Name: Through the Ashes of Empires
Brand: MACHINE HEAD
SKU: 67275
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Through the Ashes of Empires

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Album: Through the Ashes of Empires
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Imperium	More Info...	0:06
2)	Bite the Bullet	More Info...	0:03
3)	Left Unfinished	More Info...	0:05
4)	Elegy	More Info...	0:04
5)	In the Presence of My Enemies	More Info...	0:07
6)	Days Turn Blue to Gray	More Info...	0:05
7)	Vim	More Info...	0:05
8)	All Falls Down	More Info...	0:04
9)	Wipe the Tears	More Info...	0:04
10)	Descend the Shades of Night	More Info...	0:07

Album: Through the Ashes of Empires
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Imperium	More Info...	0:06
2)	Bite the Bullet	More Info...	0:03
3)	Left Unfinished	More Info...	0:05
4)	Elegy	More Info...	0:04
5)	In the Presence of My Enemies	More Info...	0:07
6)	Days Turn Blue to Gray	More Info...	0:05
7)	Vim	More Info...	0:05
8)	All Falls Down	More Info...	0:04
9)	Wipe the Tears	More Info...	0:04
10)	Descend the Shades of Night	More Info...	0:07

Performer Notes

Initial pressings of THROUGH THE ASHES OF EMPIRES include a bonus disc.
Machine Head: Robert Flynn (vocals, guitar); Phil Demmel (guitar); Adam Duce (bass, background vocals); Dave McClain (drums).
Recorded at Sharkbite Studios, Oakland, California in 2003.
Machine Head: Robert Flynn (vocals, guitar); Phil Demmel (guitar); Adam Duce (bass instrument, background vocals); Dave McClain (drums).
On THROUGH THE ASHES OF EMPIRES, Machine Head delivers another potent dose of the group's signature blend of late-1980s thrash and Pantera-inspired alt-metal. This time around, though, the band takes frequent musical interludes from the sonic onslaught--a tinkling toy piano provides "Left Unfinished" with a nicely eerie, horror-film intro, while "Wipe Away the Tears" features a Black Flag-style spoken rant. In a few places, the ordinarily pummeling juggernaut that is Machine Head even gets downright melodic--"Shades of Night," for example, features vocal harmonies would fit right in on an Incubus disc. Longtime fans need not worry, though--THROUGH THE ASHES OF EMPIRES provides enough angst-laden growls and six-string shredding to keep heads banging, machine or otherwise.

Professional Reviews

CMJ (3/29/04, p.16) - "[T]he once mighty neo-thrash Machine Head have returned to the no-holds-barred form that made them famous....[A] true return to form."

Kerrang (Magazine) (p.53) - "[T]he quartet returned to what they do best: writing mammoth, crunching riffs of undeniable power."