Machine Head brought their riffs and grit to Edmonton’s Midway Music Hall this past Thursday night. Joining them were fellow metallers Fear Factory, Orbit Culture, and Gates of Hell. There must have been something in the air because Edmonton showed up ready to throw down and get unbelievably rowdy for this banger tour package. The pit was reminiscent of a bubbling cauldron on the brink of boiling over, and the front row was a tangle of twirling hair. Travelling across North America and making a brief trudge through Canada’s frozen prairies, this current run of shows thankfully missed the deep freeze in Edmonton, just narrowly skirting sub-zero temperatures reaching -60 degrees Celsius with the wind chills just two weeks prior. A pleasantly full house for the first metal gig of the year at ...