According to The Metal Den, Machine Head’s recently announced cover of Pantera’s “Fucking Hostile” is reportedly going to be appear on an upcoming Pantera tribute CD that’s being assembled by an unrevealed UK metal magazine. The disc (it’s being said) is to feature numerous current scene heavyweights covering songs from the great Texas band’s back catalogue.
Machine Head vocalist/guitarist Robb Flynn had this to say,
”Found time to hop into Trident Studios with Juan Urteaga and record a PANTERA tune for a b-side. We’re doing ‘Fucking Hostile’!!! Dave is done with drums (nailed it on the second take!), and I finished guitars …read more

Fresh off of main support dates with Metallica and a hugely successful run of major European festivals, Bay Area titans MACHINE HEAD announce a very special headline show at The Crazy Donkey in New York, in preparation for their run of Canadian Carnage dates with Slayer and Megadeth.  MACHINE HEAD plan on doing a full headlining set with production and a unique set list that promises to cover their impressive and controversial 15 year career.

In the wake of their Grammy-nominated album The Blackening, MACHINE HEAD faced harsh penalties for their lyrics, and shockingly, were banned from several Disney-owned …read more

Groove metal band Skinlab have announced their upcoming U.S. tour dates.
Formed in 1994 by Steev Esquivel (vocals, bass), former guitarist Mike Roberts and drummer Paul Hopkins, Skinlab took the San Francisco, CA Bay Area music scene by storm. Machine Head’s Robb Flynn took notice of the band, and helped them to secure their first record deal (Bound Gagged and Blindfolded) and sold out European tour.
After guitarist Mike Roberts left the band in 1998, Skinlab recruited guitarists Scott Sargeant (Killing Culture) and Steve “Snake” Green (Skrew) and unleashed their limited edition EP Eyesore soon after. In 1999 the band recorded Disembody: …read more

Machine Head originally pulled out of the UK Sonisphere because Limp Bizkit had been added to the third slot of the festival. Now, Machine Head will be returning as special guests, and will share the stage with Limp Bizkit tomorrow in Knebworth Park, United Kingdom. They will take the stage right before Limp Bizkit.

Frontman Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit stated via Twitter that he was shocked to hear that Machine Head was pulling out based on their inclusion in Sonisphere. Robb Flynn responded by way of The Frontlines with the announcement:
“We’re going to f’ng CRUSH Limp Bizkit!!!!”
While I’m sure that …read more

Phil Demmel collapsed on stage today during Machine Head’s last song at the Sonisphere Festival in Pori, Finland, but reports are saying that he is fine.
Phil stated to Sonisphere:
“Basically I want to apologize to all the fans for cheating them of their last song. I feel I short-changed the fans and really want to make it up for them, thanks for all the concern.”
Phil suffers from a rare condition called Cardiogenic Syncope, which causes the heart to have a sudden drop in blood flow, causing blackouts.
[via: Blabbermouth]
[image: Newscom]

Everyone called it; it was too easy. So far there are only a few dates but here is the official press release (Partial at the bottom) for the Megadeth/Slayer tour with poster. Three bands that have had feuds, Megadeth-Slayer-Machine Head. Hopefully all the boys are grown up now and there won’t be any stupidness between them. Suicide Silence will be opening the shows. No idea of there will be more dates with this line-up but we can only hope.

24        GM Place, Vancouver, BC
26        Rexall, Edmonton, AB
27        Saddledome, Calgary, AB
29        MTS Centre, Winnipeg, MB

Machine Head Front-man Rob Flynn was interviewed by Shockhound recently. You can review that entire interview here. What I don’t understand and is the statement below where he said:
“30 year-old people don’t listen to fuckin’ metal. They really don’t. They’ve moved on with their lives, they get jobs, they get girlfriends, they listen to what’s on the radio. Kids are what keeps the scene alive;”

Seriously? I like Rob and Machine Head….but that’s the biggest bullshit statement I’ve ever heard. What keeps the scene alive is the people that don’t stop listening to metal beyond 30. Does this dude …read more

Holy crap, there is so much stuff coming out today. On a side note, before I get started the new (and last from the bad) Light This City Stormchaser will be coming on November 11th. I got a review copy the other day and I’m really diggin it. I’ll write up a review later in the week. AC/DC has sold over 3/4 of a million copies of their new album Black Ice in the U.S. alone and over 5 million copies worldwide. That’s some crazy numbers. It’s a cool rock album if you dig AC/DC. I’ll be transcribing the Opeth …read more

You’ve heard it live at least once if you’ve seen Machine Head play in the last two years. Here is a video of the band covering the classic Iron Maiden tune, Hollowed Be Thy Name from tomorrow’s release of the special edition CD/DVD of The Blackening.

I haven’t used this in quite some time and if you’re looking for a cool, rugged stomp box, this is it. The Tone Core Line 6 Uber Metal is a great distortion pedal. So I have this to give up. Still have the box and the pilot’s guide too. I thought about putting it on Ebay but I figured why not give it to a Metal Martyr reader. Along with it goes a Machine Head guitar pick I got from Mayhem Fest, a brand new set of SIT .010-.052 heavy bottom guitar strings, A Machine Head and Mastodon Poster …read more