- groove metal, thrash metal
- 74 min
- 15 tracks
- Roadrunner Records
Through the Ashes of Empires is the fifth studio album by American heavy metal band Machine Head. On this album, the band returned to their groove/thrash metal sound that was featured on their debut album Burn My Eyes (1994) and their second album The More Things Change...
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Character
Grave, classical in form, earnest and spare.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
- contemporarynostalgic
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- AllMusic4/5 ★
- Blabbermouth.net8/10
- Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal7/10
- Kerrang!2/5 ★
- Metal.de10/10
- Rock Hard9.5/10
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Tracks
- 1Imperium6:42
- 2Bite the Bullet3:22
- 3Left Unfinished5:46
- 4Elegy3:56
- 5In the Presence of My Enemies7:07
- 6Days Turn Blue to Gray5:30
- 7Vim5:13
- 8All Falls Down4:30
- 9Wipe the Tears3:55
- 10Descend the Shades of Night7:46
- 1Bite the Bullet (demo)3:51
- 2Left Unfinished (demo)4:29
- 3Elegy (demo)3:47
- 4All Falls Down (demo)4:29
- 5Descend the Shades of Night (demo)3:55
15 tracks, 74 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Machine Head
- Label
- Roadrunner Records
- Released
- 2003
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD, Enhanced CD
- Country
- XE
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