The More Things Change...

The More Things Change... is a work on which MACHINE HEAD thickened heavyweight riffs, rough shouts and twisted groove further. The songs do not compete on speed alone, advancing as if driving in a heavy blow again and again. Welcoming new drummer Dave McClain, it is a record on which the band’s foundation became even more solid. On “Ten Ton Hammer,” “Take My Scars” and “Struck a Nerve,” the density of sound is high, but because the spacing of the rhythm and the surge of the guitar are clear, it does not become mere noise. Songs like “The Frontlines” and “Bay of Pigs” breathe the band’s full playing too. They turn anger and impatience into physical playing. It is a heavily pressured record that pursued the debut’s direction more heavily.