Metal veterans Machine Head have announced a new album, ØF KINGDØM AND CRØWN, due August 26 via Nuclear Blast, and we've got an exclusive "beer" vinyl variant up for pre-order in our store. Here's more info on it, via press release:
'ØF KINGDØM AND CRØWN' is 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 on 2 main characters:
Character #1 Ares: (pronounced Aries), our main, 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 founder Robb Flynn comments:
“Thanks to my 2 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. The opening track “SLAUGHTER THE MARTYR” is basically our character #1’s origin story.”
The first single is "CHØKE ØN THE ASHES ØF YØUR HATE," a full-on '80s-style thrash song that finds Machine Head at their most whiplash-inducing. Listen and watch the video below.
Pick up our exclusive vinyl variant here. Here's a mock-up: