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[message]MASTER - Master CD (SLIPCASE)
MASTER - Master CD (SLIPCASE)
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Do you want to hear one of the first death metal albums?
No “Scream Bloody Gore“ by Death and “Seven Churches“ by Possessed
aren‘t the only ones. Back in 1985 Master’s creator Paul Speckmann had
already compiled the classic songs for this debut album. Eager to get
them on record, the band’s management was convinced what Combat Records
was offering wasn’t enough, and so nothing happened. Unfortunately not
until 90’ did most get the pleasure of hearing the tracks, when they
were (re-)recorded for Nuclear Blast! Master really never has been
recognized as the world class innovators they truely are, but many bands
have mentioned them as a huge influence. The funny things is that most
music in the death metal genre resembles Master’s classic work. We as
fans, as well as the other bands owe a lot of respect to Paul and Master
and what he helped to create.
It is hard to put it’s greatness into words, this album just has an
unexplainable unique atmosphere, not present on most death metal albums
released since. Paul Speckmann treats the listener with very distinct
and harsh vocals. More harsh even than his vocals are his lyrics, very
well written, from a sarcastic/cynical point of view. As for the riffs, man is the guitar tone heavy as hell and way ahead of it’s time.
Basically there are no real flaws, the only thing that had always upsets
me, is that it doesn’t last longer. Best songs on here have to be, well
all of them. And sure as hell no Death Metal collection is complete
without these legendary songs! So we hope we are doing this legendary
album justice, because as soon as we listened to it upon its release, it
became a personal favorite. We know any fan of death/thrash, old school
death, or just death metal will love this.