As with every public figure daring enough to put their head above the parapet to voice an opinion on Black Lives Matter and the broader global anti-racism movement, the release of latest Machine Head double single Civil Unrest (lead track Stop The Bleeding featuring Killswitch Engage singer Jesse Leach and blockbuster B-side Bulletproof) was met with a chorus of calls for the Bay Area metallers to “lay off the politics and stick to what they do best”. Frontman Robb Flynn acknowledges the irony. Having departed legendary thrashers Vio-lence in 1992 and looking to strike out with original music of his own, the singer wasn’t short of inspiration, from the 1993 Waco siege behind Davidian to the prevalent religious zealotry of the time dissected on Death Church. It was the 1992 LA riots Ro...
