Dimebag said that "Through The Ashes of Empires" was the record of the year. Imagine what he would've thought of "The Blackening" had he still been alive.
@@xkovacsx09 it's obviously entirely subjective, but a) you forgot Through the Ashes 😉 and b) I'd switch Unto the Locust for Bloodstone & Diamonds, but if I'm being entirely realistic I think The Blackening was the last true undisputable classic. Of Kingdom & Crown is a great return to form, but I'm not sure it will stand up as a "classic" in 10 years time unlike The Blackening. Not trying to shit on your opinion at all, just throwing my own in the ring 🙂
You can listen ti the imputa Dave, Phil and Adam had. Ashes and Unto are great examples of the vibes they went into and from the Blackening. Best MH in my opinion
@Andrew Carroll That was I. Many fun times were had and lots of cool people from around the world. One of the great travesties of our time was when Robb shut the board down. That sucked. I'd been a part of that community since either late 95 or early 96 back in the days when Sven ran the board before the band got involved. Back in the 90's, when catching flights to go watching a band play half way around the world wasn't really a thing, there seemed to be a lot of people on the board warming up to that. When Ahrue joined the band, back when I was still living in England, a certain Master P let me know about the Cocodrie show and tickets were booked... Now that I live near SF, I got to meet a lot of the folks from that forum when MH was playing their home town shows. Lots of fun, even more alcohol and from what I can remember, lots of good times. That was back before the PC Police got involved and ruined it all. The board was a huge melting pot of cultures from around the world and if the Karen's read it now they'd be horrified but the folks who were part of the board and were the butt of the jokes took it as that - jokes. They'd laugh and make jokes back. There were a few times where a few folks on the board crossed over the line but that was very rare and those were called out. What was your username?
@Andrew Carroll Some of the shit that went down on the board was the stuff of legends. Tharsh and the toxic waltz. Robb refused to play it when board members voted for it. Tharsh bugged Exodus to play it and got knocked the fuck out. LOL. Dirt being worked over by a pretend cancer victim, Sean moving to the Netherlands and getting married only to kinda sorta find out that his other half never stopped sleeping with others. The game was up when apparently she slept with another board member... Eor: the man, the myth, the leg end. I ended up thinking that was the alter-ego of Bill or Mike P. He couldn't be real. Like Osbos... burning in the medieval maybe... Just when you though being invited backstage to the gig at the Warfield couldn't get any better... Walking out though the back door after the show and seeing a gal from the board taking it from behind like a trooper further up the alley. Maybe it was an 'audition' for the Gentleman's club next door... Ah, good times!
+JoRdOguitarman1 Agreed. I also think that Opeth's run of Blackwater Park, Deliverance/Damnation (cheating here, but they were recorded at the same time and released just a few months apart), and Ghost Reveries puts them in the discussion as well.
To Me they are both are equal. Blackening has the life changing arrangements, solos, riffs and lyrics, But unto the locust is a beautifully sculpted work of music. LOVED The Classical inspired thrash going on with Unto the locust. I mean, This is the end, WHAT A KILLER SONG!!!
unfortunately because of van halen and metallica a lot of metal doesn’t have the bass very loud in the mix though i try to mix them equal so you hear everything whether for my own band or recording another artist both live and in the studio
when i fist hear the blackening i was floored. i couldn't believe if the guys could out due with the follow up album(unto the locust) but i was boy was i wrong for the better.
@Andy Salter anythings possible but for the sake of credibility I expect a band to evolve for the better at least in lyrical depth. Aaand.. I think The Burning red is a great album. That and the Blackening. I like good music no matters the style. Catharsis is embarrassing crap. But I hope you're right.. I just feel like Rob is a political family man with a business minded approach nowadays.. good music comes from the heart - with passion. I like genuine stuff 🙏🥴
@@Petteriks Catharsis is heavy they wrote one song with lyrics that offend a lot of people ( don't know why ) and suddenly they're hated for it. Robb is a much more genuine guy now than he ever was. they have a new album coming soon as well
Shark Bite Studios in Oakland, CA produced this heavy, brutal slab in 2007. Exodus also recorded there and released a few months later Atrocity Exhibition. Bay Area FTW!
Unto the locust is great, well structured melodic and interesting and powerful sounding. I agree, their older albums were Hatebreed meets Pantera boredom.
It's so hard to use the word " perfect " much like " forever ". I mean, what do thee words really mean, when they could mean different things to different people. Some would say " Elton John " perfect. " Queen " perfect. How long is forever ? When you can listen to an entire album through the most expensive home audio , medium range over ear head phones, to crappy earbuds and each time you are MOVED outside of yourself not by any single thing but the entirety of it all coming together in such a way, it's........ To me this is " perfect " and will remain this way in my version of forever. If it wasn't this exact group of individuals, exactly where they were in their lives this would not have been possible. I believe some form of divinity played a role here . The producers the engineers the men and women who work in factory's making everything from cables, to mic's I am personally grateful to all of you. Because it took all of you to allow this to be placed in our vase reality stamped for all time. With love and respect Michael
I came here because someone said Rob said in this video that be used a Line 6 Pod Big Bottom as part of his guitar tone on Burn My Eyes. Well, i came here and couldn't find evidence of this statement. Correct me if i'm wrong and missed it.
Machine Head have always been a great supersonic thrash metal band ever. Especially, with Adam gone and Jared MacEachern participating, compared to Megadeth, Anthrax, Behemoth and Slayer. I love them and I enjoy their music. I, although, saw them live at the ROUNDHOUSE theatre, about a year ago, on the Catharsis world album promotion tour, they were really great. I hope they keep up with what they are doing!
maybe you are right, it seems live his ride hand tends to fall off time when his feet at snare are always right on hahaha., strange drummer but still one of my favorites
Unfortunately, ever since they're (he's - Robb) chasing the Blackening 2 PS: I LOVE Unto the Locust, Bloodstone and Diamonds and Of Kingdom and Crown, in this exact order (let's just forget Machine Head's Lulu as Catharsis), but there's a clear attempt to replicate structures, riffage, melodies and vocal melodies from this absolute legendary cut, being the latest release what is more "different" than the previous ones since The Blackening.
It's such a major shame that Rob and Adam had a permanent falling out. Those two were musical brothers, the bass lines and backing vocals Adam provided in the MH catelog he is in is tge metal stuff of legends. Apparently the falling out is so bad they really cut ties with each other and it's lasted for many years.
If 'Bloodstone and Diamonds' had followed up 'The Blackening' I think that album would be just as well regarded. Unfortunately I think 'Unto the Locust' just came off as a weak copy of 'The Blackening'.
Can't believe a song calling out racists and small minded bigots made two members quit! the band is better off without them. The metal community is toxic as fuck.
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Dimebag said that "Through The Ashes of Empires" was the record of the year. Imagine what he would've thought of "The Blackening" had he still been alive.
Probably something along the lines of 'dude, what a load of over played wank' 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
Through the Ashes is my personal favorite along Burn my Eyes..and i was SO HAPPY when Dime said that 😁!!
One of the best metal albums of all time.
manwithacane agreed
8 years later, in 2022 still a fact
@@strijkspray4753 new record coming this year 2022 too \m/
@Daron Brown i understand... We got to accept it, but their new album is good too ya
Not many bands have albums in 2 different decades that can legitimately be regarded as classics
@@xkovacsx09 it's obviously entirely subjective, but a) you forgot Through the Ashes 😉 and b) I'd switch Unto the Locust for Bloodstone & Diamonds, but if I'm being entirely realistic I think The Blackening was the last true undisputable classic. Of Kingdom & Crown is a great return to form, but I'm not sure it will stand up as a "classic" in 10 years time unlike The Blackening. Not trying to shit on your opinion at all, just throwing my own in the ring 🙂
@@vikingrunr Pretty sure he was talking about Burn My Eyes and The Blackening.
This is already a legendary album
Best trash metal album from 21st
sharing with sacrament from lamb of god
Nah M16 is best 21st century thrash
None of their albums after the blackening come close.
Unto the locust>>>
Legendary album. God I miss this lineup
wish they would get back together
Saw them in 2009 with Megadeth with this lineup. No disrespect to the current lineup, but this lineup was gold.
You can listen ti the imputa Dave, Phil and Adam had. Ashes and Unto are great examples of the vibes they went into and from the Blackening. Best MH in my opinion
Greatest era of machine head , that’s not to say the new material is lesser. I love of kingdom and crown.
Nothing better than the burn my eyes/the more things change era
What an album.
As the fan in the BLS shirt, this is always something that I'll remember. I great night... Awesome to be part of this.
@Andrew Carroll That was I.
Many fun times were had and lots of cool people from around the world.
One of the great travesties of our time was when Robb shut the board down. That sucked. I'd been a part of that community since either late 95 or early 96 back in the days when Sven ran the board before the band got involved.
Back in the 90's, when catching flights to go watching a band play half way around the world wasn't really a thing, there seemed to be a lot of people on the board warming up to that. When Ahrue joined the band, back when I was still living in England, a certain Master P let me know about the Cocodrie show and tickets were booked... Now that I live near SF, I got to meet a lot of the folks from that forum when MH was playing their home town shows. Lots of fun, even more alcohol and from what I can remember, lots of good times.
That was back before the PC Police got involved and ruined it all. The board was a huge melting pot of cultures from around the world and if the Karen's read it now they'd be horrified but the folks who were part of the board and were the butt of the jokes took it as that - jokes. They'd laugh and make jokes back. There were a few times where a few folks on the board crossed over the line but that was very rare and those were called out.
What was your username?
@Andrew Carroll
Some of the shit that went down on the board was the stuff of legends.
Tharsh and the toxic waltz. Robb refused to play it when board members voted for it. Tharsh bugged Exodus to play it and got knocked the fuck out. LOL.
Dirt being worked over by a pretend cancer victim, Sean moving to the Netherlands and getting married only to kinda sorta find out that his other half never stopped sleeping with others. The game was up when apparently she slept with another board member...
Eor: the man, the myth, the leg end. I ended up thinking that was the alter-ego of Bill or Mike P. He couldn't be real. Like Osbos... burning in the medieval maybe...
Just when you though being invited backstage to the gig at the Warfield couldn't get any better... Walking out though the back door after the show and seeing a gal from the board taking it from behind like a trooper further up the alley. Maybe it was an 'audition' for the Gentleman's club next door...
Ah, good times!
Definitely one of greatest albums of all times.
bryan staten agreed
Machine Head inspires me to become a better musician.
Same here buddy.
The last three records are the best three-abum-run of any metal-band in the 2000s.
Bring on the next one already!
Got Mine!
MelficeSephiroth I don't know, I think Leviathan, Blood Mountain and Crack the Skye puts Mastodon up there too
JoRdOguitarman1
I do love Crack The Skye.
+JoRdOguitarman1 Agreed. I also think that Opeth's run of Blackwater Park, Deliverance/Damnation (cheating here, but they were recorded at the same time and released just a few months apart), and Ghost Reveries puts them in the discussion as well.
baseballfan105k I'd say Opeth from Morningrise up to Ghost Reveries is near perfection as far as a discography goes.
that's why Robb is one the best frontmen,
Rob Flyn is such a badass! Dude has killer vocals but my man can fucking SHRED! Big fan!
To Me they are both are equal. Blackening has the life changing arrangements, solos, riffs and lyrics, But unto the locust is a beautifully sculpted work of music. LOVED The Classical inspired thrash going on with Unto the locust. I mean, This is the end, WHAT A KILLER SONG!!!
too bad we will never get another blackening.. its just so amazing
The same way we never got another "Master of Puppets". Most of the greatest bands have quite diverse discography. "The Blackening" kills!
I really wish they showed some of the bass tracking, Adam has such a wicked tone
unfortunately because of van halen and metallica a lot of metal doesn’t have the bass very loud in the mix though i try to mix them equal so you hear everything whether for my own band or recording another artist both live and in the studio
The Blackening...my favorite Machine head album!
0:01 ok folks, Robb already warned us, this (kind of) album is the one-time event in MH discography, and never return again
thank you for this. i lost the dvd that this came on, watched it all the time. studio inspiration right here
My no1 metal album of all time !!!!
dave mcclain. solid as fuck drummer, what a legend.
Thank you !
man 10 years later it still a kick ass album
Jay 99 so true
Legendary album. So glad I finally watched the doc.
Their best record, and its no exxageration to say its one of the best ever metal albums. Its simply stunning.
Just preordered the vinyl reissue can’t wait to get it !
Dave McClain looks so much like Jigsaw, now I cant unsee it. "I wanna play a gam... the drums"
The Master Of Puppets of the 2000’s
No definitely not that good
@@shaunbritton939 but still definitely better than what metallica came up with in 00s
@@procerus3654 nope
Adam rapping Eminem at the end (Eminem song Soldier). It's a shame he was fired.
Yeah, they could've done slam poetry together on the last album, lol
Rob before he became Jesus
darklord616616 lol so true
He looks younger in "Jesus mode", tbh.
They created a Masterpiece!!🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
I love robb's higher range screams.
the blackening is the best album from machine head
Mark Wasabi along White there 1994/1996 albums.
Easily, but Burn My Eyes is still something special.
Nah it's second to burn my eyes
when i fist hear the blackening i was floored. i couldn't believe if the guys could out due with the follow up album(unto the locust) but i was boy was i wrong for the better.
This Machine Head exists no more
@Andy Salter anythings possible but for the sake of credibility I expect a band to evolve for the better at least in lyrical depth.
Aaand.. I think The Burning red is a great album. That and the Blackening. I like good music no matters the style.
Catharsis is embarrassing crap.
But I hope you're right.. I just feel like Rob is a political family man with a business minded approach nowadays.. good music comes from the heart - with passion. I like genuine stuff 🙏🥴
@@Petteriks Oh look another cringelord who's offended by Catharsis 🤣
@@Lt.Shineysides89 deeply offended 😑
TBR is very good though, so it's not the nu-metal that bothers me.
@@Petteriks Catharsis is heavy they wrote one song with lyrics that offend a lot of people ( don't know why ) and suddenly they're hated for it. Robb is a much more genuine guy now than he ever was. they have a new album coming soon as well
@@Lt.Shineysides89 to me it is sounded like a 15-year old wrote the lyrics... Aww fuck the world.. like Limp Bizkit with chocolate starfish 😁🤣
Best Machine Head Album Ever
Second to burn my eyes
Machine Fucking Head!
McClaine saying "Get that goddamn camera off me" had me HOWLIN
I'd love to have a drum lesson of Dave!
Only Robb remains after all that work and creativity,,,
Solo section on Halo.... eargasm \m/
Shark Bite Studios in Oakland, CA produced this heavy, brutal slab in 2007. Exodus also recorded there and released a few months later Atrocity Exhibition. Bay Area FTW!
This is what peak performance looks like 💪
Anyone else feel a bit awkward watching Robb playing a guitar that isn't a Flying V (excluding the Dime Washburn)?
Yeah
He got his Dime guitar back too
He started with Explorer....
The production on this album is up there with the Black album. Strangley both have Black in the title... albeit unofficially in one case.
11:22 plays Dimebags Tribute Track on a Dimebag gituar! :)
BEAUTIFUL!
A round of Black tooth grins for everyone! Getcha pull
U have to include this album in some of the best of all time.... fuckin rippin
Been a fan of Metal since the late 80's. And this album is DEFINITELY in my Top 10 Metal albums of all Time.
Epicly MEATY!
💪
13 out of 10!
Song at 6:56 ??????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's so weird to see Rob speak with normal voice ...
I’d love to hear some details on how / where he uses the line6 flextone head in the studio
Só de pensar que esse clássico já vai completar 10 anos.. como o tempo passa rápido! E durante esses anos, ouvi milhares de vezes e ouvirei p sempre.
Unto the locust is great, well structured melodic and interesting and powerful sounding. I agree, their older albums were Hatebreed meets Pantera boredom.
man this album is killer from start to finish
I didnt know Batman produced videos :O
It's so hard to use the word " perfect " much like " forever ". I mean, what do thee words really mean, when they could mean different things to different people. Some would say " Elton John " perfect. " Queen " perfect. How long is forever ? When you can listen to an entire album through the most expensive home audio , medium range over ear head phones, to crappy earbuds and each time you are MOVED outside of yourself not by any single thing but the entirety of it all coming together in such a way, it's........ To me this is " perfect " and will remain this way in my version of forever.
If it wasn't this exact group of individuals, exactly where they were in their lives this would not have been possible. I believe some form of divinity played a role here . The producers the engineers the men and women who work in factory's making everything from cables, to mic's I am personally grateful to all of you. Because it took all of you to allow this to be placed in our vase reality stamped for all time.
With love and respect
Michael
Great band.Their sound still kickin
goosebumps aplenty
I came here because someone said Rob said in this video that be used a Line 6 Pod Big Bottom as part of his guitar tone on Burn My Eyes. Well, i came here and couldn't find evidence of this statement. Correct me if i'm wrong and missed it.
The three greatest metal albums from the 90s...Sepultura: Roots......Metallica : The Black Album......Machinehead : Burn My Eyes......
No wonder this album is so abusive...you got One Punch Man on the drums \m/
Machine Head have always been a great supersonic thrash metal band ever. Especially, with Adam gone and Jared MacEachern participating, compared to Megadeth, Anthrax, Behemoth and Slayer. I love them and I enjoy their music. I, although, saw them live at the ROUNDHOUSE theatre, about a year ago, on the Catharsis world album promotion tour, they were really great. I hope they keep up with what they are doing!
i thought rob always claimed to not record to a click track... interesting very very interesting.
I think it's Dave who doesnt record to a clicktrack...
maybe you are right, it seems live his ride hand tends to fall off time when his feet at snare are always right on hahaha., strange drummer but still one of my favorites
Robb says "like", a lot.
Unfortunately, ever since they're (he's - Robb) chasing the Blackening 2
PS: I LOVE Unto the Locust, Bloodstone and Diamonds and Of Kingdom and Crown, in this exact order (let's just forget Machine Head's Lulu as Catharsis), but there's a clear attempt to replicate structures, riffage, melodies and vocal melodies from this absolute legendary cut, being the latest release what is more "different" than the previous ones since The Blackening.
whats the name of the song at the beginning?
It’s a shame these guys fell out. Hopefully they get back together some day. No point dwelling on the past, look at what y’all made together!
fucking inspiring to me - thank you man! \m/
the quality hurts my eyes
Did anyone notice that batman produced this documentary lol
why is mirror spelt mirrovr?
+Jack Charles it's mirrour and the u is styled like a v, my guess would be because of the font
google that question and you will find an answer lol
Best Machie Head album.
Second best
On drums: Abe Sapien.
A Bruce Wayne Production? Seriously?!
Riff soup!! nom nom
He reminds me so much of Rob from Metallica . They both are friends too
God this shit is so inspiring!
i love that album
6:50 what song?
That's what I want to know too.
A farewell to arms
@ 16:05 machine head urban sponsor FUBU
quem quiser legenda agradeço
bagaimana kalau diberi sedikit warna merah di kulit saat live.... ; D
Ihh geuning ieu ti Indonesia...
See Robb you let Phil and Dave write the songs with you and the music is better then just you and Jared
Clenching the Fists of Dissent
12:59
i died
16:35
This is their thrashterpiece
Overrated band? Listen to Unto the locust. No one has written riffs, songs or lyrics that amazing ever.
BME is fucking overrated, don't stand a chance agaisnt this album
***** ; (
Batman produced this shit.
It's such a major shame that Rob and Adam had a permanent falling out. Those two were musical brothers, the bass lines and backing vocals Adam provided in the MH catelog he is in is tge metal stuff of legends. Apparently the falling out is so bad they really cut ties with each other and it's lasted for many years.
*Robb =D
If 'Bloodstone and Diamonds' had followed up 'The Blackening' I think that album would be just as well regarded.
Unfortunately I think 'Unto the Locust' just came off as a weak copy of 'The Blackening'.
tooo bad it all fell apart now :(
The only MH album i like is BME
GSG100 boo
they should experiment with nu metal again like slayer did with god hates us all lp especially with trash and groove metal
the most nu metal album of slayer is diabolus in musica
Tlacuache 99 god hate us all is one too
Can't believe a song calling out racists and small minded bigots made two members quit! the band is better off without them. The metal community is toxic as fuck.
What song? And if you're talking about Phil, he's one of the nicest guys ever. He's the opposite of toxic.
Clenching The Fists of Dissent