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The Blackening: Special Edition/+DVD | 
| Artist: Machine Head
Label: Roadrunner
Category: Music
List Price: £19.99
Buy New: £9.98
You Save: £10.01 (50%)
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 751
Format: Explicit Lyrics, Limited Edition
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.6
UPC: 016861801656
EAN: 0016861801656
ASIN: B001F14TE6
Release Date: October 27, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Clenching The Fists Of Dissent | | • | Beautiful Mourning | | • | Aesthetics of Hate | | • | Now I Lay Thee Down | | • | Slanderous | | • | Halo | | • | Wolves | | • | A Farewell To Arms | | • | Hallowed Be Thy Name | | • | Alan's On Fire | | • | Negative Creep | | • | Seasons Wither | | • | My Misery | | • | House Of Suffering | | • | The Possibility Of Life's Destruction | | • | Ten Ton Hammer (Extended Original Mix) | | • | Hole In The Sky | | • | Colors | | • | Hard Times (live in New York) | | • | Halo (I Want Your Soul) (demo 2005) | | • | Aesthetics Of Hate (Thrash-terpiece) (demo 2005) |
Disc 2
| • | Clenching The Fists Of Dissent | | • | Now I Lay Thee Down | | • | Halo | | • | Aesthetics Of Hate | | • | Davidian | | • | Imperium | | • | Old | | • | A Thousand Lies | | • | The Rage To Overcome | | • | Death Church | | • | Blood For Blood | | • | Halo | | • | Now I Lay Thee Down | | • | Aesthetics of Hate | | • | Plus (Making Of... each video) |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 1 more reviews...
 Essential November 14, 2008
Ok so it's easy to be a little disgruntled at Roadrunner for milking the cash cow for all its worth and then some, but would you honestly expect anything less? But lets forget about any disputes with the record label and take a look at whats on offer here.
'The Blackening' is probably Machine Heads strongest release since their debut (not that any of their releases are particularly weak) and its also probably their darkest and heaviest release and on its original release arguably the album of its year, and if you haven't heard it yet where on earth have you been?
Now with this special edition we get a second cd containing various covers, live tracks and alternative mixes, and also a dvd with footage from various shows and a few music videos, With the possible exception of the Ice T cover 'Colors' the extra content is excellent and confirms just how brilliant we already knew Machine Head are. It's a shame the cover of Metallica's 'Battery' (as found on the original deluxe edition ha ha) didn't make it on here but I guess we can't have everything in life. Still, say what you like about Roadrunner, they sure know how to put a package together and this is more than worthy of your hard earned cash even if it does mean purchasing a second time round.
Machine ****ing Head! November 13, 2008
The Blackening, an album of pure musicianship, this album is full of amazing songs, machine head have never lost their touch and with each album they bring out they seem to just raise the mark completely!!! if you haven't already got this head banging album go get it, your missing out on a truly spectacular album!
Great Album, even if I have to buy it twice November 9, 2008
This is a great album, and rebuying it is worth it, if only for the second CD. One thing I want to add is that the version of "My Misery" that is on this CD is different from the one that is on the Demon Knight soundtrack. I can't tell if it is entirely re-recorded or not. The vocals are different, the bridge has different lyrics and, obviously, the mix is different. The Demon Knight version is better, in my opinion.
 A Great album but once again... November 7, 2008
Roadrunner screw over those who buy there artists' highly anticipated albums on release date.
I waited months/years for The Blackening to come out, and bought it on release day, and yet again just a few months/a year after Roadrunner go and release ANOTHER version, they do it with most of there artists, cheers for screwing the real fans over once again you *****!
Machine Head are incredible and so is this album, it gets a 1-star because of Roadrunner.
 I once wanted Robb to adopt me! November 5, 2008
I love Machine Head (and was into Robb's pre-Machine Head album Vio-Lence) so I bought this album upon its original release last year. Despite sticking with Machine Head through their "nu-metal" phase and the critical disaster that was "Spercharger", I just can't get into "The Blackening". Yes, its got it all, riffs galore, angst ridden songs like only Robb and crew can dish out but this is album is pretentious and "epic" translates as "overlong". Maybe I've not spent enough time with it, maybe it has to grow on me but more than a year after its release, I'm still skipping tracks. "The Blackening"...even the title is rubbish...has been hailed as Machine Head's "masterpiece". No, "Burn My Eyes" is a masterpiece, arriving at a time when heavy music was much missed and reminding us old thrashers of a lost (at the time - welcome back!) genre of music.
Roadrunner seem to have contempt for fans of their roster of bands with their relentless re-release schedule. However, if you were savvy enough not to buy this album when it came out, there's no complaints as to value for money. The bonus CD scoops up rarities and B sides, although I have these songs from the various special editions of earlier albums, the Demon Knight soundtrack and the Kerrang! CD's, this re-release has all of these curiosities in one neat package. I have not seen the bonus DVD but I have the "Elergies" DVD and that will do me but again, if you don't own that either then this re-release is superb value.
I'm hoping that seeing Machine Head on the upcoming Slipknot and Metallica tours might jolt me into liking "The Blackening", whilst I am not giving up on Flynn and co just yet, this album can't hold a (black)candle to "Burn My Eyes".
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