MACHINE HEAD Drummer 'Looking Forward To Getting Back On The Road'

January 11, 2007

MACHINE HEAD drummer Dave McClain has posted the following message on the band's official web site:

"Looking forward to getting back on the road [with LAMB OF GOD, TRIVIUM and GOJIRA] and unleashing the new album on everyone! Everything is finally coming together. Artwork and CD booklet getting finalized, mastering is complete and preparations for the LAMB OF GOD tour are underway!!

"I started practicing today by myself and getting in 'show shape.' I practice a lot on my own but today I started playing like I would if we were doing a show, just basically hitting a lot harder and running through a lot of songs back to back. A good day of practicing, I already feel like I'm in 'mid-tour' form. So, about three songs into playing, I feel some blisters start to form. I was going to put some tape around them just to keep them from popping and ripping open but I kept playing on and two songs later I actually got to see two chunks fly off my hand!!! Yes!! I hardly ever get to see them fly off. My lucky day, I guess!

"Anyway, back to the tour.

"I've never seen GOJIRA before but heard some of the their stuff and heard that they're a killer live band.

"Of course, we already know the TRIVIUM guys really well and have crossed paths a few times. Hmmmm, I see booze in our future!!

"I can safely say that LAMB OF GOD are one of my favorite metal bands. Killer riffs, great musicians and after doing some shows with them and coming out to a few on our own and hanging out with them, I can also say that they're cool people as well. Really looking forward to watching Chris [Adler, LAMB OF GOD drummer] play every night. I see more booze in our future!

"That's about it. See ya on the road!!"

As previously reported, MACHINE HEAD will be IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson's guests on Saturday, January 13 during Bruce's weekly BBC 6 Music radio show, aptly named "Rock Show". Listen to the program live via the Internet between 9:00 p.m. and 12:00 a.m. (midnight) U.K. time (between 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. EST) at BBC.co.uk.

MACHINE HEAD's sixth studio album, "The Blackening" is tentatively due on March 27 via Roadrunner Records (one day earlier internationally). The group recorded the new CD at Sharkbite Studios in Oakland, CA, with MACHINE HEAD frontman Robert Flynn returning to the producer's chair, and Mark Keaton once again handling engineering duties. Longtime MACHINE HEAD collaborator Colin Richardson (CANNIBAL CORPSE, TRIVIUM, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE) mixed the record alongside Flynn in London. The band also tapped longtime MACHINE HEAD artist Paul Brown (MARILYN MANSON) to work on the album art.

"The Blackening" tentative track listing (not in final order):

01. Clenching the Fists of Dissent
02. Beautiful Mourning
03. Aesthetics of Hate
04. Now I Lay Thee Down
05. Slanderous
06. Halo
07. Wolves
08. A Farewell to Arms

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