Exclusive: Boy Meets Machine Stream New Album, 'War Horn'

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To kick your week off right, we're excited to be able to bring you the exclusive stream of the brand-new album from New Jersey's Boy Meets Machine. Stream War Horn below.

Fans of everything from metal and prog-rock to jazz and funk should be able to sink their teeth into this record, which features some great, over-the-top guitar playing from Christian Colabelli.

War Horn is out tomorrow, July 24.

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Josh Hart is a former web producer and staff writer for Guitar World and Guitar Aficionado magazines (2010–2012). He has since pursued writing fiction under various pseudonyms while exploring the technical underpinnings of journalism, now serving as a senior software engineer for The Seattle Times.

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