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[Review] Machine Head ‘Unto The Locust’

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Around for nearly 20 years, Machine Head have been tearing up the metal scene and have earned themselves a place amongst the titans of metal. Their dedication, progression, and consistently intense albums make for a metal band that well deserves the communities respect and admiration. Now, with their 7th studio album, Unto The Locust, Machine Head is again treading into new territories to deliver a metal album that shocks and awes the listener with its intensity and ferocity. However, have they succeeded or fallen flat? Check after the jump for the answer.

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Opening with I Am Hell (Sonata in C#), the album beings with vocalist/guitarist Robb Flynn’s voice harmonized in a beautiful a cappella arrangement that calls to mind a less creepy, more beautiful version of The Omen’s Ave Satani. The song then dives into violent thrash metal that hits like a thousand hammers against your eardrums. To say that this kicks off the album in the right way is an understatement. The a cappella arrangement is a foreshadowing of the classical arrangements that pepper the album while the metal is unbelievably heavy and got me full of unholy energy. 
The production is fantastic. Each instrument stands toe-to-toe with each other. The bass lays a solid foundation and is clearly heard. The drums are fierce and tight, the cymbals crisp and shimmering. The guitars harmonize wonderfully and are mixed in such a way that each harmony and melody stands out. Finally, the vocals are in the front of the mix but not enough so as to seem separate from the rest of the music. This album begs to be played on a solid sound system. Loudly, I might add.
Be Still And Know has a chorus that drips of pain and despair yet has a ring of hope. Locust, which has been out for a while, still kicks my ass every time the verse riff kicks in. Robb Flynn, who has admitted to taking classical guitar lessons over the past few years, shows his talents in this endeavor in the beginning of This Is The End. The only track that stands out as peculiar is the final track, Who We Are, which sounds more optimistic than the previous fare. However, it ends the album with a positive note that is sorely needed in the metal scene these days.
The Final Word: Machine Head has delivered seven tracks of blistering metal with Unto The Locust. If you are a metal fan, this is a must-have album. 
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‘The Vampire Lestat: One Night Only Live’ Concert Event to Make Streaming Debut Next Month

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July 14, 2026

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The Vampire Lestat: One Night Only Live

AMC has announced that The Vampire Lestat: One Night Only LIVE, the standing-room-only performance celebrating AMC’s premiere of its newly-released The Vampire Lestat at New York City’s iconic Beacon Theatre last month, will debut on streaming.

The Vampire Lestat: One Night Only LIVE begins streaming on AMC+ on August 23.

Ahead of its streaming premiere, fans can preview the concert event, featuring original songs from series composer Daniel Hart and performed by Sam Reid, in Hall H at Comic Con International on July 24. 

Our own Daniel Kurland attended the special event, highlighting how electric the Immortal Vampire is on stage: “It’s clear in this season of television that Reid was born to be a rock star, but it’s surreal to see him effortlessly command the stage — and the audience — at every step of the concert. He recites Shakespeare monologues and bitches out Armand between songs, all while the audience screams in support. For the duration of this concert, Reid is Lestat, and he’s given thousands of fans a memory that’s as immortal as any vampire.”

Based on Anne Rice‘s The Vampire Chronicles book series, The Vampire Lestat is the rock and roll-centric third season of AMC’s “Interview with the Vampire” created by showrunner Rolin Jones.

The Vampire Lestat goes on an electric multi-city tour while being haunted by “muses” from his wild and rebellious past. As his band’s popularity and star power rises, so does Lestat’s influence over vampires and humans alike, leaving others to contend with Lestat’s power in the face of the Great Conversion, an unnatural surge in the vampire population.

Jacob Anderson, Assad Zaman, Eric Bogosian, Delainey Hayles and Jennifer Ehle star with Reid. Executive producers include Jones, Mark Johnson, Hannah Moscovitch, the late Anne Rice, and her son Christopher Rice.

The series finale airs this Sunday, July 19, on AMC and AMC+.

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