Product Description Key in the ignition. Foot on the gas. It's time to Start the Machine. SoCal rock legends Fu Manchu crank things up again after a nearly three-year gap between studio albums with their most aggressive & pissed-off release to date. Start the Machine, their ninth studio album in 14 years, not only reflects the frustration the band went through following their previous label's demise, it represents a bold step forward in the evolution of its sound. You've never heard a Fu Manchu album that sounds like this before. Amazon.com Heavy. Fast. These are the only two adjectives that matter to Fu Manchu. Finding the natural connection between Black Flag and Black Sabbath, the Southern California band was turning out its own personal soundtrack for '70s skateboard flick a Dogtown and Z-Boys several times over long before the actual movie was made. It's not about to let up on its seventh studio album, Start The Machine. No, it's not quite as heavy as the classic In Search Of. Yes, it does include the closest the band has ever come to a power-ballad in "Out To Sea." But, overall, it's an album that reaffirms everything--or, rather the two main things--that make Fu Manchu great. --Aidin Vaziri