Die Metal-Titanen MACHINE HEAD aus der San Franciscoer Bay Area werden am 26. Januar ihr ungeduldig erwartetes neues Album »Catharsis« über Nuclear Blast Entertainment veröffentlichen. Heute veröffentlichen sie den Opening Track 'Volatile'. 

Der hämmernde Track mit sozialkritischem Text ist Heather D. Heyer gewidmet, die Ihr Leben während einer Demonstration gegen Neonazismus und White Supremacy in Charlottesville, Virginia im August 2017 verlor.

“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’” erklärt Flynn lachend. “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."

Quelle: nuclear blast