Unto the Locust

Unto the Locust is a work on which MACHINE HEAD layered low-groaning riffs, complex rhythm and long-form drama, further expanding the weight of groove metal. Robb Flynn’s rough singing and melodic singing both support the songs’ aggression and emotion. It is a record that further refined the grand direction of the previous album, The Blackening. On “I Am Hell (Sonata in C#),” “Locust” and “This Is the End,” not only fierce parts but quiet and lead guitar make large undulation. Songs like “Be Still and Know” and “Who We Are” breathe the band’s full playing too. They balance heaviness and constructive beauty. It is a full record on which the band’s ambition and maturity bore fruit at a high level.