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Artist: Machine Head

Documentary: Elegies DVD

Label: Roadrunner Records

Artist: Anthrax

Album: Alive 2

Label: Sanctuary Records

There are many words that come to mind when I think of these two bands. Talent is the most obvious choice. Integrity, however, describes their longevity and the loyalty of their fans. In the case of Machine Head, imagine yourself in this scenario:

Having been dropped by your label and rejected by every possible suitor you approach, would you (a) change your name or (b) call it a day? Machine Head did the obvious. They went back into their studio to record the most blistering tribute to their past and what-they-felt-could-have-been-their-future, if only the labels would take their heads out of their asses. If these...

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