MACHINE HEAD: Japanese Headlining Show Announced
February 11, 2008Veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD have confirmed a headlining concert at O-East in Tokyo, Japan on March 18 — their first headlining, non-festival appearance there since the year 2000.
Commented drummer Dave McClain: "We're so stoked to be getting back to Japan, especially as a headliner, the crowds there are always sick." Added lead guitarist Phil Demmel: "I'm definitely excited; it'll be my first time headlining with MACHINE HEAD in Japan, so I can't wait".
Tickets go on sale February 23.
MACHINE HEAD garnered the first Grammy nomination of its career for "Aesthetics of Hate", a monstrous track from the critically hailed album "The Blackening", released in March 2007. The song was nominated for "Best Metal Performance" (SLAYER eventually won the award for "The Final Six").
"Aesthetics of Hate", an anthemic song built around a firestorm of riffs, was inspired by an article of the same name that appeared on a popular neo-conservative website that addressed the on-stage shooting of legendary PANTERA guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott by attacking him as an "untalented possessor of a guitar" and his fans as "pathetic and ugly." While "Aesthetics of Hate" isn't about Dimebag per se, it is a mighty metallic reaction to the author's skewed perception of the metal scene.
(Thanks: TakeMyScars.com)
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