MACHINE HEAD‘s current touring lineup includes HAVOK guitarist Reece Alan Scruggs. Scruggs stepped in for MACHINE HEAD‘s previous guitarist Wacław “Vogg” Kiełtyka, who has been unable to make some of the group’s recent dates due to his touring commitments with his longtime band DECAPITATED.

Reece made his live debut with MACHINE HEAD in November 2022 at Strummer’s in Fresno, California at the opening show of the “Electric Happy Hour (Live)” tour.

Vogg joined MACHINE HEAD‘s touring lineup prior to the launch of the band’s “Burn My Eyes” 25th-anniversary tour in late 2019.

Flynn wrote in the comments below Vogg‘s post: “Much respect Vogg. We were / are very fortunate to have had you for the time that we did. Absolute best with the future with the mighty DECAPITATED, and all the best to Gosia and the girls”.

Added current MACHINE HEAD drummer Matt Alston: “Love ya brother! It’s been a blast working with you over the last few years! All the love!”

Last summer, Vogg spoke to Oran O’Beirne of Bloodstock TV about how he managed to split his time between DECAPITATED and MACHINE HEAD. He said: “Well, we inform each other about the plans. If there is something on the way with DECAPITATED, I just tell it to Robb. And if they have any plans, Robb or Joseph (Huston), the manager of MACHINE HEAD, he’s sending me plans, and I’m, like, ‘Yeah, let’s do it.’ So we’re trying to deal with the situation all the time. And, of course, if there is the situation that, for example, DECAP announced a tour and then there’s some kind of single festival with MACHINE HEAD, then Robb is really cool with the situation that he understands I have DECAPITATED, and if I need to have a replacement for one or two shows, then there’s no problem. We deal with that this way; that’s the solution for us in this situation.”

Vogg added: “The MACHINE HEAD guys and Robb and all of the team of MACHINE HEAD, they’re treating me so well in this case. They understand about that DECAPITATED is my band, it’s my child, so there’s no problem if I can’t do one or two shows. There was a few shows that Reece (Alan Scruggs) from HAVOK replaced me. It’s really cool. I love the way he’s playing the songs. He’s a great guitar player. He’s a great replacement.”

As for how he went about deciding which musical ideas to use in DECAPITATED and which to give away to MACHINE HEAD, Vogg said at the time: “I have to say that Robb is the main composer in MACHINE HEAD. He’s making 95 percent or 98 percent of the riffs. For the last record (‘Of Kingdom And Crown’, which came out in August 2022 via Nuclear Blast/Imperium Recordings), I delivered ideas for two songs, and I recorded my solo parts for, like, six songs. So, yeah, it was like that. If I have some kind of idea for the riffs that I don’t know actually how to use it for DECAPITATED and for me it sounds more familiar for MACHINE HEAD style, then I just send it to Robb and I say, ‘Hey, Robb, I have this riff. I have this idea. Tell me what you think. If you like it, use it. Do something with that. If you don’t, then… you know, whatever.'”

Back in November 2019, Flynn said that Vogg‘s audition for MACHINE HEAD “just fucking blew” his “mind — it was so fucking tight and fucking accurate,” Robb said. “He sent over a recording of ‘Imperium’ as his first song just as a test. We always had all the dudes do a sound test, just to make sure the levels are good and stuff. I was, like, ‘Oh my God! This dude is playing ‘Imperium’ better than I can right now.’ (Laughs) It was crazy. And we ended up talking. Super-nice guy.”