On Machinehead's site, machinehead1.com, Scott reviews the album and I gotta agree with 100% of what he said. The album is SICK!! Still hasn't left my CD player since I got it. Check out their site.
Scott reviews the Blackening
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Classic Rock magazine had an interesting review on it - the first one I've seen that isn't all positive. Something to the effect that it seems good now, but time will tell whether its something to be proud of. I agree that so far I have really enjoyed it. Looking forward to having every individual track jump out at me as unique.
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Any good album is always like that...the test of time is an important test. I heard a quote from one of the member's of Machine Head that this album was their "Master of Puppets". It's a bold statement for sure, but I'm not entirely sure of the context so I can't tell if they were simply saying that it's their own greatest album, or if their grandiosly predicting the influence it might have. In some ways I am reminded of Metallica from their glory days on The Blackening (and a direct comparison can even be made with their cover of "Battery" on the special edition), and there's no question that today this is a great album, and an early candidate for best of 2007. Just "Clenching the Fists of Dissent" alone I could probably play on repeat all day long.
That said, will it stand the test of time? Will we still be talking about it in 2o years, or even 2 years? Only time will tell.
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