Burn My Eyes was almost immediately hailed as the first great post-Pantera thrash album, and insofar as Machine Head were standing on principle and preserving the Bay Area template even while adding a ton of ‘90s to the mix their first record rung loud, proud and defiant in the underground.  And “Blood for Blood” did thread the needle between late ‘80s Combat and Pantera bouncing power groove, banging intently and with little of the fussiness or defensiveness that would come to define much of Machine Head’s output.  But Robb Flynn hadn’t found his voice and was a little too Anselmo in his barking and the track felt a little aimless in spots, making the track less immediately compelling.

Jason Newsted and Robb Flynn! These pictures are super cute.

Robb Flynn 19/07/1967

Machine Head "Burn My Eyes"

brain has just been running at %100 recently but I am also waking up at 5pm and sleeping at 6am so maybe it’s not