"Opinions vary on every subject – Flynn's voice is really bland and annoying, or is the perfect mixture of rage and spiritual. The songs are a mixture of mid-paced progression with groove parts and too clean parts, or have perfectly encapsulated the rise of the groove riff of Pantera and incorporated it into this next level performance. There is a recurring stop-and-go technique on the guitars that sounds unflowing and horrible, or is a great combination of the heavier riff and thrash overtones that blend with the grunge characteristics still being felt in the world. The songs are too long and boring with vocals that are not angry at all but just weak, or the songs draw on the world as Rob Flynn sees it and are a battement of the truth into the lyrics. This pretty much sums up the arguments for and against this album in particular over the years when it has come up in conversation with various groups of people that I have met through music relationships. Whatever you may wish to try and define this album as - groove metal, grunge metal, thrash metal... or perhaps just metal? - this is the grade variant that comes across when listening to the album".

On this episode we are going to talk about “Burn My Eyes” by Machine Head, the band’s debut studio album released 30 years ago this week, on today’s episode where ‘I'll never live in the past, let freedom ring with a shotgun blast’ on Music from a Lifetime.