Phil Demmel said in an interview with Sonic Excess:
“This is the End”, a burner, one of the faster Machine Head songs ever (laughs). Rob and David got together, and we took a break from everything after touring for three years. We took about a six-month break, got back together, and wrote this song. It’s really fast. Kind of a death metal song, but it’s got the classical sound like a death metal tune. The whole record has kind of neo-classical feel to it. The song, Rob’s going to have to describe the lyrics. It’s basically about people kind of living and not being able to accept present times and moving on to things.
Phil Demmel said in an interview with Sonic Excess:
“This is the End”, a burner, one of the faster Machine Head songs ever (laughs). Rob and David got together, and we took a break from everything after touring for three years. We took about a six-month break, got back together, and wrote this song. It’s really fast. Kind of a death metal song, but it’s got the classical sound like a death metal tune. The whole record has kind of neo-classical feel to it. The song, Rob’s going to have to describe the lyrics. It’s basically about people kind of living and not being able to accept present times and moving on to things.
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