The Blackening
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| The Blackening | ||
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| Studio album by Machine Head | ||
| Released | March 26, 2007 (Europe) | |
| Recorded | 2006-2007 | |
| Genre | Thrash metal Groove metal |
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| Length | 61:10 | |
| Label | Roadrunner Records | |
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| Machine Head chronology | ||
| Through the Ashes of Empires (2003) |
The Blackening (2007) |
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The Blackening is the sixth studio album from Oakland-based heavy metal band Machine Head. The album was released on March 27, 2007 through Roadrunner Records.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
- Clenching the Fists of Dissent - 10:35
- Beautiful Mourning - 4:49
- Aesthetics of Hate - 6:35
- Now I Lay Thee Down - 5:36
- Slanderous - 5:18
- Halo - 9:04
- Wolves - 9:04
- A Farewell to Arms - 10:12
- Battery (Bonus Metallica Cover) [1]
[edit] Information about the album
In a recent interview with MTV.com, Flynn stated about the upcoming CD, "We really didn't want to play it safe on this record. We kind of came back from the dead with 'Through the Ashes of Empires', and the safest thing we could've done would've been to just stay in [that] vein and try to keep that formula because it worked last time. Not that there was a formula really. We just started writing and the music that we were writing just started going in this far more complex, intricate and layered direction. It's not like we sat there and intentionally did it. It just kind of [happened]. Pretty soon we ended up having 10-minute-long songs. But the thing that's really cool about it is, we're not just jamming on three riffs for 10 minutes. This is molten riffage — just 20, 30 crushing riffs per song."
[edit] The Artwork and it's History
Also, recently in an interview with Total Guitar UK, Robb Flynn said "The artwork shows a skeleton sitting upon a king's throne on top of a bed of skulls. His foot is on top of the world and he's holding a mirror that says: 'The mirror which flatters not'. To a large degree, The Blackening is about holding the mirror up to myself" revealed Flynn.
The album leaked onto the Internet and file sharing networks on January 31st, 2007.
[edit] Trivia
- The Blackening has the longest average track length for a Machine Head album. The average track length is approximately 7:39. The second highest average track length is Through the Ashes of Empires at approximately 5:22.
- The song Aesthetics of Hate was recorded with a Dean Dimebag model guitar which Dimebag Darrell himself gave to Flynn as a gift after smashing Robb's guitar the night before.
- Despite having the least tracks, The Blackening has the longest running time of any Machine Head album, being approximately 1 hour, 1 minute and 1 second long. Including the bonus track Battery, this is taken to 1:06:03.
