THE BURNING RED

'''The Burning Red''' is the third album by thrash metal band, Machine Head. It was released in 1999. This album was very different from their previous two albums. It featured a softer sound (some said Machine Head went nu metal on this album), less guitar solos and rapped vocals. Though there was a lot of controversy when the album came out because of the change of style , with some old fans writing this disc as "their worst"^[1], ''The Burning Red'' is their second best selling album in the United States, however, it sold as many albums in 3 years as ''Burn My Eyes'' sold in almost 8.
To add to the different sound, it is speculated that there was a different approach and concept of the album as well. ''The Burning Red'' is thought to go through the lifespan of a person: the birth in "Enter the Phoenix" to an untimely suicide in "The Burning Red". The first few tracks are about having fun and enjoying life, while the last few are thought to be a reflection on the realization of the bad in life, and in turn, the psychological effects they made to lead to the suicide.
The limited edition of this album contains "Alcoholocaust" and "House of Suffering" (Bad Brains cover) as bonus tracks.

Contents

Track listing

Singles

Credits

References

Track listing

# "Enter the Phoenix" – 0:53
# "Desire to Fire" – 4:49
# "Nothing Left" – 4:05
# "The Blood, the Sweat, the Tears" – 4:11
# "Silver" – 3:52
# "From This Day" – 3:56
# "Exhale the Vile" – 4:57
# "Message in a Bottle" (The Police cover) – 3:32
# "Devil with the King's Card" – 4:05
# "House of Suffering" (Bad Brains cover)[
★ ]
# "Alcoholocaust" [
★ ]
# "I Defy" – 3:42
# "Five" – 5:18
# "The Burning Red" – 6:44
[
★ ] = Japanese bonus tracks

Singles

★ From This Day

★ Silver (Take My Hand)

Credits

★ Robert Flynn - Vocals, Guitars

★ Adam Duce - Bass, Backing Vocals

★ Ahrue Luster - Lead Guitars

★ Dave McClain - Drums

References

1. Brent Friske's review on Amazon.com