Burn My Eyes

Album · Released 9 August 1994

Burn My Eyes

Machine Head

The opening of Burn My Eyes is built around a particular kind of impact: a guitar figure stops, a sharp harmonic cuts through the gap, then the whole band land together. Machine Head make those interruptions feel physical. The technique becomes a signature across an album that combines thrash speed with a heavier, more deliberate groove. Davidian is the clearest statement. The riff has an immediately recognisable shape, and Robb Flynn's vocal…

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Burn My EyesOur album review · 10 June 2026
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