"Ten Ton Hammer" is the first track on the heavy metal

Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

 band Machine Head

Machine Head (band)

Machine Head is an American heavy metal band from Oakland, California. Formed on October 12, 1991, the group was founded by Robb Flynn and Adam Duce. There have been 4 member changes since their inception. The current lineup of the band comprises Flynn , Duce , ex-Vio-Lence guitarist Phil Demmel ,...

's second album The More Things Change..., as well as being the first song released from the album. A video was also made for the song. It is the third track featured on the band's live album Hellalive

Hellalive

-Personnel:*Robb Flynn - vocals, guitar*Phil Demmel - Lead guitar *Adam Duce - Bass guitar*Dave McClain - drums*Ahrue Luster - Lead guitar -Chart positions:...

. This song features a tuning that is a guitar in dropped B tuning, but the G string of the guitar (which would be E in this tuning) is tuned up to F. Robb Flynn has said this was to make the harmonics of the song sound better.