Unatoned (stylized as UNATØNED) is the upcoming eleventh studio album by American heavy metal band Machine Head. It will be released on April 25, 2025, through Nuclear Blast and Imperium Recordings. It is the band's first album to feature guitarist Reece Scruggs and drummer Matt Alston.
Background and promotion
On February 17, 2024, Wacław Kiełtyka announced he had left Machine Head, explaining that Decapitated is his 'absolute No. 1 band' and that Decapitated and Machine Head are both active bands with overlapping tours, creating important scheduling conflicts.[1][2] In November 2024, the band announced a North American tour for 2025 with In Flames, Lacuna Coil and Unearth as support acts, and released a single, "These Scars Won't Define Us", which featured vocals from all four bands in what Machine Head described as a "Wu Tang Clan-level thrash collaboration"; in doing so, the band announced its eleventh studio album.[3] The album's title, Unatoned, and release date of April 25 were announced in February, along with a second single, "Unbound", and an accompanying music video; the album will be the band's first to feature Scruggs,[4] who was being treated as a full member of the band by December.[5]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Robb Flynn, except where noted
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Landscape of Thorns" | |
| 2. | "Atomic Revelations" | |
| 3. | "Unbound" | 3:56 |
| 4. | "Outsider" | |
| 5. | "Not Long for This World" | |
| 6. | "These Scars Won't Define Us" | 3:32 |
| 7. | "Dustmaker" | |
| 8. | "Bonescraper" | |
| 9. | "Addicted to Pain" | |
| 10. | "Bleeding Me Dry" | |
| 11. | "Shards of Shattered Dreams" | |
| 12. | "Scorn" |
Personnel
Machine Head
- Robb Flynn – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
- Jared MacEachern – bass, backing vocals
- Matt Alston – drums, percussion
- Reece Scruggs – lead guitar
Additional musicians
- Anders Fridén – vocals on track 6
- Andrea Ferro – vocals on track 6
- Cristina Scabbia – vocals on track 6
- Trevor Phipps – vocals on track 6
Production
- Robb Flynn – production
- Zack Ohren – production, engineering
- Colin Richardson – mixing
- Chris Clancy – mixing, engineering
- Ted Jensen – mastering
- Seth Siro Anton – artwork
References
- ^ Blabbermouth (February 17, 2024). "VOGG Confirms His Departure From MACHINE HEAD: 'It Was Bound To Happen Sooner Or Later', He Says". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
- ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Archived from the original on May 29, 2024. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
- ^ Machine Head (November 12, 2024). "Machine Head North American tour 2025". machinehead1.com. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
- ^ Mills, Matt (February 18, 2025). "Machine Head announce new album Unatoned, hear ferocious single Unbound here". Metal Hammer. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
- ^ "Machine Head is putting finishing touches on eleventh studio album". Blabbermouth.net. December 5, 2024. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
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