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Unatoned

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Unatoned
Studio album by
Machine Head
ReleasedApril 25, 2025
Recorded2024
Studio
Length41:42
Label
Producer
Machine Head chronology
Of Kingdom and Crown
(2022) 		Unatoned
(2025)
Singles from Unatoned
  1. "These Scars Won't Define Us"
    Released: November 15, 2024
  2. "Unbound"
    Released: February 18, 2025
  3. "Bonescraper"
    Released: April 4, 2025
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Blabbermouth.net7.5/10[1]
Kerrang!3/5[2]
Louder[3]
Metal.de7/10[4]

Unatoned (stylized as UNATØNED) is the eleventh studio album by American heavy metal band Machine Head, released on April 25, 2025, through Nuclear Blast and Imperium Recordings. It is the band's first album to feature drummer Matt Alston and guitarist Reece Scruggs.

At 41 minutes, Unatoned is Machine Head's shortest album.

Background and promotion

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On February 17, 2024, Wacław Kiełtyka announced he had left Machine Head, explaining that Decapitated is his 'absolute No. 1 band' and that Decapitated and Machine Head are both active bands with overlapping tours, creating important scheduling conflicts.[5][6] In November 2024, the band announced a North American tour for 2025 with In Flames, Lacuna Coil and Unearth as support acts, and released a single, "These Scars Won't Define Us", which featured vocals from all four bands in what Machine Head described as a "Wu Tang Clan-level thrash collaboration"; in doing so, the band announced its eleventh studio album.[7] The album's title, Unatoned, and release date of April 25 were announced in February, along with a second single, "Unbound", and an accompanying music video; the album will be the band's first to feature Scruggs,[8] who was being treated as a full member of the band by December.[9]

Reception

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Unatoned received generally positive reviews from music critics upon release. Dan McHugh of Distorted Sound gave it a score of 7/10, writing "UNATØNED may not be Machine Head‘s finest hour but it is certainly loaded with plenty of exciting moments that will grab your attention and encourage repeat listens."[10] Angry Metal Guy were more negative, giving it a score of 2.0/5 and stating "With solid cuts in the front and lazy ones in the back, UnatØned is an unbalanced mish-mash of singles and filler pieces."[11]

Track listing

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All track titles are stylized in all caps, and every letter "o" is written as "ø"; for example, "Unbound" is stylized as "UNBØUND".

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Landscape of Thorns"Robb Flynn0:31
2."Atomic Revelations"
  • Flynn
  • Reese Scruggs
3:41
3."Unbound"Flynn3:56
4."Outsider"Flynn3:56
5."Not Long for This World"
3:30
6."These Scars Won't Define Us"Flynn3:32
7."Dustmaker"Flynn2:10
8."Bonescraper"Flynn3:38
9."Addicted to Pain"
  • Flynn
  • MacEachern
  • Scruggs
3:10
10."Bleeding Me Dry"
  • Flynn
  • MacEachern
  • Scruggs
5:36
11."Shards of Shattered Dreams"
  • Flynn
  • MacEachern
  • Scruggs
3:28
12."Scorn"
  • Flynn
  • Scruggs
4:16
Total length:41:42

Personnel

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Charts

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Chart performance for Unatoned
Chart (2025) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[12] 3
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[13] 42
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[14] 29
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[15] 44
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[16] 5
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[17] 99
Scottish Albums (OCC)[18] 13
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[19] 7
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[20] 93
UK Albums (OCC)[21] 71
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[22] 6
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[23] 2

References

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  1. ^ "Unatoned". April 21, 2025.
  2. ^ "Album review: Machine Head – Unatoned". April 22, 2025.
  3. ^ "Machine Head's Unatoned has so many crushing riffs that it should come with a health and safety certificate. This is a band back in peak condition". April 25, 2025.
  4. ^ "Machine Head - Unatoned • die Review auf metal.de".
  5. ^ Blabbermouth (February 17, 2024). "VOGG Confirms His Departure From MACHINE HEAD: 'It Was Bound To Happen Sooner Or Later', He Says". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
  6. ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Archived from the original on May 29, 2024. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
  7. ^ Machine Head (November 12, 2024). "Machine Head North American tour 2025". machinehead1.com. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
  8. ^ Mills, Matt (February 18, 2025). "Machine Head announce new album Unatoned, hear ferocious single Unbound here". Metal Hammer. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  9. ^ "Machine Head is putting finishing touches on eleventh studio album". Blabbermouth.net. December 5, 2024. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  10. ^ McHugh, Dan (April 25, 2025). "ALBUM REVIEW: UNATØNED - Machine Head". Distorted Sound Magazine. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
  11. ^ Grier, Dr A. N. (April 21, 2025). "Machine Head - UnatØNed Review". Angry Metal Guy. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
  12. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Machine Head – Unatøned" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved May 4, 2025.
  13. ^ "Ultratop.be – Machine Head – Unatøned" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved May 4, 2025.
  14. ^ "Ultratop.be – Machine Head – Unatøned" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved May 4, 2025.
  15. ^ "Machine-Head: Unatoned" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved May 3, 2025.
  16. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Machine Head – Unatoned" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
  17. ^ "Top 200 Álbuns Semana 18 de 2025" (PDF) (in European Portuguese). Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa. p. 2. Retrieved May 9, 2025.
  18. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 3, 2025.
  19. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Machine Head – Unatøned". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 4, 2025.
  20. ^ "Top 100 Albums – Week 18". El Portal de Música. Productores de Música de España. Retrieved May 12, 2025.
  21. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
  22. ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
  23. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 3, 2025.
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