The Nuclear Blast USA Webshop is offering this exclusive and extremely limited edition premium Machine Head pre-order bundle for the new Bloodstone & Diamonds album, which includes an Epiphone Robb Flynn “MH” Signature Flying V guitar and randomly selected accessories used in the recording of this epic eighth studio release, while supplies last.

 

 

Will your bundle include used guitar or bass strings or used guitar or bass picks? What song does Robb Flynn’s handwriting say they were used on? Will you get used bass drum or tom heads, or used drum sticks? The only way to find out is by ordering!

Only 250 of these ebony gloss Epiphone Robb Flynn “MH” Signature Flying V bundles are available. Gear heads curious about the guitar specs can read up on them at this location.

Due out in North America on November 10th as their Nuclear Blast Entertainment debut, Machine Head guitarist and vocalist Robb Flynn has called Bloodstone & Diamonds “a milestone for us. I cannot even begin to tell you how proud we are of this album.”  

Bloodstone & Diamonds was produced by Robb Flynn & Juan Urteaga (Testament, Vile) and masterfully mixed by Colin Richardson (Carcass, Bullet For My Valentine, Slipknot, Behemoth).  Additional tracking, editing, and mixing was done with the legendary Andy Sneap (Exodus, Arch Enemy, Exodus) and Steve Lagudi.

 

 

Stream the single “Now We Die” in its entirety below:

Bloodstone & Diamonds will be released on November 7th (Europe) and November 10th (North America/UK) on several physical and digital formats.

 

 

“I cannot even begin to tell you how proud we are of this album,” comments frontman Robb Flynn.  “It's been a heck of a ride, but man, this album is a milestone for us. You're going to love it Head Cases.”
“Without getting too philosophical on ya, Bloodstone & Diamonds represent two of the hardest materials on earth, it is also a lyric from the opening track of the album, "Now We Die". In many cultures the bloodstone has been used as an amulet to protect against evil, and is the symbol of justice. Diamonds and are hardest natural material on earth (which is how we feel about our music), and it also represents the diamond logo I drew 22 years ago (in my wife's apartment on Dover St. in Oakland) that has become the symbol for the band.”

 

 

Bloodstone & Diamonds tracklisting:

"Now We Die"
"Killers & Kings"
"Ghosts Will Haunt My Bones"
"Night Of Long Knives"
"Sail Into The Black"
"Eyes Of The Dead"
"Beneath The Silt"
"In Comes The Flood"
"Damage Inside"
"Game Over"
"Imaginal Cells" (instrumental)

"Take Me Through The Fire"

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(Photo - Travis Shinn)