AlbumE · 1997
The More Things Change...
by Machine Head
The More Things Change... is a 1997 heavy metal album by Machine Head. It runs 10 tracks across 53 minutes on Roadrunner Records. Riffiter listeners rate it 3.5/5 from 6 ratings.
Heavy Metal · Metal · Groove Metal
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- 3.5 /5
- 6 ratings
- 67 /100
- 9 critics
- 10
- Tracks
- 53 min
- Runtime
- 155 bpm
- Tempo
- A# major
- Key
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6 ratings · avg 3.5
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- Rock Hard9/10
- Metal Hammer4.5/5
- In Music We Trust4/5
- AllMusic4/5
- Collectors Guide to Heavy Metal8/10
- Chronicles of Chaos7/10
- Vox6/10
- Select2/5
- NME1/10
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The More Things Change... album cover

The The More Things Change... cover was photographed by Corbis/Bettmann, Harald Oimoen and Joseph Cultice.
- Photography
- Corbis/Bettmann, Harald Oimoen, Joseph Cultice
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10 tracks · 53 min
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The More Things Change... is the second studio album by American heavy metal band Machine Head, released on March 26, 1997 through Roadrunner Records. It is the band's last release to feature original lead guitarist Logan Mader, and the first to feature drummer Dave McClain. The album's title alludes to the first part of the phrase, "The more things change, the more they stay the same"; the same phrase is mentioned during the chorus of "Struck a Nerve". The More Things Change... reached #138 on the Billboard 200 chart in 1997, and as of 2002 had sold over 115,000 copies in the United States. In 2020, it was named one of the 20 best metal albums of 1997 by Metal Hammer magazine.
In brief
- Is The More Things Change... good?
- Riffiter listeners rate The More Things Change... 3.5/5 from 6 ratings.
- When was The More Things Change... released?
- The More Things Change... was released in 1997 on Roadrunner Records.
- How many tracks are on The More Things Change...?
- The More Things Change... has 10 tracks, with a runtime of 53 minutes.
- What genre is The More Things Change...?
- The More Things Change... is catalogued under Heavy Metal, Metal, Groove Metal.
- What BPM is The More Things Change...?
- The More Things Change... runs at a median tempo of 155 BPM across its tracks, most often in A# major, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to The More Things Change...?
- Listeners of The More Things Change... also rate Vulgar Display of Power by Pantera, Cowboys From Hell by Pantera, Master of Puppets by Metallica.
The More Things Change... at a glance
- Label
- Roadrunner Records
- Produced by
- Colin Richardson
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