHINE HEAD in February parted ways with bassist Adam Duce. Flynn explained in an online posting: “We may have fired Adam on [February 11], but Adam quit MACHINE HEAD well over a decade ago. He just never bothered to tell anyone… but we all knew it.” A replacement bassist has not yet been announced.

MACHINE HEAD‘s most recent studio album, “Unto The Locust”, sold more than 17,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 22 on The Billboard 200 chart — putting MACHINE HEAD in the Top 25 for the first time in the band’s 17-year history.