
Phil Demmel
Acting
Biography
Phil Demmel (born April 2, 1967) is the lead guitarist for American heavy metal band Machine Head, and is currently their longest running member in that position. He was also a founding member of Vio-lence, which also included Machine Head guitarist/vocalist Robb Flynn. Demmel was also a member of Torque.
Known For

Murder In The Front Row: The San Francisco Bay Area Thrash Metal Story. In the early 1980’s, a small group of dedicated Bay Area headbangers shunned the hard rock of MTV and Hollywood hairspray bands in favor of a more dangerous brand of metal that became known as thrash! From the tape trading network to the clubs to the record stores and fanzines, director Adam Dubin reveals how the scene nurtured the music and the music spawned a movement. Murder In The Front Row is told through powerful first person testimony and stunning animation and photography. The film is a social study of a group of young people defying the odds and building something essential for themselves. Featuring interviews with Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Anthrax, Exodus, Testament, Death Angel, Possessed and many more! Narrated by Brian Posehn.
Murder in the Front Row: The San Francisco Bay Area Thrash Metal Story

From a school band from Essen to an internationally celebrated thrash metal legend: To mark Kreator's 40th anniversary in 2024, frontman Mille Petrozza plans to re-record his greatest hits at the famous Hansa Studios in Berlin together with greats from the metal scene such as Metallica, Sepultura, Slayer, Anthrax and many more. With exclusive private archive material, the story of Kreator is told for the first time.
Kreator - Hate & Hope
![Machine Head: [2012] Live at Wacken Open Air](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/2PvFTVQJg7PMTghI4bZP53qgR8m.jpg)
MachineHead - Live at Wacken Open Air 2012 1 - I Am Hell(Sonata in C#) 2 - Old 3 - Imperium 4 - A Thousand Lies 5 - Locust
Machine Head: [2012] Live at Wacken Open Air

Bonus DVD included in the limited digipack version of Catharsis, filmed at The Regency Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, 21 February 2015.
Machine Head: Live At The Regency Ballroom
Machine Head performing live at Download Festival 2007 in support of their latest album; The Blackening. 1. Clenching the Fists of Dissent 2. Imperium 3. Take My Scars 4. Aesthetics of Hate 5. Old 6. Halo 7. Davidian
Machine Head: Live at Download 2007

I Am Hell (Sonata in C#) Be Still and Know Imperium Beautiful Mourning Locust Aesthetics of Hate Darkness Within Take My Scars Halo
Machine Head - Rock Am Ring

Elegies is a live DVD released by Machine Head, recorded at the Brixton Academy in London, England.