San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD have confirmed Unto The Locust as the title of their forthcoming album, due out September 27th via Roadrunner Records. The album is currently being recorded at JingleTown Studios in Oakland, with frontman Robb Flynn producing.

The first single 'Locust' is on sale now via Amazon. Click on icon below to hear a snippet of the song and to order:

Musically, the song is the essence of what Machine Head have been doing for nearly two decades.

"It feels like the culmination of what we've been doing for the last 17 years: power grooves, patented Machine Head harmonics, crushing guitars and dark melodies, but taken to a new level," Flynn said. "It's a natural progression from The Blackening, but different than anything on that record. In the past, when we debuted a new song, it was usually the fastest, thrashiest tune. This time we wanted to go with something just straight-up heavy."

Machine Head will embark on a European headlining tour this fall, dubbed The Eighth Plague Tour. Support on the trek will come from BRING ME THE HORIZON, DEVILDRIVER and DARKEST HOUR.

"This will no doubt be the heaviest show you're going to see this year," states Robb Flynn. "A lot of the greatest shows of our last touring cycle were in Europe and the U.K., so the prospect of this lineup combined with these crowds has us extremely stoked to get out there and tear it up! New material, great venues, killer fans... we absolutely cannot wait!"

Confirmed dates include:

November

2 - Oslo, Norway - Sentrum Scene
3 - Stockholm, Sweden - Arenan
5 - Tampere, Finland - Sorsapuistosali
6 - Helsinki, Finland - The Circus
8 - Fredriksberg, Denmark - KB Hallen
9 - Hamburg, Germany - Grosse Freiheit 36
10 - Dresden, Germany - Alter Schlachthof
24 - Neu-Isenburg, Germany - Hugenottenhalle
25 - Munich, Germany - Kesselhaus
26 - Ludwigsburg, Germany - Arena
30 - Oberhausen, Germany - Turbinenhalle

December

3 - London, UK - Wembley Arena
4 - Birmingham, UK - National Indoor Arena
5 - Glasgow, UK - Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC)
6 - Manchester, UK - Central

There will be a pre-sale available from Live Nation tomorrow morning (Thursday, June 23rd) at 9 AM. The rest of the tickets will go on general sale at 9 AM on Friday morning (June 24th).

Tickets at this location.