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  • Summary: The latest full-length release from California heavy metal band Machine Head is its first with drummer Matt Alston and guitarist Reece Scruggs.
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  1. Positive: 2 out of 4
  2. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. Uncut
    May 19, 2025
    80
    We have properly zippy bangers for the moshpit in Atomic Revelations, These Scars Won't Define Us and the monstrous Addicted To Pain - but there's exploration aplenty here, abd the band sound all the better for it. [Jun 2025, p.103]
  2. Classic Rock Magazine
    May 19, 2025
    70
    Unatoned isn't the best Machine Head alum, but it's a top-tier one for sure. [Jun 2025, p.75]
  3. May 19, 2025
    60
    Written on the road – between hotels and practice rooms across continents – the sense of freewheeling momentum is undoubtedly UNATØNED’s greatest strength, capturing the roadworn charisma and runaway force of the Machine Head 2025 live show. But with it comes a jettisoning of the tonal consistency and sprawling songcraft that defines their finest recorded work.
  4. May 19, 2025
    46
    While much of the record’s content could be charitably filed under inoffensively middle-of-the-road, ‘Outsider’, ‘Addicted To Pain’ and ‘Shards’ are some of the feeblest compositions the band has ever released.