MACHINE HEAD To Enter Studio In August

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

"We're finally on the home stretch!! A few more songs to go until the writing process is completed. Let me say a few things about the progress and way the songs are coming along.

"First off, the freedom and drive we have on this album is far exceeding what we were doing on 'Through The Ashes'. Being able to take our time without a deadline breathing down our necks has been priceless, when we started writing in August (I think) of last year we had made February our time to get into the studio and start recording, but as we went along, the thought of going into the studio then, just to get the album out in a certain time frame became less appealing.

"We were being told things like 'you've gotta take advantage of the momentum you have' or 'if it comes out in ____, you can get this or that tour.' Good advice maybe, but if you don't have the time to try different things and let the songs come to life naturally you're kinda selling yourselves short. So when we all decided to plan on an August recording start, we knew it would (hopefully) be more than enough time.

"And it has!

"So, about the music!!!! If I could describe the songs in one word it would have to be ANGRY!!!!!!!! I think the song 'Struck A Nerve' from 'The More Things Change' album is sitting back smiling at the new stuff! I guess when you're living in times like these it's hard not to be pissed off, and the music and lyrics are definitely a product of the anger we're all feeling. Also, we're just having fun writing these songs! Whether it's continuing to add little segues to parts, harmony shredding, or just making things more difficult to play, the bottom line is we're having a good time writing a 100% metal album. Not 'this or that metal' or whatever kinds of metal are out there, this is just 'fucking metal!!!!' We're also gonna be doing a week of dates on the Sounds Of The Underground tour!! A very welcome 'get the fuck out of the practice room and go do some damage' opportunity! Who knows...we might even be trying out a new song! From there we will move right into Sharkbite Studios and rehearse for a few days before we start recording in the 2nd week of August. Robb [frontman Robert Flynn] will be producing again along with Sir Markus O' Keatonous [Mark Keaton], and of course King Colin Richardson mixing once again!!!

"Also, I wanted to say a little something about a friend who recently died. His name was Steve Cooper and he had been the singer for one of my first bands, S.A. SLAYER. We were five kids that had formed a band solely on the basis that the IRON MAIDEN 'Killers' album was the best thing we'd ever heard in our lives!! He was easily one of the nicest guys any of us had ever met, a laid-back country boy vibe combined with a passion and voice built for our brand of metal. He will truly be missed."