This week sees releases by 2 of the most legendary names in heavy metal- Bay Area thrash titans MACHINE FUCKIN’ HEAD and the legendary CRADLE OF FILTH.

MACHINE HEAD release their LIMITED Special Edition of THE BLACKENING today (27/10). The 2CD/1DVD package includes not only the original album and rarities and b sides but also killer live footage from the likes of Download 2007 and their infamous Burn My Eyes 10th Anniversary show! Full track listing below:

Disc 1
Clenching The Fists Of Dissent
Beautiful Mourning
Aesthetics Of Hate
Now I Lay Thee Down
Slanderous
Halo
Wolves
A Farewell To Arms

Disc 2 (B-Sides/Rarities 1994-2008)
Hallowed Be Thy Name
Alan’s On Fire
Negative Creep
Seasons Wither
My Misery
House Of Suffering
The Possibility Of Life’s Destruction
Ten Ton Hammer (Extended Original Mix)
Hole In The Sky
Colors
Hard Times (Live In New York)
Halo (I Want Your Soul) (Demo 2005)
Aesthetics Of Hate (Thrash-Terpiece) (Demo 2005)

DVD
Clenching The Fists Of Dissent (Live With Full Force 2008)
Now I Lay Thee Down (Live With Full Force 2008)
Halo (Live With Full Force 2008)
Aesthetics Of Hate (Live at Rock In Rio 2008)
Davidian (Live at Rock In Rio 2008)
Imperium (Live at Download 2007)
Old (Live at Download 2007)
A Thousand Lies (Live Burn My Eyes 10th Anniversary 2004)
The Rage To Overcome (Live Burn My Eyes 10th Anniversary 2004)
Death Church (Live Burn My Eyes 10th Anniversary 2004)
Blood For Blood (Live Burn My Eyes 10th Anniversary 2004)
Halo (Music Video)
Now I Lay Thee Down (Music Video)
Aesthetics Of Hate (Music Video)
The Making Of Halo
The Making Of Now I Lay Thee Down
The Making Of Aesthetics Of Hate

BUY THE BLACKENING SPECIAL EDITION HERE NOW .

For more info on Machine Head, including tracks and videos HEAD HERE.

CRADLE OF FILTH release also have a release today, namely their BRAND NEW studio album GODSPEED ON THE DEVILS THUNDER. The album, which is a concept album based on the life of Gilles de Rais, the French nobleman who carved out his place in history as a brother-in-arms of Joan of Arc, as well as a prolific, sick and twisted serial killer who began his life as a devout, pious man before devolving into full-fledged evil. De Rais, also an alchemist who squandered his vast fortune, was eventually hanged for his crimes against humanity, especially children. Available as a standard CD and as a special 2CD edition. Full tracklisting:

Standard CD / Disc 1 of Special Edition:
In Grandeur And Frankincense Devilment Stirs
Shat Out Of Hell
The Death Of Love
The 13th Caesar
Tiffauges
Tragic Kingdom
Sweetest Maleficia
Honey And Sulphur
Midnight Shadows Crawl To Darken Counsel With Life
Darkness Incarnate
Ten Leagues Beneath Contempt
Godspeed On The Devil’s Thunder
Corpseflower

Disc 2
Balsamic And Anathema
A Thousand Hands On The Maid Of Ruin
Into The Crypt Of Rays
Devil To The Metal
Courting Baphomet
The Love Of Death (Remix)
The Death Of Love (Demo)
The 13th Caesar (Demo)
Dirge Inferno (Live)
Dusk And Her Embrace (Live)

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For more info on Cradle of Filth, including tracks and videos HEAD HERE.