Phil Demmel, guitarist for San Francisco bashers MACHINE HEAD, is featured in a new interview with Riff-Mag.com, conducted in Lisbon, Portugal on November 17th. Check it out below:

Machine Head recently announced their upcoming North American headline tour in support of their new album, Unto The Locust, with support acts SUICIDE SILENCE, DARKEST HOUR and RISE TO REMAIN. The tour kicks off on January 15th in Denver, CO and will close on February 18th in the band’s hometown area of San Francisco, CA.

Tour dates include:

January

15 - Denver, CO - Summit Music Hall
17 - Sauget, IL - Pop’s
19 - St. Paul, MN - Station 4
20 - Milwaukee, WI - Rave Ballroom
21 - Royal Oak, MI - Royal Oak Music Theatre
22 - Chicago, IL - House of Blues
24 - Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall
26 - Portland, ME - State Theatre
27 - Montreal, QC - Metropolis
28 - Toronto, ON - The Sound Academy
29 - Buffalo, NY - Town Ballroom
31 - Pittsburgh, PA - Stage AE

February

1 - Baltimore, MD - Ram’s Head Live
2 - Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero
3 - New York, NY - Best Buy Theatre
4 - Worcester, MA - The Palladium
6 - Norfolk, VA - NorVA Theatre
7 - Charlotte, NC - The Fillmore
8 - Atlanta, GA - Masquerade
10 - New Orleans, LA - House of Blues
11 - Houston, TX - House of Blues
12 - San Antonio, TX - Backstage Live
13 - Dallas, TX - House of Blues
15 - Farmington, NM - Top Deck
16 - Tuscon, AZ - Rialto Theatre
17 - Hollywood, CA - Avalon
18 - San Francisco, CA - The Warfield

Unto The Locust tracklistings:

Standard CD:

'I Am Hell (Sonata In C#)'

I) 'Sangre Sani'

II) 'I Am Hell'

III) 'Ashes To The Sky'

'Be Still And Know'

'Locust'

'This Is The End'

'Darkness Within'

'Pearls Before The Swine'

'Who We Are'

Special Edition CD+DVD:

'I Am Hell (Sonata in C#)'

I) 'Sangre Sani'

II) 'I Am Hell'

III) 'Ashes To The Sky'

'Be Still And Know'

'Locust'

'This Is The End'

'Darkness Within'

'Pearls Before The Swine'

'Who We Are'

'The Sentinel' *

'Witch Hunt' *

'Darkness Within' (Acoustic) *

* Bonus tracks

DVD:

- The Making Of Unto The Locust Documentary