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| Released | September 23, 2011 | |||
| Recorded | April–July 2011 | |||
| Studio | Jingletown Studios, Oakland, California | |||
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| Length | 48:58 | |||
| Label | Roadrunner | |||
| Producer | Robb Flynn | |||
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Unto the Locust is the seventh studio album by American heavy metal band Machine Head, released in Australia on September 23, in the UK on September 26 and worldwide on September 27, 2011.[2] It was produced and mixed by Robb Flynn, and was the band's highest charting album (22 on the Billboard 200) until their following release, Bloodstone & Diamonds, reached 21.
Unto the Locust was recorded in Green Day's Jingletown Studios.[3] On June 14, 2011, Machine Head released a mix of lead single "Locust" on the 2011 Mayhem Festival iTunes sampler. This was their last studio album with cofounder and bassist Adam Duce before ongoing differences got him fired in February 2013.[4] It sold over 100,000 copies in the United States.[5]
Lasting 48 minutes, Unto the Locust is Machine Head's shortest album.
- ^ "iTunes - Music - Locust (Advance Mix) - Single by Machine Head". iTunes. Retrieved September 18, 2014.
- ^ Machine Head News Release Date Unto The Locust. Archived January 31, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Machine Head Record At Jingletown Unto The Locust.
- ^ "Machine Head - The General Journals: Diary Of A..." Facebook. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
- ^ "MACHINE HEAD: 'Inside The Machine' Book Cover Unveiled". BlabberMouth. July 23, 2012.
MACHINE HEAD has consistently averaged more than 100,000 copies sold in the U.S. for each of its seven albums and has shifted double that overseas (accruing several silver records in the U.K.), resulting in cumulative worldwide sales of more than 2.4 million.