Music Reviews

Master

Faith is in Season

Pavement

Master has been around longer than most of the metal groups that you will probably come across these days. This is their first album on Pavement, but some of you will remember these guys from their old Nuclear Blast days. This album is for those of you that miss the thriving good old days of Satan metal. Although they seem to have gotten into a death metal market, I see much more similarity to old Venom and/or thrash. The vocals are similar and the music is just as fast and loud! There’s all sorts of satanic symbolism, blasphemous and just generally weird and sick stuff on this album. It may not be for everyone, but I have a feeling that the people it’s aimed towards get the idea. Check out the sleeve photos, but not in front of the kids. Pavement Music, P.O. Box 50550, Phoenix, AZ 85076; http://www.pavementmusic.com


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