Today is a big day for San Francisco Bay Area metal titans Machine Head as they will release their highly anticipated new album, Catharsis, on January 26th via Nuclear Blast Entertainment and the pre-orders have just launched. Today, the band has also released a brand new track from the album entitled "Beyond The Pale" and revealed more details about it. Give "Beyond The Pale" a spin below and share your impressions.

To pre-order the album in various formats (CD, digipak, CD-Digi + DVD + 2LP boxset, black, picture, red, dark blue, bi colored, splatter vinyl), visit this location.




"I feel like metal could really infiltrate the mainstream with this album. And it needs to... now more than ever. A lot of consideration went into making these songs more identifiable to a wider audience. Simplifying ideas, simplifying hooks, really concentrating on story-telling as opposed to 'brutal poetry' or whatever. And while I'd love to say it was all some grand plan, there was no 'plan'" Flynn adds laughing. "You never know where you're going to end up whenever you start writing a record... you just write... but I tell ya what... we ended up with a landmark here. Whenever you finish an album, you always feel proud, but this time... we've got something really special. We can feel it. We know it. Catharsis could really elevate our genre."

Catharsis was produced by Robb Flynn and recorded, mixed, and co-produced by Zack Ohren (Fallujah, All Shall Perish) at Sharkbite Studios in Oakland, CA. Mastering was handled by Ted Jensen (Hatebreed, Alice In Chains, Deftones) at Sterling Sound, New York, NY. Cover photography was created by Seanen Middleton.




Tracklist:
01. Volatile
02. Catharsis
03. Beyond The Pale
04. California Bleeding
05. Triple Beam
06. Kaleidoscope
07. Bastards
08. Hope Begets Hope
09. Screaming At The Sun
10. Behind A Mask
11. Heavy Lies The Crown
12. Psychotic
13. Grind You Down
14. Razorblade Smile
15. Eulogy

Source:	nuclearblast.de
Band profile:	Machine Head