Spring Break
Machine Head cranks up intensity with 'The Blackening'
By: Brandon Weiss
Issue date: 3/9/07 Section: Arts & Entertainment
Originally published: 3/9/07 at 7:05 AM EST
Last update: 3/9/07 at 7:04 AM EST
Originally published: 3/9/07 at 7:05 AM EST
Last update: 3/9/07 at 7:04 AM EST
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"It's important to note that it kind of is, in a sense, to our advantage because the album is a great album. It's getting a pre-release buzz going. There are people that aren't going to buy CDs no matter what you do. I think this will definitely get people that are more on the fence about it to go toward making the purchase."
The band is excited to be playing on such a stacked tour lineup right now. Their current tour includes Lamb of God and Trivium, two bands currently on the cutting edge of heavy metal. The band even had "a little impromptu jam session" on one of their recent dates where the guitarist says the band played some "very bad covers of Pantera, Slayer, Black Sabbath," but all in good fun.
After their current tour comes to an end, the band has big plans for another tour, which Demmel would not elaborate on, but later was revealed on www.blabbermouth.net to be an opening slot for the recently reunited Black Sabbath/Ronnie James Dio combination, named Heaven and Hell.
The guitarist says that after their tour with Heaven and Hell, the band has more plans. "We're going to do some festivals in June, hopefully do some Ozzfest or Sounds of the Underground, and do our full Europe run in September and October, and headline the USA probably January and February," Demmel says.
Machine Head's new album, The Blackening, hits stores March 27 from Roadrunner Records. The band will stop at The Electric Factory March 23 with Lamb of God and Trivium, and will play at the Wachovia Center May 10 with metal gods Megadeth and Heaven and Hell.
The band is excited to be playing on such a stacked tour lineup right now. Their current tour includes Lamb of God and Trivium, two bands currently on the cutting edge of heavy metal. The band even had "a little impromptu jam session" on one of their recent dates where the guitarist says the band played some "very bad covers of Pantera, Slayer, Black Sabbath," but all in good fun.
After their current tour comes to an end, the band has big plans for another tour, which Demmel would not elaborate on, but later was revealed on www.blabbermouth.net to be an opening slot for the recently reunited Black Sabbath/Ronnie James Dio combination, named Heaven and Hell.
The guitarist says that after their tour with Heaven and Hell, the band has more plans. "We're going to do some festivals in June, hopefully do some Ozzfest or Sounds of the Underground, and do our full Europe run in September and October, and headline the USA probably January and February," Demmel says.
Machine Head's new album, The Blackening, hits stores March 27 from Roadrunner Records. The band will stop at The Electric Factory March 23 with Lamb of God and Trivium, and will play at the Wachovia Center May 10 with metal gods Megadeth and Heaven and Hell.
