Last time on Renegade Jukebox, Captain Kaye and Nick discussed Machine Head's Other Masterpiece, Unto the Locust. Now, they look at Bloodstone & Diamonds, their first one with a new basest, Jared MacEachern, and released under a new label, Nuclear Blast!

“Sup, Y’all, it’s THE STREAMIN DEMON here once again to introduce you to Renegade Jukebox’s latest episode, in which Captain Kaye and Nick talk about a milestone in Machine Head’s record library, as it features a new basest and a new label.

As Mike and Nick explain in this episode, Bloodstone & Diamonds is somewhat of the last album in Machine Head’s “golden age” as the next one after this, Catharsis, is somewhat of a sour note…..

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