Scott's Metal Track of the Day - Aesthetics of Hate by Machine Head

Today's Metal Track is brought to you by Machine Head. This is the opening track off of their 2007 album The Blackening. This song comes out swinging with tons great guitar work including dual arpeggios. Now that I know the meaning behind the song, it makes it that much more powerful.

This song is a response to an article written by William Grim titled "Aesthetics of Hate: R.I.P. Dimebag Abbott, & Good Riddance" where he attacks Dimebag saying that "He was an ignorant, barbaric, untalented possessor of a guitar and large amplifier system." This was written before Dime was even put in the ground.

The article also attacked metal fans describing the the vigil as an "assemblage of ignorant, semi-human barbarians who were filthy in attire and manner, intellectually incoherent and above all else, hideously ugly to the point of physical deformity." Just wow, what a  piece of crap Grim is. It is infuriating just reading that article as is described in the lyrics by Rob Flynn.

RIP Dimebag!