Phil Demmel

2009 is an awesome year to be Robb Flynn or anyone in Machine Head. Your band's been touring non-stop for two and a half years on the well-deserved critical and commercial success of The Blackening , all without doing a single U.S. headline run. Read More

Huddersfield thrashers Evile will play two benefit shows to raise money for the family of bassist Mike Alexander, who sadly passed away on October 5 while they were on tour in Sweden with Amon Amarth and Entombed. Read More

Any self-respecting thrash metal fanatic knows you can't do much better than a Megadeth show when all the planets line up and Dave Mustaine and Co. thoroughly melt faces with a performance for the ages. Read More

(PR) Fresh off of main support dates with Metallica and a hugely successful run of major European festivals, Bay Area titans Machine Head announce a very special headline show at The Crazy Donkey in New York, in preparation for their run of Canadian Carnage dates with Slayer and Megadeth. Read More

AWARD-WINNING bands that played Knebworth this year are raving about the inaugural Sonisphere Festival. Read More

The number of rockers on the injured reserve is up to alarming proportions this summer, with some of them in serious condition. Read More

Machine Head rocker Phil Demmel is convinced one of the band's songs, and not his medical condition, caused him to pass out onstage in Finland on Saturday (25Jul09). Read More