The Burning Red

The Burning Red is the third album by the American heavy metal band Machine Head. It is the band's second best selling album in the US, selling as many copies in three years as Burn My Eyes sold in almost eight years (1994–2002). The album has sold over 134,000 copies in the US and it was certified silver in 2011 by the BPI for sales of 60,000 in the UK.

Music and lyrics

Machine Head guitarist Logan Mader quit the band in 1998 following the recording of their album The More Things Change...; he was replaced by Ahrue Luster. With the recording of The Burning Red, the band added new elements to its music, including a small amount of rapping vocals, a move which some believe to have been influenced by Luster himself. The album shows the band experimenting musically, using a disco drum line in "The Blood, The Sweat, The Tears", putting some rapping vocals in "Desire To Fire", and a layer of crooning vocals on "Silver". Citing the need for a few B-side tracks, producer Ross Robinson encouraged the band to record a smooth-sounding cover of the Police song "Message in a Bottle" after hearing Robb Flynn experiment with it during rehearsal. The song ended up on the album, not used as a B-side. Joel McIver said that anyone dismissing the album as nu metal has not listened to it, or is not a fan of the "atmospheric, impassioned groove-metal that Machine Head were focusing on at this stage." Rick Anderson of AllMusic called the album "aggro-metal". Responding to critics, McClain stated the band was not trying to emulate popular trends; they simply "wanted to sound different". Flynn said that the band had been pigeonholed by those who complained that the two prior albums were too similar to each other, so the band had determined to reach for different influences on this project.

The Burning

The Burning may refer to:

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The Burning (Seinfeld)

"The Burning" is the 172nd episode of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld. This was the 16th episode for the ninth and final season. It aired on March 19, 1998.

The title of this episode is the same as the 1981 slasher film The Burning, which was Jason Alexander's film debut.

This episode is dedicated to the memory of Lloyd Bridges, who died on March 10, 1998. Bridges played Izzy Mandelbaum in "The English Patient" and "The Blood".

Plot

The Burning (Thunderstone album)

The Burning is Finnish power metal band Thunderstone's second album.

Track listing

All songs written by Nino Laurenne, except where noted.

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