“We smoked so much weed that we set off the fire alarms and almost killed everybody with the gas that was going to be released”: The story of Machine Head’s Burn My Eyes, the debut album that revitalised 90s metal

Machine Head posing for a photograph in 1994.

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Machine Head’s classic debut album, Burn My Eyes, Metal Hammer has teamed up with the band for a very special variant of their new vinyl release. Diamonds In The Rough 92-93 features songs from an unreleased 4-track cassette rehearsal demo with original drummer Tony Costanza, alongside the 1993 demo tape that got the band signed to Roadrunner Records. This ultra-deluxe, limited-edition Red/Black Splatter colourway has been made exclusively for Metal Hammer, and is pressed on heavyweight, 180-gram double vinyl. Here, Machine Head mainman Robb Flynn tells the story the album that changed 90s metal, and whose towering influence can still be felt today.

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