The mighty MACHINE HEAD are set to tour the UK in December, in support of their forthcoming album, ‘Through The Ashes of Empires’, which is set for a 13th October release. Robb Flynn, Adam Duce, Dave McClain and new guitarist Phil Demmel (Robb’s former co-hort in Bay Area thrashers, Violence) are set to play the following shows: 27th November -LONDON Astoria 28th November – LONDON Astoria 29th November – PORTSMOUTH Pyramid Centre 1st December – BRISTOL Academy 2nd December – NOTTINGHAM Rock City 3rd December – BIRMINGHAM Academy 4th December – MANCHESTER Academy 5th December – GLASGOW Barrowlands Tickets are on sale now from box offices and all usual agents, priced 퉌£14 and 퉌£16 in London. You can also buy tickets from www.cclive.co.uk. MACHINE HEAD’s fifth studio album harks back to their old school roots and is sure to please fans of their earlier material. The new album will be available as a special limited double CD edition with a slipcase. However, this version of the CD will only be available on store’s initial orders of the album… so once their stock is gone, that’s it, no more double CD slipcase version. The 2nd CD will contain 5 demos (that were done for this record), the live video for ‘The Blood, The Sweat, The Tears’, the new video for ‘Imperium’ and footage that was filmed during the recording of ‘Through The Ashes Of Empires’.