MACHINE HEAD is currently recording their new album “The Blackening” in a studio in California. It is expected to come out in the spring of 2007. Once again produced by singer / guitarist Robert Flynn and mixed by Colin Richardson (previous MH efforts, Bullet For My Valentine, Napalm Death) “The Blackening”, is the follow-up to the critically acclaimed album Through The Ashes Of Empires.
Regarding “The Blackening” Flynn states, “This is the most ambitious thing we have ever attempted,” he wrote. “We all challenged ourselves and each other to write a record that pushed the boundaries of complexity and technical structure. Ya heard of Pink Floyd’s ‘The Wall’? Well, I’ve been joking that this album is ‘The Wall’ of thrash metal”
MACHINE HEAD fans have always played a big part in the recording process. However, for the first time ever, the band brought in a group of loyal fans and had them sing backing vocals on a new track. Additionally, as with previous efforts the band has once again allowed their fans into their world through online diaries and pioneering the use of “video updates” from the studio and the road. All of which can be seen on the official band site www.machinehead1.com.