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MACHINE HEAD announce new album ‘Of Kingdom And Crown’

Written by Johnson Stephen on April 12, 2022

Machine Head have announced the details of their forthcoming 10th studio album ‘Of Kingdom And Crown’, which is set for release on August 26th, 2022.

It’s a 13-track concept album set in a decimated futuristic wasteland where the sky is stained crimson red. The crux of the story is based around 2 main characters.

Character #1 Ares: (pronounced Aries), our lead, who loses the love of his life (Amethyst) and goes on a murderous rampage against the vile sect responsible for her murder.

Character #2 Eros: (pronounced Arrows) the perpetrator, who loses his mother to a drug overdose and becomes radicalized in the aftermath. Eros goes off the deep end manifesting his own killing spree.

The lyrics detail how their lives intertwine.

Machine Head singer/guitarist Robb Flynn comments ”Thanks to my two teenage boys, my family has become obsessed with this awesome Japanese anime series called ‘Attack On Titan‘. The album’s concept was loosely inspired by the series in the sense that in the storyline, there is no “good” or “bad” guy – both characters believe they’re doing the right thing as it applies to their being. But make no mistake, both are committing acts of pure atrocity and evil.”

CD’s, Digipak and all digital formats of the album will be available on Aug 26th 2022. All vinyl formats arrive on Nov 25th 2022.

Check out all physical format options at the Official Store and Nuclear Blast Store linked here https://machinehead.bfan.link/of-kingdom-and-crown

To celebrate the album announcement, Machine Head have released a video for the track ‘Choke On The Ashes Of Your Hate’ from the album and the video can be viewed via this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxyxGqLm8fU