Machine Head will release their new album, Bloodstone & Diamonds, on November 7th in Europe, and November 10th in North America and The UK via Nuclear Blast Entertainment. Band leader Robb Flynn has issued his latest entry in The General Journals, an excerpt follows:

"The first thing is we’re on the eve of a new album (and the world that a new album creates) and that in itself almost feels like a miracle. It’s been quite the three years since Locust came out in 2011. But those three years brought us to this, and this is where I want to be! The full album stream came out yesterday on YouTube, check it out:

Reaction has been amazing and polarizing.  Extremely positive on one end and surprisingly negative on another, but I love it. That’s what makes metal so great, that people are passionate about, they fuckin’ care, one way or another.

The tour starts in Strasbourg, France and first leg of the Killers & Kings Tour will have us in Europe until we head home for the holidays.  We then re-charge the batteries and hit the US starting in January.  No rest for the wicked... or crazy... you tell me! But seriously January could not come fast enough as we’re really looking forward to doing something a little different than usual.

We’re doing 'An Evening With Machine Head.' Meaning: it’ll just be us, folks. 

We are really excited about the idea, playing longer sets, throwing in some deep cuts, and just having our own world.  Promoters in the US seem really stoked about it, some have said it feels like 'an event.' We’re going to do touring a little differently this time around, we’re going to stop doing all summer festivals.

As it stands now we have passed on a headline slot on Wacken, Soundwave Festival in Australia, Download UK, Sonisphere UK, Knotfest, Hellfest, and a plethora of other festivals throughout the world.  In fact, we have made a decision to not do any festivals for the entire Bloodstone & Diamonds album cycle. 

So yeah, if you want to see The Head, we’ll only be headlining the shows we play in support of the new album.Why? We’ve been doing festivals since 1995. We’re burnt out on them." Further details available on Facebook.

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"

"Night Of Long Knives" visualizer:

Bloodstone & Diamonds trailers:

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