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Machine Head preview new material
By CMU Editorial | Published on Wednesday 15 June 2011
Thrash metallers Machine Head have previewed a new track from their forthcoming seventh album, which is due for release later this year. The album is the follow-up to 2007’s acclaimed ‘The Blackening’.
Frontman Robb Flynn said of the track, entitled ‘Locust’: “‘Locust’ is a metaphor. Locusts fly in a swarm, but they can’t control which direction they fly; they float on the wind, they land, cause massive destruction, and then float away on the wind to leave you in the aftermath. The song is a metaphor for a type of person that sometimes comes into your life and has a similar effect”.
The eight minute track is available from iTunes now, though the version that will appear on the album will be remixed by longtime Machine Head producer Colin Richardson. To help you decide if you want the finished version, or this one mixed by Juan Urteaga, you can hear the track via this static YouTube video:
