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"I was walking down the street and I saw this junkie washing out his needle with wine." How one of the most hyped metal bands of the 90s bounced back from firings, studio disasters and, erm, constipation

When Machine Head needed a good follow-up to their classic debut album, boy did they deliver - but not without facing some challenges

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“Every song we came up with was like the greatest thing. Every time we’d write another it was like, ‘Oh my god’”: Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax and more remember how thrash metal took over the world 40 years ago

1986 was the year where thrash metal broke through. We got the genre’s leading bands to look back on those whirlwind 12 months.

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“Once James Hetfield said he liked it, that was it. He said that it kicked his ass”: Nineteen years ago, this US metal band released their sixth album. Today it sounds like a Master Of Puppets for the 21st century

Machine Head’s The Blackening is one of the greatest metal records of the 21st century

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“Stranger Things is a phenomenon, right? But it’s ending. I hope I reach the point where, when the time comes, we step away gracefully”: Robb Flynn wants Machine Head’s retirement to be like a hit Netflix finale

The Oakland thrashers aren’t bowing out yet, but when they do, their frontman wants it to put a bold exclamation point on their career

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“Three hours of molten metal, raging pits and life-affirming sing-alongs!” Machine Head announce evening-with Europe and UK shows for spring 2026

Oakland’s groove metal pioneers will be playing some extensive sets when they return in the spring

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“I was 18, strung out on meth and drinking every day. But I’d hear a song I loved by Slayer or Exodus, and it would save my life”: Robb Flynn set out to make Machine Head’s shortest record – but he hopes its four-minute songs will have a lasting impact

Some record exec told Flynn that he'd only last five years, but 30 years on he's still at it, reinventing Machine Head with a new lead guitarist, writing songs to those dark nights of the soul

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"Machine Head live to defy expectations." Robb Flynn and co. conquer Bloodstock with an explosive, emotional headline set

Machine Head return to Bloodstock for an almighty Saturday night headline set

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Sleep Token cameo, Black Sabbath jam, a surprise Robb Flynn...I think I might have just watched Trivium play their greatest festival set ever. Yep, even better than THAT Download one

Self-proclaimed "kings of metal" Trivium set an impossibly high bar headlining Friday night of Bloodstock Open Air 2025

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"There would be shootouts down the street." Machine Head's Robb Flynn takes us on a tour of Oakland, California - and 30 years of metal history

From broken ribs and drug deals to playing arenas and stadiums around the world, Robb Flynn has proved time and again he's metal's ultimate survivor

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Machine Head's Unatoned has so many crushing riffs that it should come with a health and safety certificate. This is a band back in peak condition

Machine Head's epic bounce back continues with the brilliant Unatoned

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“Once James Hetfield said he liked the album, that was it. He said that it kicked his ass”: How Machine Head’s The Blackening became their own Master Of Puppets

The Blackening remains Machine Head’s masterpiece

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Machine Head toured America six days after 9/11: “Everybody in the front row was like, ‘Why am I here? Tell me it’s gonna be OK’”

Robb Flynn looks back on Machine Head playing across the US less than a week after the September 11 terrorist attacks

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“Let freedom ring with a …” Machine Head have launched a new whiskey in shotgun-shaped bottles

The 94-proof drink comes in a collector’s box that also features shot glasses modelled after bullet cases

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“We got pelted with glass bottles and dead rabbits. We stood our ground”: Slipknot’s Corey Taylor and Machine Head’s Robb Flynn’s wild tour stories of bust-ups, injuries and urine-soaked tobacco

When Slipknot’s Corey Taylor met Machine Head’s Robb Flynn

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Machine Head announce new album Unatoned, hear ferocious single Unbound here

Oakland’s groove metal greats will smack you about with their next torrent of riffs in April

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"It’s actually Sid Wilson’s favourite Slipknot song." Inside nu metal's greatest deep cuts

From a Slipknot buried treasure to the long-overlooked Korn rarity, these are the overlooked classics in the nu metal canon

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Machine Head’s next album seems to be right around the corner…

The groove metal behemoths previously teased a new album for April, and now they’ve offered a glimpse inside the studio

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"I was freaking out and bawling in the studio." Korn's classic debut album at 30: the weirdness, the trauma and the birth of nu metal

On October 11 1994, five misfits from Bakersfield, California would release an album that would change metal forever

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“I’m watching American TV and it’s like ‘Wow, man… what is this? This isn’t my America’”: How Machine Head followed a 21st century metal classic with Unto The Locust

Machine Head’s Unto The Locust was the follow-up to career high-point The Blackening – but Robb Flynn wasn’t feeling the presssure

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"A true believer, sharp as a knife, heart of gold." A tribute to Michelle Kerr, the ass-kicking, passionate PR legend who helped shape modern metal as we know it

Michelle Kerr, PR for Slipknot, Machine Head, Slayer, Megadeth and many more, died on Saturday. She leaves behind a legacy as one of the metal industry's most beloved figureheads

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“We smoked so much weed that we set off the fire alarms and almost killed everybody with the gas that was going to be released”: The story of Machine Head’s Burn My Eyes, the debut album that revitalised 90s metal

On the 30th anniversary of Machine Head’s Burn My Eyes, mainman Robb Flynn looks back on the making of his band’s classic debut

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Order your limited edition Machine Head 'Diamonds In The Rough 92-93' red/black Splatter vinyl

There are only 250 available, so get yours now!

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"There aren't many metal bands that can live with Machine Head." Robb Flynn's warriors remind Download Festival what they've sorely missed

Machine Head finally returned to Download - and how!

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"Let freedom ring with a shotgun blast!": the brutal true story behind Machine Head's Davidian, one of the defining anthems of '90s metal

The opening track on Machine Head's stunning debut album Burn My Eyes, Davidian has its roots in real life horrors

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The 11 most amazing onstage team-ups in heavy metal history

Metallica and Ozzy Osbourne. Trivium and Slipknot. The entire Big Four. These are the most excellent onstage collaborations we’ve ever seen.

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