MACHINE HEAD Announces Fall 2022 U.S. Tour, BLABBERMOUTH.NET Presale

This fall, San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD will embark on an intimate venue tour through small-town America as part of their "Electric Happy Hour (Live)". Dates include some tour favorites that MACHINE HEAD have had over the years such as oft-missed places Minot, North Dakota; Springfield, Missouri; Huntington, West Virginia; and Charleston, South Carolina.

MACHINE HEAD frontman/founder Robb Flynn states: "We're fucking STOKED to get out and demolish venues in some of our favorite small towns in America.

"We have had an awesome and productive pandemic break writing our new album 'Of Kingdom And Crown', but now it’s time for MACHINE HEAD to go melt some faces!!

"The reaction to our 'Electric Happy Hour (Live)' shows in Scotland so far are nothing short of incredible, so for this first leg of this U.S. run we will continue and will see us performing solo for 2 ½ to 3 hours a night.

"We LOVED performing our online shows which we dubbed 'Electric Happy Hour' for you Head Cases over the pandemic — the loose, beer-drenched and unscripted setlist, the deep cuts, the random cover songs. It gave us the freedom to do whatever the fuck we wanted for as long as we wanted. Every night was liberating. It's not what everyone else is doing, and frankly, there are not a lot of bands who could even pull it off, but MACHINE HEAD CAN pull it off, and we are excited as fuck to do it again. We are carving our own path here, playing by our own rules, and as an artist, it's the best feeling in the world, so come down and rage!!"

Bassist Jared MacEachern proclaims: "We're finally bringing 'Of Kingdom And Crown' and more to you, America! We're gonna kick it off in the small towns, a real nooks-and-crannies kind of run. We're gonna be raging right in each other's faces, so be ready for a sweaty, beer-drenched, throat-ripping good time!"

A special BLABBERMOUTH.NET presale will begin on Wednesday, September 7 at 10:00 a.m. local time and end on Wednesday, September 7 at 10:00 p.m. local time. When prompted, type in the presale code "UNHALLOWED" to access tickets before the general public. General on-sale will be Friday, September 9 at 10 a.m. local time.

Tour dates:

Nov. 03 - Fulton 55 - Fresno, CA (buy tickets)
Nov. 06 - Urban Lounge - Salt Lake City, UT (buy tickets)
Nov. 08 - Knitting Factory - Spokane, WA (buy tickets)
Nov. 10 - Revolution – Boise, ID (buy tickets)
Nov. 12 - The Gaslight Social – Casper, WY (buy tickets)
Nov. 13 - Black Sheep - Colorado Springs, CO (buy tickets)
Nov. 15 - The Original - Minot, ND (buy tickets)
Nov. 16 - The Hall at Fargo Brewing - Fargo, ND (buy tickets)
Nov. 18 - Bigs Bar - Sioux Falls, SD (buy tickets)
Nov. 19 - Royal Grove - Lincoln, NE (buy tickets)
Nov. 20 - Outland Ballroom - Springfield, MO (buy tickets)
Nov. 21 - Red Flag - St. Louis, MO (buy tickets)
Nov. 22 - High Noon Saloon - Madison, WI (buy tickets)
Nov. 23 - Deluxe @ Old National Center - Indianapolis, IN (buy tickets)
Nov. 25 - The Forge - Joliet, IL (buy tickets)
Nov. 26 - Machine Shop - Flint, MI (buy tickets)
Nov. 27 - A&R Music Bar - Columbus, OH (buy tickets)
Nov. 28 - Legends - Cincinnati, OH (buy tickets)
Nov. 30 - The Paramount - Huntington, NY (buy tickets)
Dec. 01 - Portland House of Music - Portland, ME (buy tickets)
Dec. 02 - Stone Pony - Asbury Park, NJ (buy tickets)
Dec. 03 - Reverb - Reading, PA (buy tickets)
Dec. 04 - Soundstage - Baltimore, MD (buy tickets)
Dec. 06 - Elevation 27 - Virginia Beach, VA (buy tickets)
Dec. 07 - The Loud - Huntington, WV (buy tickets)
Dec. 08 - Underground - Charlotte, NC (buy tickets)
Dec. 09 - Eastside Bowl - Nashville, TN (buy tickets)
Dec. 10 - Music Farm - Charleston, SC (buy tickets)
Dec. 12 - Culture Room - Ft. Lauderdale, FL (buy tickets)
Dec. 13 - Orpheum - Tampa, FL (buy tickets)
Dec. 15 - The Hall - Little Rock, AR (buy tickets)
Dec. 17 - WAVE - Wichita, KS (buy tickets)
Dec. 18 - Amplified Live Inside Stage - Dallas, TX (buy tickets)
Dec. 20 - Sunshine Theater - Albuquerque, NM (buy tickets)
Dec. 21 - The Rock - Tucson, AZ (buy tickets)
Dec. 22 - House Of Blues - San Diego, CA (buy tickets)
Dec. 23 - Ace of Spades - Sacramento, CA (buy tickets)

MACHINE HEAD's European tour with AMON AMARTH, "Vikings & Lionhearts", will kick off on September 8 at Nottingham, United Kingdom's Motorpoint Arena. Support on the trek will come from THE HALO EFFECT, the new band featuring five former members of IN FLAMES: Peter Iwers, Daniel Svensson, Jesper Strömblad, Niclas Engelin and Mikael Stanne.

"Of Kingdom And Crown" was released on August 26 via Nuclear Blast/Imperium Recordings. The follow-up to 2018's "Catharsis", "Of Kingdom And Crown" includes the three songs that were featured on last year's "Arrows In Words From The Sky" single: "Become The Firestorm", "Rotten" and "Arrows In Words From The Sky". Much of the new MACHINE HEAD album was recorded at Sharkbite Studios in Oakland, California with engineer/producer Zack Ohren.

In November 2020, MACHINE HEAD released a single, "My Hands Are Empty", via Nuclear Blast. The song marked the first musical collaboration between Flynn and original "Burn My Eyes" guitarist Logan Mader in 24 years.

"My Hands Are Empty" was just one in a line of singles to be released by MACHINE HEAD, which issued "Do Or Die" in October 2019, "Circle The Drain" in February 2020, and the two-song digital single "Civil Unrest", consisting of "Stop The Bleeding" and "Bulletproof", in June 2020. "Stop The Bleeding" featured guest vocals from KILLSWITCH ENGAGE frontman Jesse Leach, and was written and recorded just days after the murders of George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery.