Bring it on.

I thought the album would be called killers and kings? this is a better name anyway, after the last couple of releases im expecting great things mr flynn

Super excited for this

"Bloodstone & Diamonds" is the band's first album not to be released on Roadrunner Records...

"Progressive Thrash Metal"

hmmmmmmmmmmmm

Written by Mattybu on 07.11.2014 at 03:53

"Progressive Thrash Metal"

hmmmmmmmmmmmm

Haha, that's what I thought as well. Just because there's several songs over 7 minutes doesn't mean it's progressive.

2014 - best metal album

One of their best.

The vocals are awful

Written by BloodJuNkie on 11.11.2014 at 21:14

The vocals are awful

Well your favourite genre is death metal so I'm not surprised the vocals aren't quite your cup of tea

Written by Legmeister on 12.11.2014 at 00:12

Written by BloodJuNkie on 11.11.2014 at 21:14

The vocals are awful

Well your favourite genre is death metal so I'm not surprised the vocals aren't quite your cup of tea

His vocals in The Blackening were way better. Except for Now We Die the vocals are not good.

Written by Legmeister on 12.11.2014 at 00:12

Written by BloodJuNkie on 11.11.2014 at 21:14

The vocals are awful

Well your favourite genre is death metal so I'm not surprised the vocals aren't quite your cup of tea

this logic led to the death of thousands of kittens.. please think responsibly!

Written by DahliaRock on 12.11.2014 at 05:49

Written by Legmeister on 12.11.2014 at 00:12

Written by BloodJuNkie on 11.11.2014 at 21:14

The vocals are awful

Well your favourite genre is death metal so I'm not surprised the vocals aren't quite your cup of tea

this logic led to the death of thousands of kittens.. please think responsibly!

Wow, really? Your logic that almost every album you've ever listened to is "perfect" must have killed even more then...

Written by Legmeister on 12.11.2014 at 16:21

Written by DahliaRock on 12.11.2014 at 05:49

Written by Legmeister on 12.11.2014 at 00:12

Written by BloodJuNkie on 11.11.2014 at 21:14

The vocals are awful

Well your favourite genre is death metal so I'm not surprised the vocals aren't quite your cup of tea

this logic led to the death of thousands of kittens.. please think responsibly!

Wow, really? Your logic that almost every album you've ever listened to is "perfect" must have killed even more then...

lol dude that's not me, I just wanted to contribute a handful of poop to your crappy analysis, that's all.. I hope you don't try to juggle couple gf's at once

This is fantastic. Machine Head deliver yet again.

I think it's fair to say it's highly unlikely they'll exceed The Blackening, but this is a very respectable release.

Written by Sword_Chant on 16.11.2014 at 18:05

I think it's fair to say they'll never exceed The Blackening, but this is a very respectable release.

They already exceeded The Blackening with their vastly superior debut Burn My Eyes.

Good album, of course, but somewhat lower than their predecessors.

Love it. A lot of Diversity. I think it would rank #3 of their library, right?

Machine Head are progressive thrash now, and have been since 2003? I didn't realise making songs that were too long to justify the content counts as progressive.

Written by Guest on 19.11.2014 at 02:16

Machine Head are progressive thrash now, and have been since 2003? I didn't realise making songs that were too long to justify the content counts as progressive.

Better ask Troy why he added that tag

Written by Guest on 19.11.2014 at 02:16

Machine Head are progressive thrash now, and have been since 2003? I didn't realise making songs that were too long to justify the content counts as progressive.

That's always been the definition of progressive. Just ask the punks in the 70s about it.

If the second half were as good as the first half then this album would be much better. Too much weird shit going on in the latter half (Imaginal Cells is just odd), and Game Over sounds like a Slipknot song
But with songs like Killers & Kings and Night of Long Knives, it still manages to be a good album. Definitely not in my top 10 of the year though...

Written by Necrodamus on 20.11.2014 at 08:01

If the second half were as good as the first half then this album would be much better. Too much weird shit going on in the latter half (Imaginal Cells is just odd), and Game Over sounds like a Slipknot song

I find Imaginal Cells to be a cool medley and Game Over doesnt sound like Slipknot at all, it sounds like Punk Rock on steroids, something like Offspring but with some metal on it, and although I absolutely hate punk rock, I really like Game Over.

Also Beneath the Silt sounds like a Down tribute song. This album is better than Unto the Locus but in spite of being a long album it gets old fast

What kind of BS is this...
if you call trash something progressive, then this BS has definitely progressed to the top level of trash, which is shit

anyway... has someone got any suggestions what could be used as music to listen to?

Written by screenshot on 20.11.2014 at 19:54

What kind of BS is this...
if you call trash something progressive, then this BS has definitely progressed to the top level of trash, which is shit

anyway... has someone got any suggestions what could be used as music to listen to?

My only suggestion to you is to work on your grammar, punctuation, capitalization and redundancy.

And give us something to work with. No idea what you like since you have a grand total of 1 vote.

I'll get straight to the point in saying that I prefer "Unto the Locust" to this album. Main reason being, some songs on this album seem to try way too hard in trying to stay relevant and "true" to MH's original core style, whereas "Unto the Locust" in my opinion was a lot more diverse and experimental-and that's basically how I like my Machine Head.

Nonetheless, "Bloodstones & Diamonds" is still a really solid, above average album, and especially considering I wasn't too fond of 'Now we Die' and 'Night of the long Knives' (still not actually). I think these sort of songs showed Machine Head at their most aggressive, but not necessarily best-again, it made me think they were trying too hard. That said, my personal highlights are definitely 'Sail into the Black', 'Beneath the Silt' and 'Damage Inside', as for me they were each hardcore evidence of how MH can write a brilliant song.

Written by musicalkaratekid on 25.11.2014 at 17:18

I'll get straight to the point in saying that I prefer "Unto the Locust" to this album. Main reason being, some songs on this album seem to try way too hard in trying to stay relevant and "true" to MH's original core style, whereas "Unto the Locust" in my opinion was a lot more diverse and experimental-and that's basically how I like my Machine Head.

If you're talking about comparing this new disc with "Unto The Locust', it might be stepdown. But, then I haven't clearly listen to an album(just had an overview but not in state of mind to judge it). By the way, Unto The Locust was a terrible record to come out; people whined about progressive, change in sound, brought innovative elements, different style, altered lyrics concept blah blah. None of them has make into 2011 release. Excessive of stretching out songs with no right plot to songs has made Locust tiring, boring and unoriginal. I don't think Bloodstones will sound that terrible but as I said, I don't have check out this album yet but I need to give new disc a go soon.

Written by SergioBv on 17.11.2014 at 11:56

Good album, of course, but somewhat lower than their predecessors.

This