While duh-rock guitars plod and solos rip, there are preachers prophecizing, porno stars humping, and warbling horns that sound like elephants with indigestion.
Musical proficiency and composition have increased, along with the heaviness factor, and their wit and sense of the ribald has sharpened since Scamboogery.
Vocalist/guitarist Adam Tranquilli (ex-Bloodfeast) wades through the chunky stomp guitar and screams with fills, solos, and feedback noise like the old days.
he band blasts like a rhythmic double barrel shotgun, damaging by bulldozer force rather than speedbag tempo. The comparisons to Rage ATM are for a reason.
Machine Head writes lyrics that confront harsh topics in intelligent and constructively angry ways. They stomp at a steamroller’s pace and fly at hyperspeed.