Machine Head
1.Volatile
2.Catharsis
3.Beyond the Pale
4.California Bleeding
5.Triple Beam
6.Kaleidoscope
7.Bastards
8.Hope Begets Hope
9.Screaming at the Sun
10.Behind a Mask
11.Heavy Lies The Crown
12.Psychotic
13.Grind You Down
14.Razorblade Smile
15.Eulogy
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Catharsis is the ninth studio album by American heavy metal band Machine Head, released on January 26, 2018.[4] The album is the first to be completely co-written by all of the band’s members since The More Things Change… (1997), and is the final Machine Head studio album to feature drummer Dave McClain and guitarist Phil Demmel, both of whom left the band less than a year after its release.
The song « Beyond the Pale » was met with minor controversy when it was pointed out that the main riff bears similarities to the main riff in Strapping Young Lad’s « Love? ». Former Strapping Young Lad frontman Devin Townsend acknowledged the similarities, but stated that « Love? »‘s chorus was « ripped off » from the song « City of Love » by Yes; Flynn also joked that « The ‘riff police’ pulled me over », and that while admitting to the similarities, he claimed it was « just a happy accident ».
In November 2017, frontman Robb Flynn explained that the album’s sound would be less heavy than previous efforts, with emphasis on being « very grooving and very melodic ». As a result, the songs are more structurally simplistic as well as being shorter, an approach that Flynn also tried to incorporate into the lyrics, finding hip-hop and hardcore punk as influences:
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