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Originally Posted by Metal Connoisseur
C'mon people, let's be a little more open minded here. I recognize that Machine Head has the stigma of dabbling in nu-metal and having a few poor records but the impact of The Blackening on modern metal is undeniable. Look at any metal website and/or forum and people are still talking about it. I took a step outside of my comfort zone and listened through all the swedish death metal records from battles past and found that I really enjoyed them, so I encourage the rest of the participants to do the same.
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I can understand the hate. Like I've said, I have no respect for Machine Head or Robb Flynn. He's a genre chaser who plays to whatever audience happens to be in vogue at the moment. From his days in Forbidden (good, but very generic thrash) and Vio-Lence (amazing, but very generic thrash) he has been on the band wagon, and Machine Head's entire career has followed the same trend. The last three albums are no exception. They sound tailor made to appeal to people who listen to Killswitch Engage and Lamb of God.
That being said, I still love their music. They're just too good to deny myself just because of some misguided notion of elitism. But I don't blame others for finding them to be ****.