Machine Head: Unto the Locust – review

(Roadrunner)Still surfing on the tsunami of adulation and acclaim generated by the Grammy-nominated splendour of their 2007 album The Blackening, Machine Head sound drunk on adrenaline and rampant with self-belief on this long-awaited follow-up. Building on its predecessor's grandiose blending of traditional metal values with fearless modernity and progressive abandon, Unto the Locust bulges with moments of wild excess and mould-shattering audacity. It also provides a reminder that metal is at i...

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