Tag: Catharsis

Interview: Robb Flynn talks Machine Head departures?!

In this surprise video, Machine Head main man Robb Flynn announces that guitarist Phil Demmel and drummer Dave McClain will be exiting the group and that bassist Jared MacEachern may also be joining them. Flynn confirms that the next leg of the “Catharsis Evening with Machine Head” tour will go ahead as a farewell and

Bootleg: “Volitile” from Machine Head!

Machine Head have released a live video for “Volitile” with footage spliced together from there London Round House and Manchester Academy shows on the UK leg of their “Evening with Machine Head: Catharsis Tour”. The footage was captured by Fiaz Farrelly.

NEWS: Sect & Gust announce European Tour!

Hailing from Raleigh, NC and comprising frontman Chris Colohan (Left for Dead, Burning Love, Enabler and Cursed), guitarists Scott Crouse (Earth Crisis) & James Chang (Catharsis), bassist Steve Hart & drummer Andrew Hurley (Fall Out Boy, Racetraitor & Enabler), hardcore supergroup Sect (pronounced Sekt) have announced a European Tour in support of November release “No

Riff Police! Pull Over! #11: Strapping Young Lad Vs. Machine Head!

Seeing as Machine Head are upon our shores at the moment, it’s time we pulled them up, as pretty much everyone else has, on “Beyond The Pale” from their new album “Catharsis”. In 2005, Canadian Industrial Metal band Strapping Young Lad, fronted by Devin Townsend were enjoying a wave of success. Their fourth album “Alien” delivered a

Bootleg: Machine Head in Portugal!

In a buid to build up the anticipation and selling off those final tickets for the remaining dates of their almost sold out European tour run, Machine Head have released a near 7 minute clip of action from the Lisbon and Oporto Portugal stops of the tour! The UK dates of Machine Head’s “Evening With”

Bootleg: Machine Head at The Dynamo Open Air Festival in 1995!

Taking place annually in Holland since 1986 and named after The Dynamo rock club in Eindhoven, The Dynamo Open Air has always been one to see some bands deliver phenomenal performances. From the year that saw Max Cavalera’s Nailbomb have their set recorded and released entitled “Proud to Commit Commercial Suicide” by Roadrunner Records and also featured the likes

NEWS: Machine Head praised in The Guardian newspaper!

Having been through the mill with the Metal music press, internet trolls and people who simply aren’t fans of the band talking s**t about Machine Head, it’s nice to see them get some praise. We didn’t expect it to appear in The Guardian newspaper, but praise is still praise. Here’s what they said; “After 27

Review: “Catharsis” by Machine Head

Before starting this review, I’ll say this. I’ve been a Machine Head fan for a long time. I was at the show at Brixton Academy that became their “Elegies” DVD. As a listener, I joined up at “The Burning Red” and went back from there. I think there is a decent amount of good material

Bootlegs: US Catharsis Tour from Machine Head!

Here’s a playlist of high quality fan filmed footage from various venues during the current US leg of Machine Head‘s on going “Catharsis” tour. The band will be playing the same “Evening With…” Style shows upon our shores in May. A number of those dates have now sold out. Machine Head’s new album “Catharsis” is