The Blackening
by Machine Head
- Type: Album
- Released: 27 March 2007
- Label: Roadrunner
- Country: United States
- Length: 1:13:27
- Community rating: 4.19/5 from 15 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Machine Head returns to form with this ambitious, thrash-heavy masterpiece. 'The Blackening' features long, complex songs with dual guitar harmonies and Robb Flynn's fierce vocals. The 10-minute opener 'Clenching the Fists of Dissent' sets the tone for a modern metal classic.
Genres
Descriptors: political, groove-heavy, protest, war, chugging
Tracklist
- Clenching The Fists Of Dissent (10:36)
- Beautiful Mourning (04:46)
- Aesthetics Of Hate (06:30)
- Now I Lay Thee Down (05:34)
- Slanderous (05:16)
- Halo (09:03)
- Wolves (09:01)
- A Farewell To Arms (10:12)
- Hallowed Be Thy Name (07:27)
- Battery (05:02)
Credits
- Monte Conner - a&r
- Adam Duce - bass, vocals
- Adam Saunders - booking [international]
- Helter Skelter - booking [international]
- Pinnacle Entertainment - booking [u.s. concert]
- Scott Sokol - booking [u.s. concert]
- Bau-da Design Lab - design [package design]
- Deanna Alcorn - design [package design]
- Robert Flynn - design [package design]
- Dave McClain - drums
- Mark Keaton - engineer
- Vincent Wojno - engineer [additional], edited by [pro tools]
- Rohan Onraet - engineer [assistant at metropolis]
- Lee Slater - engineer [assistant at strongroom]
- Matt Hyde - engineer [mix engineer]
- Phil Demmel - lead guitar
- Harrington Music Law Group - legal [legal representation]
- Scott D. Harrington - legal [legal representation]
- Joseph W. Huston Management And Consulting L.L.C. - management
- Provident Financial Management - management [business management]
- Eddy Schreyer - mastered by
- Colin Richardson - mixed by
- Alex Solca - photography by [band photography]