Blowin' Up the Machine is the second album by the heavy metal band Meldrum, featuring a modified lineup compared to that of their 2001 debut Loaded Mental Cannon. The album features a guest appearance by Motörhead vocalist/bassist Lemmy, along with guitarist/founder Michelle Meldrum's long-time friends Gene Hoglan (of Strapping Young Lad and Dethklok) and Linda McDonald (of Phantom Blue and The Iron Maidens). A music video for "Purge" was released to promote the album.

This was the band's last album to be released while Michelle Meldrum was still alive. On May 21, 2008, she died of a cerebral hemorrhage caused by a cystic growth that restricted the flow of blood and oxygen in her brain.

Blowin' Up the Machine

Track listing

Personnel

Band members

Michelle Meldrum – guitar, engineer, mixing, executive producer

Moa Holmsten - lead vocals, producer

Frida Ståhl - bass, backing vocals on track 10, engineer, producer

Additional musicians

Lemmy - vocals on track 6

Gene Hoglan - drums on tracks 1, 2, 5, 8

Linda McDonald - drums on tracks 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11

Production

Brett Chassen - engineer, mixing

Tony Naima - engineer

Bob Kulick - mixing

Toby Wright - mixing of tracks 7, 9, 10

References

External links

2007 albums

Meldrum albums

Frontiers Records albums

Blowin' Up the Machine