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ROBB FLYNN Says New MACHINE HEAD Album Is “Probably The Heaviest We’ve Been In A Few Albums”

machine head new album, ROBB FLYNN Says New MACHINE HEAD Album Is “Probably The Heaviest We’ve Been In A Few Albums”

MACHINE HEAD’s Robb Flynn recently sat down with Metal Hammer magazine and discussed the band’s new full-length studio album, which is set to arrive this summer.

Speaking on the musical direction of the new MACHINE HEAD material, Robb said: “It’s similar to [2003’s ‘Through The Ashes Of Empires’ and 2007’s ‘The Blackening’] in that we’re moving forward into something fresh and new but it’s got that classic MACHINE HEAD vibe. We have a lot to deliver and expectations are very high, so I’m lucky to have great people surrounding me. Jared [MacEachern, bassist] really stepped up and wrote some great riffs and great vocals. Vogg [guitarist Wacław Kiełtyka] contributed a few ideas and brought some really great songs.”

He continued: “It’s fucking heavy, probably the heaviest we’ve been in a few albums. I’ve been playing so much guitar recently; I do Electric Happy Hours every Friday and sometimes you play a song you haven’t played in 10, 20 years, or go through a whole album from top to bottom. When we toured ‘Burn My Eyes’, it took me back to where I was writing that music. I don’t think I can ever be in that place again lyrically, but riff-wise, I think that all spilled into this album.”

The new MACHINE HEAD album will include the three tracks that appeared on last year’s “Arrows In Words From The Sky” single: “Become The Firestorm”, “Rotten” and “Arrows In Words From The Sky”.