Aesthetics of Hate
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"Aesthetics of Hate" is a song by heavy metal band Machine Head from their sixth studio album The Blackening.
History
The song was written by the band's guitarist/vocalist, Robert Flynn. He states the song is a response to the writer William Grim, whose article on conservative website The Iconoclast - "Aesthetics of Hate: R.I.P. Dimebag Darrell, Goodbye & Good Riddance" - was an attack on Dimebag Darrell and heavy metal in general. [citation needed] The song directly references the Pantera album Far Beyond Driven in the verse "But he made us Driven/such deep reverence/Far Beyond the rest". The words Far, Beyond and Driven are in italics in the album's booklet.
The band had first played the song on the Sounds of the Underground 2006 tour on July 29, 2006 at the Shoreline Amphitheatre. According to the DVD with the special edition of the album, at the first performance of this song, Dimebag Darrell's girlfriend was watching the gig by coincidence, although she approved of it. The song was recorded with a Dean Guitars Dimebag model guitar which Dimebag Darrell himself gave to Flynn as a gift after smashing Rob's guitar the night before.
Video
A video for the song was shot and released. The video shows lead member Robert Flynn behind a fence and the band performing in a darkened room. Trivium frontman Matt Heafy appears in the video, in the "moshpit" behind Robb Flynn, as well as Trivium drummer Travis Smith and guitarist Corey Beaulieu who can be seen crowd surfing. Also, the French metal outfit Gojira and Jason Mitchell and Tim Mayberry of JMitch Productions can be seen in the crowd.
Some sections of the video were shot in Norfolk, VA, during a live performance by the band.
Critical reception
Blabbermouth.net's Don Kaye described the track as "literally breathtaking" and said that the song "channels its title emotion into a blazing volcano of pure speed and furious guitarwork from Flynn and Phil Demmel."[1] Reviewing for France's Hard 'N Heavy magazine, Anthrax's Scott Ian felt that the song is "a riff-o-rama showing off Robb Flynn and Phil Demmel's killer guitar work."[2] The song received a Grammy nomination at the 50th Grammy Awards.[3]
References
- ^ Kaye, Don. "Blabbermouth Review - The Blackening". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 2007-12-02.
- ^ Ian, Scott. "Hard N' Heavy Review - The Blackening". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 2007-12-02.
- ^ "Best Metal Performance". Grammy.com. Retrieved 2007-12-07.
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