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Watch a Sock Puppet Version of Machine Head in a New Trailer for Their Upcoming “Slaughter The Martøur Nørth America 2024” with Fear Factory

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Bay Area Thrash icons Machine Head have shared a new teaser trailer for their first leg of their “Slaughter The Martøur Nørth America 2024” tour, featuring sock puppet versions of the band. The hilarious clip touts a new song “Metal Is Fucking Awesome” that is then heard in the video. Forgoing their “An Evening With…” format for the first time in a decade, Machine Head will have LA’s cyber-metal masters Fear Factory, Sweden’s Orbit Culture, and Louisville, KY’s Gates To Hell. The run of dates kicks off in a few weeks on January 19th in San Francisco at The Warfield. The band continues to tour behind 2022’s ØF KINGDØM AND CRØWN, the Ghost Cult Album of the Year for 2022, as voted on by our staff. The two bands and labelmates also recently teamed up to jam on Machine Head’s weekly livestream. Watch the trailer here and get tickets and VIP options at the links below!

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Watch Machine Head’s Robb Flynn Perform On a Livestream From Their Recently Flooded Studio

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Robb Flynn of Machine Head held a short-notice livestream to test out the band’s studio following a recent flood. As we reported, all their gear was in danger of potential damage although their touring gear and stage instruments were spared. Flynn performed a half-hour “Electric Halfy Hour” SET in the style of their usual Electric Happy Hour live streams. The good news is all the gear that was drenched in the flood worked, and the band will return with their live streams ahead of their upcoming Slaughter The Martour North American dates with Fear Factory and Orbit Culture. The band continues to tour behind their album OF KINGDOM AND CROWN (Nuclear Blast), the Ghost Cult Album of The Year for 2022. Watch the video here.     Continue reading →


Resurrection Fest 2024 Books Avenged Sevenfold, Bring Me The Horizon, Alice Cooper, The Offspring, Machine Head, Sum 41, Megadeth, Bad Omens, Bruce Dickinson, Corey Taylor, and More

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Resurrection Fest has announced its full lineup for 2024! Headliners include Avenged Sevenfold, Bring Me The Horizon, Alice Cooper, The Offspring, and Machine Head! Among the dozens of other bands on the bill are Sum 41, Megadeth, Bad Omens, Bruce Dickinson, Corey Taylor, Electric Callboy, Slaughter To Prevail,
Accept, Fear Factory, Ihsahn, Delain, and many more! The festival takes place in Galicia, Spain from June 26th to the 29th! Tickets and accommodation are available now at the line below! 

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Orbit Culture Books Headline Tour Dates, is Planning New Music, and Looking For a New Label

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Catton Park, United kingdom, 14 Aug 2022, Orbit Culture performing on the Sophie Lancaster Stage at Bloodstock Open Air Festival Credit: Rich Price/Ghost Cult Magazine

In addition to booking their first headline tour of Europe and the UK next, year, Orbit Culture updated fans on social media that they are working on new music in addition to a full year of touring. The band announced they have amicably completed their commitment to the Seek and Strike record label, after surprise releasing a new EP, The Forgotten, a few weeks back. The band released their recent full-length album Descent, and are seeking a new album deal for their next album. The much hyped Swedish metal band is likely to draw a bidding war amongst metal labels for their services. Check out the statement from the band and our review of Descent below, along with their upcoming tour dates on the Slaughter The Martour run with Machine Head and Fear Factory. 

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Machine Head Suffers a Flood in Their Rehearsal Studio – Canceling Their “Electric Happy Hour” Livestreams Between Tours

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In a new video update, Machine Head’s leader Robb Flynn did a tour of their rehearsal studio in the Bay Area after they suffered from a recent flood, and made the space unusable. Fortunately, all of their touring gear was spared, and the band will still be able to prepare for the upcoming Slaughter The Martour dates with Fear Factory. Robb has also asked fans not to start a GoFundMe or other fundraiser for the band, and that fans should take care of themselves and their own, since the holidays are upon us. Tickets are on sale for the tour now, and you can always support the band by buying merch from them, such as their recent anniversary vinyl of Through The Ashes of Empires, out now via Nuclear Blast.

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Limp Bizkit Has Been Added to the Bill for Download Festival 2024

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Download Festival, the greatest rock and metal festival of all time, returns for its 21st edition, reborn and recharged in 2024 as DLXXI. Nu Metal legends Limp Bizkit has been added to the festival bill. This year’s festival will take place on 14-16 June 2024 at the spiritual home of rock in Donington Park, Leicestershire. General tickets are onsale at 9pm on Thursday 9 November at  the link below.

 

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Hellfest 2024 Books Metallica, Foo Fighters, Avenged Sevenfold, Machine Head, Body Count, Biohazard, Mr. Bungle and More

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Hellfest, held every year just outside of Paris, in Clisson, France, continues to up the ante every year with forever growing and impressive lineups! Taking place from June 27 to June 30, 2024, Hellfest will once again be four days long and over 200 bands appearing on six stages. For 2024, the headliners for each night will be Avenged Sevenfold, Machine Head, Metallica, and Foo Fighters. The full daily lineups, including one more major band tba, and the ticket link are coming soon!  

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Welcome To Rockville Books Mötley Crüe, Slipknot, Foo Fighters, Judas Priest, Disturbed, Limp Bizkit, Queens Of The Stone Age, Greta Van Fleet, Evanescence, and Kerry King Among the Confirmed Acts For 2024

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After record-breaking attendance of over 170,000 music fans over four days in 2023, Welcome To Rockville returns to Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida to kick off the festival season bigger and louder than ever May 9-12, 2024! Produced by the vaunted Danny Wimmer Presents organization, the fest will be headlined by Mötley Crüe, Slipknot, Judas Priest, Foo Fighters Disturbed, Limp Bizkit, Queens Of The Stone Age, Judas Priest, Greta Van Fleet, Evanescence, and Kerry King among many others. Tickets and more info along with the full lineup can be seen below. 

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Queens of the Stone Age, Avenged Sevenfold, Fall Out Boy, The Offspring, Sum 41, Corey Taylor, Royal Blood, Machine Head and Pantera are Booked for Download Festival 2024

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Download Festival, the greatest rock and metal festival of all time, returns for its 21st edition, reborn and recharged in 2024 as DLXXI. Announced today are headliners Queens Of The Stone Age, Fall Out Boy and Avenged Sevenfold, as well as over 70 more huge names from the rock world. This year’s festival will take place on 14-16 June 2024 at the spiritual home of rock in Donington Park, Leicestershire. General tickets are onsale at 9pm on Thursday 9 November at  the link below.

 

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Machine Head and Fear Factory Book the “Slaughter The Martøur Nørth America 2024”

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In an electrifying announcement that will cause anticipatory convulsions through the world of metal, Bay Area icons Machine Head have announced the first leg of their “Slaughter The Martøur Nørth America 2024” tour. Forgoing their “An Evening With…” format for the first time in a decade, Machine Head will have LA’s cyber-metal masters Fear Factory, Sweden’s Orbit Culture, and Louisville, KY’s Gates To Hell in tow guaranteeing your 2024 starts off as heavy as humanly possible! Machine Head continues to tour behind 2022’s ØF KINGDØM AND CRØWN, the Ghost Cult Album of the Year, as voted on by our staff. The two bands and labelmates also recently teamed up to jam on Machine Head’s weekly livestream. Watch the trailer here and get tickets and VIP at the links below!

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