Machine Head drop new single

2020-11-13 by Fernando Alves | 41 Comments
Bay Area metallers Machine Head have released a new single 'My Hands Are Empty', today on Nuclear Blast. The song marks the first musical collaboration between MH frontman Robb Flynn and original Burn My Eyes guitarist Logan Mader in 24 years.

'My Hands Are Empty' official video can be streamed below.


Directed by Mike Sloat | Produced by Roaring Mouse Productions

Guitarist/vocalist Robb Flynn begins, "I have some family members who have beaten their opioid addiction, and have some still in the throes of addiction. It is painful to watch, and I deal with it with great difficulty. It is a song of sadness, but there is hope as well. I have beaten my own drug addictions and we can fight through this, together, and share our pain with the world."

He continues, "Musically I wanted to go for a bit of a “Through The Ashes OF Empires” vibe, and it had a grandiose vibe from the beginning, something about that vocal melody haunted me day and night. I sent it off to one of our collaborators Joel Wanasek, and he came back with a whole depth and dimension with strings and keys that really made the song come alive. I added the guitar harmony in the chorus soon after and I knew we were on to something special."

Guitarist Logan Mader adds "During pre-pro for the BME anniversary tour last year, I had a special opportunity to collaborate with Machine Head for the first time in over 20 years. This is a big milestone for me, to circle back on a massive orbit around life and end up doing new music with MH is epic and unexpected. The song, 'My Hands Are Empty' was almost completed but needed a riff or two. Robb sent it to me, so I jumped in and added a section which ended up in the master after some arrangement tweaks by Robb. The song is amazing. It was a great feeling to be in the studio with Robb after all these years and I hope to do it again!"

Purchase/Stream 'My Hands Are Empty' here: https://nblast.de/MH-MHAE

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vermillionZ
November 13th 2020
398 Comments


Pretty good actually

Toondude10
November 13th 2020
15372 Comments


not bad, the breakdowns kinda slam

bloc
November 13th 2020
70880 Comments


This band sure loves their harmonics

Brabiz
November 13th 2020
2696 Comments


I like some of their stuff but god I really hate this band. Maybe because the singer started to yell at me on a livestream for correcting him giving misinformation. But idk. Band has more bad material than good, and Catharsis was genuinely embarrassing to sit through

BigPleb
November 14th 2020
65808 Comments


Not bad at all, second half reminds of Halo with those pinch harmonics.

Chorus is pretty good too, dig the cleans.

Pikazilla
November 14th 2020
32373 Comments


Terrible

zaruyache
November 14th 2020
28605 Comments


jump tha fukk up riffs wew

Imperial
November 14th 2020
2152 Comments


Robb Flynn shouldn't be allowed to write lyrics.

Lichtbringer
November 14th 2020
1270 Comments


Funny how the guitars are totally buried under the vocals.
And the song is beyond terrible. If you enjoy this you don’t like Metal.

InFlamesWeThrash666
November 14th 2020
10623 Comments


If you enjoy this you don’t like Metal.

ChaoticVortex
November 14th 2020
1616 Comments


A discount song from Bloodstone and Diamonds. Still the best thing they dropped in the last five years.

wildinferno2010
November 14th 2020
1950 Comments


I'm no audio engineer, but Robb's vocals during the vocals sound really processed to me, in a bad way

On the shittier end of decent otherwise though. Mix is ass at points, but I still love Robb's style of riffage

cor22222
November 14th 2020
495 Comments


Vogg add nothing to this band, good move to hire him

gravityswitch
November 14th 2020
2445 Comments


If you enjoy this you don’t like Metal.


Grungil
November 14th 2020
662 Comments


Machine Amarth

chewytapeworm
November 14th 2020
524 Comments


Amon Head

DatsNotDaMetulz
November 14th 2020
4514 Comments


Good to see Logan back but his best stuff right now is with Once Human.

Sausagesurgery
November 14th 2020
27 Comments


sounds like they're about to drop another 5/5 album, just like catharsis

Sausagesurgery
November 14th 2020
27 Comments


whops

Dedes
Contributing Reviewer
November 14th 2020
11970 Comments


Great riffs, relatively bad vocals, relatively bad mixing. Still surprising they managed to drop anything of even slightly commendable quality though.

Deez
November 14th 2020
10597 Comments


Jesus them cleans...


yikes

wildinferno2010
November 14th 2020
1950 Comments


"sounds like they're about to drop another 5/5 album, just like Catharsis"

If you enjoy catharsis you don't like metal

Mythodea
November 14th 2020
7459 Comments


Say what you will, Through the Ashes... , Blackening and ...Locust , are all amazing

Pikazilla
November 14th 2020
32373 Comments


Not really

Sausagesurgery
November 14th 2020
27 Comments


"If you enjoy catharsis you don't like metal"

I don't. but I like machine headcore

GhostB1rd
November 14th 2020
7938 Comments


This is okay. Some of the heavy parts bang, the ooooooooh whoooooooa parts not so much.

Madbutcher3
November 14th 2020
3197 Comments


hope vogg quits and does something interesting instead

Eons
November 14th 2020
3778 Comments


its alright but its basically boring ass metalcore

Scoot
November 14th 2020
24125 Comments


robb flynn its time to hang em up

necropig
November 14th 2020
7732 Comments


pure shite

Ikarus14
November 16th 2020
1454 Comments


Better than anything off of Catharsis. Not sure if that's saying much after that train wreck of an album, though.

TheAntichrist
November 16th 2020
4383 Comments


why is robb singing like this? it's fucking awful, but the guitar work is good at least

KevinKC
November 16th 2020
1598 Comments


It sure sounds like it was taken from Through the Ashes of Empire.
But Machine Head in 2020 feels like a detestable girl you deeply regret ever having had sex with.

PapaH
November 16th 2020
48 Comments


> If you enjoy this you don’t like Metal.

haha, thanks for that.
also the intro is the weak sauce of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MehRXWGruMk

Senetrix666
November 17th 2020
1712 Comments


why oh why did i click play

Flugmorph
November 17th 2020
35411 Comments


sick of robbs dumbass woooooaaaoooaaah's

Ebola
November 17th 2020
4692 Comments


this sure is a machine head song

Azog
November 18th 2020
1070 Comments


like I give a damn

XSebbyMcMuffinX
November 18th 2020
490 Comments


Yeah, I'm not really feeling this one. And I liked Bloodstone and Diamonds.
The harmonized guitar lead into the following "heavy" riff is pretty solid later in the song, but in the verses, I don't think the tone of his vocals really fit the exact energy, and are in too familiar and comfortable of a place to really engage me.
I like the bassist's vocal line in the chorus contrasting the backdrop in a sort of choir-like fashion, but the way the "woah" parts are delivered sounds like it's more catered towards the arena-going mainstream metal crowd, particularly with the way the vocals are processed... Not feeling it.
Sorry Flynn. Keep at it and maybe you'll snag another solid project, but it ain't gonna happen on auto-pilot. Check your obstacles and move forward.

Scheumke
November 19th 2020
2871 Comments


Haven't heard the song, just came here to watch the aftermath of the car crash.

jayt851
November 19th 2020
439 Comments


Sounds good screw the haters



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