{"id":250,"date":"2026-03-07T11:02:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T17:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"\/theoutcast\/theoutcast\/reviews\/damn-the-machine-s-t\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T17:45:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T22:45:45","slug":"damn-the-machine-s-t","status":"publish","type":"reviews","link":"https:\/\/adkoi.com\/theoutcast\/reviews\/damn-the-machine-s-t\/","title":{"rendered":"Damn the Machine &#8211; &#8220;Damn the Machine&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The leader of this band is Chris Poland. The man most well known for his out-of-this- world guitar work\/solos on MEGADETHS legendary &#8220;Peace Sells&#8230;&#8221; release. D.T.M, however is far from being thrashy band. This is most similar to the sound of a guitar hero who plays real songs within the context of traditional heavy metal. There&#8217;s plenty of cool solos and riffs here, but  it&#8217;s not indulging. Like I said before, this is not thrashy at all. 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