Machine Head frontman/guitarist Robb Flynn has once again described what to expect from the band’s forthcoming new album “Catharsis“, this time in the latest livestream video he has shared. Previously he warned fans to “lower your expectations for the heaviness” when it came to the album. This time around he offered:
“‘Everybody kinda says the same thing nowadays: really heavy, it’s really melodic… and it is! It’s really heavy, but it’s really melodic, but it’s definitely more melodic. It really reminds me of ‘The Burning Red‘. It’s definitely got a ‘Burning Red‘ vibe to it, and I think that’s cool.
It’s like ‘Burning Red‘ with ‘Burn My Eyes‘ production or ‘The Blackening‘ production, but musically, it’s definitely more in that kind of [area.] Lot of groove, you know a lot of that kind of death whisper voice I do like at the beginning of ‘Desire To Fire‘ or the beginning of ‘Nothing Left‘… And it’s cool, it’s a cool record man, it’s a really diverse record. It’s got a lot of stuff to choose from.”
The band have been recording the effort recently with Flynn and Zack Ohren (All Shall Perish, Suffocation) producing and a January release expected through Nuclear Blast. Both North American tours and European tours have been booked for the effort.
