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B-Sides & Rarities
Metal · 2012 · 3 tracks · 28m

B-Sides & Rarities

Raw, unpolished demo versions of modern thrash epics. A gritty look at the skeletal power of the band's most ambitious songwriting period.

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It's Machine Head at their most complex, but with the raw, basement-tape grit that makes the riffs hit twice as hard.

A relentless and unpolished surge of technical aggression and dark, existential defiance.

B-Sides & Rarities · vs · Machine Head
Raw+4.0σ

The vocals lean far further into raw than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 3 Tracks · 28m
04
Locust (My Name Is Purity) (demo 2011)
7:14
05
Be Still and Know (Can We Be Reborn) (demo 2011)
5:44
06
I Am Hell (Sonata in C#) (alt vocals) (demo 2011)
8:07
Moments Worth Waiting For
The unvarnished vocal strain in the alt-take of I Am Hell revealing a more vulnerable aggression.
The way the Locust demo highlights the intricate guitar interplay before the final studio polish smoothed it over.
The massive, syncopated breakdown in Be Still and Know that feels more percussive and immediate in its demo form.
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