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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Imperium ~ Machine Head |  | | 2. Bite The Bullet ~ Machine Head | | | 3. Left Unfinished ~ Machine Head | | | 4. Elegy ~ Machine Head | | | 5. In The Presence Of My Enemies ~ Machine Head | | | 6. Days Turn Blue To Grey ~ Machine Head | | | 7. Vim ~ Machine Head | | | 8. Seasons Wither ~ Machine Head | | | 9. All Falls Down ~ Machine Head | | | 10. Wipe The Tears ~ Machine Head | | | 11. Descend The Shades Of Night ~ Machine Head | |
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| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | 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. | | This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. | | 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. |
Producer: Robert Flynn |
Engineer: Mark Keaton |
| | Compilation Appearances |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 04/20/2004 | | Original Release Date : 2003 | | Catalog ID : 618 363 | | Label : Roadrunner Records (USA) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00016861836320 |
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| | 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." |
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