The More Things Change...

For the film, see The More Things Change… (film). For other uses, see The More Things Change (disambiguation).

The More Things Change… is the second studio album by American heavy metal band Machine Head, released on March 25, 1997, through Roadrunner Records. It is the band's last release to feature original 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. By July 1998, it had sold 400,000 copies worldwide,^[14] with 115,000 copies sold in the United States (as of 2002).^[15] In 2020, it was named one of the 20 best metal albums of 1997 by Metal Hammer magazine.^[16]

The More Things Change...
Studio album by Machine Head
Released	March 25, 1997 (1997-03-25)[1]
Studio	The Plant (Sausalito) Hyde Street Studios (San Francisco)
Genre	Groove metal[2][3] speed metal[4] progressive metal[4]
Length	52:42
Label	Roadrunner
Producer	Colin Richardson
Machine Head chronology
Burn My Eyes (1994) The More Things Change... (1997) The Burning Red (1999)
Singles from The More Things Change...
"Ten Ton Hammer" Released: 1997 "Take My Scars" Released: November 24, 1997

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Chronicles of Chaos	7/10[5]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	8/10[6]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[7]
In Music We Trust	[8]
Metal Hammer	[9]
NME	1/10[10]
Rock Hard	9/10[11]
Select	[12]
Vox	6/10[13]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Ten Ton Hammer"	4:14
2.	"Take My Scars"	4:19
3.	"Struck a Nerve"	3:33
4.	"Down to None"	5:28
5.	"The Frontlines"	5:51
6.	"Spine"	6:37
7.	"Bay of Pigs"	3:46
8.	"Violate"	7:19
9.	"Blistering"	4:58
10.	"Blood of the Zodiac"	6:37
Total length:		52:42

All lyrics are written by Robb Flynn; all music is composed by Machine Head, except where noted.

Japanese edition enhanced CD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Ten Ton Hammer" (music video)	4:28

Digipak edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
11.	"The Possibility of Life's Destruction" (Discharge cover)	1:31
12.	"My Misery"	4:42
13.	"Colors" (Ice-T cover)	4:39

Personnel

Machine Head Robb Flynn – vocals, guitar Logan Mader – guitar Adam Duce – bass, vocals Dave McClain – drums

Production Robb Flynn – mixing Vincent Wojno – engineering Colin Richardson – mixing, production Andy Sneap – mixing Steve Baughman – mixing assistance Ted Jensen – mastering

Chart performance

Chart (1997)	Peak position
Australian Albums Chart[17]	30
Austrian Albums Chart[18]	24
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[19]	11
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[20]	20
Dutch Albums Chart[21]	22
Finnish Albums Chart[22]	13
French Albums Chart[23]	21
German Albums Chart[24]	22
Hungarian Albums Chart[25]	25
New Zealand Albums Chart[26]	44
Norwegian Albums Chart[27]	15
Scottish Albums Chart[28]	23
Swedish Albums Chart[29]	17
UK Album Chart[30]	16
Billboard 200[31]	138