- heavy metal, groove metal, thrash metal
- 61 min
- 8 tracks
- Roadrunner Records
The Blackening is the sixth studio album by American heavy metal band Machine Head. Released on March 27, 2007, in the United States, The Blackening sold 16,000 units in its first week, and became Machine Head's third highest charting release at number 54 on the Billboard 200, and charted in the Top 20 throughout many countries in the rest of the world. The Blackening has been certified gold by the BPI for sales in the UK in excess of 100,000 copies.
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Character
Grave, earnest, spare and classical in form.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
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- AllMusic4.5/5 ★
- Blabbermouth.net9.5/10
- Blender3.5/5 ★
- Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles7.5/10
- Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal7/10
- IGN8.4/10
- MusicOMH5/5 ★
- PopMatters8/10
- Rock Sound9/10
- The Skinny2/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Clenching the Fists of Dissent10:37
- 2Beautiful Mourning4:46
- 3Aesthetics of Hate6:30
- 4Now I Lay Thee Down5:35
- 5Slanderous5:17
- 6Halo9:03
- 7Wolves9:01
- 8A Farewell to Arms10:13
8 tracks, 61 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Machine Head
- Label
- Roadrunner Records
- Released
- 2007
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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