MACHINE HEAD release new song and new album details!

San Francisco Bay Area metal titans MACHINE HEAD, will release their highly anticipated new album Catharsis on January 26 via Nuclear Blast Entertainment. Today, the band has released a brand new track from the album entitled "Beyond The Pale", here. “I feel like metal could really infiltrate the mainstream with this album. And it needs to... now more than ever. A lot of consideration went into making these songs more identifiable to a wider audience. Simplifying ideas, simplifying hooks, really concentrating on story-telling as opposed to ‘brutal poetry’ or whatever. And while I’d love to say it was all some grand plan, there was no ‘plan’” Flynn adds laughing. “You never know where you’re going to end up whenever you start writing a record... you just write... but I tell ya what... we ended up with a landmark here. Whenever you finish an album, you always feel proud, but this time... we’ve got something really special. We can feel it. We know it. 'Catharsis’ could really elevate our genre." Catharsis was produced by Robb Flynn and recorded, mixed, and co-produced by Zack Ohren (FALLUJAH, ALL SHALL PERISH) at Sharkbite Studios in Oakland, CA. Mastering was handled by Ted Jensen (HATEBREED, ALICE IN CHAINS, DEFTONES) at Sterling Sound, New York, NY. Cover photography was created by Seanen Middleton. To pre-order Catharsis and view the various formats and bundles available, visit this location HERE! Catharsis track listing: 1. Volatile 2. Catharsis 3. Beyond The Pale 4. California Bleeding 5. Triple Beam 6. Kaleidoscope 7. Bastards 8. Hope Begets Hope 9. Screaming At The Sun 10. Behind A Mask 11. Heavy Lies The Crown 12. Psychotic 13. Grind You Down 14. Razorblade Smile 15. Eulogy Catharsis special edition bonus DVD track listing (filmed live at The Regency Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, 2015): 1. Imperium 2. Beautiful Mourning 3. Now We Die 4. Bite The Bullet 5. Locust 6. From This Day 7. Ten Ton Hammer 8. This Is The End 9. Beneath The Silt 10. The Blood, The Sweat, The Tears 11. Darkness Within 12. Bulldozer 13. Killers & Kings 14. Davidian 15. Descend The Shades Of Night 16. Now I Lay Thee Down 17. Take My Scars 18. Aesthetics Of Hate 19. Game Over 20. Old 21. Halo Bloodstone & Diamonds World Tour 2014 – 2016 (Bonus Live CD for box set): 1. Clenching The Fists Of Dissent 2. Take Me Through The Fire 3. Now We Die 4. From This Day 5. Ten Ton Hammer 6. Locust 7. Desire To Fire 8. Killers & Kings 9. The Blood, The Sweat, The Tears 10. Crashing Around You 11. Darkness Within 12. Imperium 13. Block Bloodstone & Diamonds World Tour 2014 – 2016 (Bonus Vinyl for box set): Side One: 1. Clenching The Fists Of Dissent 2. Take Me Through The Fire 3. Now We Die Side Two: 1. From This Day 2. Ten Ton Hammer 3. Locust Side Three: 1. Desire To Fire 2. Killers & Kings 3. The Blood, The Sweat, The Tears 4. Crashing Around You Side Four 1. Darkness Within 2. Imperium 3. Block MACHINE HEAD recently announced the first dates of their world tour in support of Catharsis. Confirmed dates listed below. North American "Catharsis” World Tour 2018 Thu 25-Jan Phoenix, AZ - Nile Theater Sat 27-Jan Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theater Mon 29-Jan San Antonio, TX - Aztec Theater Tue 30-Jan Dallas, TX - Gas Moneky Live! Wed 31-Jan Houston,TX - HOB Fri 02-Feb Birmingham, AL - Saturn Sat 03-Feb Pensacola, FL - Vinyl MH Mon 05-Feb Orlando, FL - Plaza Live Tue 06-Feb Atlanta, GA - Centerstage Thu 08-Feb Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of Living Arts Fri 09-Feb New York, NY - Playstation Sat 10-Feb Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club Sun 11-Feb Montreal, QC - Club Soda Tue 13-Feb Toronto, ON - Danforth MH Wed 14-Feb Buffalo, NY - Town Ballroom Thu 15-Feb Pittsburgh, PA - Stage AE Fri 16-Feb Cleveland, OH - Agora Sat 17-Feb Detroit, MI - Majestic Tue 20-Feb Des Moines, IA - Woolys Wed 21-Feb Madison, WI - Majestic Thu 22-Feb Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue Fri 23-Feb Chicago, IL - Concord MH Sat 24-Feb Saint Louis, MO - Pops Tue 27-Feb Denver, CO - Summit MH Thu 01-Mar Las Vegas, NV - HOB Fri 02-Mar Los Angeles, CA - Fonda Sat 03-Mar Oakland, CA - The Fox Theater Mon 05-Mar Portland, OR - Roseland Tue 06-Mar Vancouver, BC - Commodore Wed 07-Mar Seattle, WA - Showbox Market MACHINE HEAD wrapped up the touring cycle for their first Nuclear Blast Entertainment album Bloodstone & Diamonds in March 2016 with a whopping 283 concerts on 5 different continents around the world. Around 250 of those shows were performed as “An Evening With MACHINE HEAD” with no support bands and performances often lasting 2 1/2 to 3 hours in duration, much to their fans (called "Head Cases") delight. Three tours of the United States (with many dates sold out in advance), three tours of The U.K. / Europe, (including multiple dates in Russia and Greece), shows in Mexico and South America, a completely sold out run of 9 Australian / New Zealand shows, sold out dates in Japan, plus their first ever plays in Taiwan and Thailand, and all without any festival performances which the band publicly announced they would stop performing at in 2014. Bloodstone & Diamonds debuted at #21 on the U.S. Billboard charts and has gone on to sell 285,000 copies worldwide. MACHINE HEAD's latest track “Is There Anybody Out There?” released as a stand-alone, digital-only, non-album release became their #2 most streamed song ever on Spotify with 9 million streams in less than a year, and cracked the Top 40 on the Active Rock chart in the United States. It marks the first time for any Nuclear Blast artist to enter what is widely considered to be the “official rock chart” for the United States, and is significant considering there was no physical track sent to retail. Their controversial video for opening track “Now We Die” is at over 2 million views and can be seen here. Visit MACHINE HEAD online: HERE! Facebook: HERE! Twitter: HERE! YouTube: HERE!