Yeah I'm glad that I decided to listen to this album first instead of Bloodstone And Diamonds. Best of groove along with The Great Southern Trendkill.

Even the lyrics are a lot more insightful than the new album.

Written by [user id=159927] on 01.11.2017 at 14:16

The only good Machine Head album, and a great one at that.

Rating: 6
That's what I call high standards

I listened this one whit friend, well I can say much never liked such groove and anything groovy, not my metal was it back in a days, now, hmmmm I liked it, its american metal, in american way in streets way , born in street, live in street, fuck in street, eat in street, shit in street, die in street. It has that old school attitude, whit young angry men

IMO this is one of those albums that have so good first track it basically kills the rest. Good album, even their best alongside The Blackening, and definitely a masterpiece compared to their latest output.

Written by Metal Rasputin on 24.03.2020 at 13:17

even their best alongside The Blackening, and definitely a masterpiece compared to their latest output.

The Blackening isn't a bad record at all, but comparing to debut - it looks extremely average stuff. As a matter of fact, I never found any MH album even 90% close to the debut.

The only MH album I enjoy

A classic groove/thrash metal album of the 90', but i prefer their progressive thrash metal era (2003 - 2014)

Sounds like early Sepultura combined with Pantera, it has a solid opening track, but the rest of the album doesn't quite live up to the opener, still a very good debut overall though, and some cool head banging riffs.

I remember reading about this album in Kerrang's top 200 rock album special, buying it a few days after and wandering around Sheringham forest here in the UK (the home of Robin Hood) listening to it on my iPod classic back in 2007/2008.

Turns out I had just discovered a band that changed everything for me and created an obsession with metal. I bought the guitar tab book a few months later and it opened my eyes to what was possible on guitar, especially pinch harmonics and drop tuning.

9.4/10 for me - 'Davidian', 'Old', and 'Block' are the standout tracks IMO. 'A Nation On Fire', 'Blood For Blood', and 'Real Eyes, Realize, Real Lies' are all also fantastic.

Mind blown. I love it.

I had previously given this 7, but now after a new listening I'll raise it to 9. Davidian is a killer song and a classic, but now that I have gotten past the sensation, I think I got more out of the rest of the album. I never thought about this before, but the drumming on this album is brilliant, not overly technical, but technical and varied enough to stand out. Also, the guitar tone couldn't be much better for this kind of music. I think the secret behind the killer tone is Peavey 5150 amp hooked to some Marshall cab with high quality speakers. The amp is great, but the 5150 cab is known to suck.

These guys had one mission, which was to kick my ass back to the fucking stone age, and they failed it miserably. These guys had no clue about thrash at all; I mean what the fuck were these guys about with these vocals; I could do better vocals myself with a 8€ mic and the music is standard groove suckfest.

I can't believe it's Rob Flynn, he was in Vio-lence after all and went to this

Written by JOPE OF STEELE on 15.11.2024 at 18:39

what the fuck were these guys about with these vocals

Hahaha, STEELE getting angry over anti-steele metal.

One of the best groove metal albums if you ask me. I agree with Metal Rasputin that you have to get over the fact that the opening song is the outstanding highlight of the album, and also with John Doe that this is their only album I enjoy.

Imagine thinking Vio-lence is better than this. How bad does your taste in music have to be?

Gentlemen, please. Some like apples, some like oranges. Machine Head and Vio-lence are two completely different bands, both have released great albums.

Written by JOPE OF STEELE on 16.11.2024 at 18:31

My approach is towards friendly discussions and I don't have nothing against anybody, but I think A Real Monkey should re-listen Eternal Nightmare.

I listened to it once already and that one more than I could stomach. Mid thrash with the worse vocals imaginable. I don't know how many times I have to say it on this site.

Burn My Eyes shits all over it.

For me, both albums absloutely lock horns. I'd slightly give a nod to Burn for being more influential than Eternal, but it will be to walk a fucking fine line.

Let me break-up even further,

I'd found Eternal to be Flynn's youthful and rebellion energy reflecting into more primal and raw, whereas Burn was his most mature form enrapturing raw and groove giving methodological juggernaut.

Excellent guitar and bass tone. No problem on my end with the vocals. This album has a ton of filler though. So many tracks are total snoozers.

Rob must have been listening to Pantera 24/7 while writing this.