San Francisco thrashers, Machine Head, have been confirmed as a headlining act for the Wacken Open Air 2012, in Germany. Machine Head have played in Wacken before both in 2005 and 2009.

This news comes right before their new album, entitled Unto The Locust is released tomorrow, September 27th, through Roadrunner Records. More album details were previously reported over here.

Here it is the announcement taken from Wacken's official website: "After destroying the Holy Grounds of Wacken in 2005 and 2009, we're proud to have Thrash Metal icons Machine Head back at the world's biggest Heavy Metal festival with an exclusive German festival appearance 2012. Machine Head is well-known for their sweat-inducing and intensive live shows. A fact they constantly prove since 1992 when the band was founded in San Francisco. Having released 6 studio albums, their 7th album named Unto The Locust will be in stores at the 23rd in Germany, at the 26th in UK and the rest of Europe and at the 27th of September 2011 in North America. Be prepared when Robb Flynn, Adam Duce, Phil Demmel and Dave McClain hit the stage with new material as well as their famous hits such as "Imperium", "Davidian" and "Aesthetics Of Hate", just to name a few. "

Source:	wacken.com
Band profile:	Machine Head
Event:	Wacken Open Air 2012