ABOUT.COM recently sat down and had a chat with MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn about touring The Blackening and what the future holds for the band, including their impending Euro shows.

When you’re done touring early next year, are you going to take some time off, or jump right back in and start the next album?
“We’re going to jump right into it. We just had three months off, which was the first big break we’ve had for this album. We have a month off after this before the Europe stuff. We’re ready to get into it. We took those three months off and started writing a little bit at the end. I totally got the bug. The Blackening cycle has been such an amazing moment for the band, and it was cool to say we’re moving on from this. When we started writing it was on to bigger and better things. As much as this moment meant, it’s cool to see what we can accomplish next. I’m super excited about writing this new record…We’re doing a DVD. We’ve been filming this whole four year period. It will come out next year, probably at the end of the summer. It’s going to be the four year journey of the band, from writing the record to recording to touring to all the ups and downs and everything in between.”

You can read the full interview HERE.

The full list of UK for Machine Head lines up as follows. Tickets can be picked up online HERE.

Tue 16th Feb – PLYMOUTH Pavilions
Wed 17th Feb – NEWPORT Centre
Thu 18th Feb – LONDON Brixton Academy
Sun 21st Feb – BIRMINGHAM O2 Academy
Mon 22nd Feb – LEEDS Academy
Tue 23rd Feb – GLASGOW Academy
Fri 26th Feb – MANCHESTER Apollo
Sun 28th Feb – DUBLIN Olympia
Mon 1st Mar – BELFAST Georges Market