After over a year of dialogues with various record labels, the veteran metallers have decided on a new home. The new sublabel is headed by the band's longtime friend and former Roadrunner A&R guru Monte Conner, who says he feels fortunate to have signed Machine Head for the third time:

"Machine Head wrote one of the greatest metal albums of all-time as their debut and then turned around and beat it 13 years later. They have produced some of the best material of their storied career over the course of their last three records, and like a fine wine, Machine Head just keep getting better with age."

Machine Head will enter the studio in late October to begin recording its eighth album for an early 2014 release, followed by a massive worldwide tour cycle.

More happy news from the Machine Head camp: drummer Dave McClain just married his Australian girlfriend Belle last week. The couple live in Alameda, California.