Master is one of those bands who invented the sickened style Death Metal. Still it’s not a band that gets hailed too much outside the underground. Here we have their debut album from 1985 which is never originally released.
I’m sure much tapetraders already own this album but people who still don’t own it can get this stuff now. It’s just an old styled Master album; chaotic, fast rollin’ drums, dirty raging guitars and the sick vocals (who else than Paul Speckmann can do it this way?). Not really comparable with the newer stuff like ‘Let’s start a War’. It’s a real pleasure to hear these old songs; it’s just great authentic Death/Thrash. Just a fine piece of Death Metal history!
The other 4 tracks are bonus songs, all made somewhere in the 90’s with different line-ups (still with Paul Speckmann). Those songs are certainly nice and don’t really differ from the old stuff but I think the songs of the old album are better.
This is a recommendable compilation for Master fans (who probably own this stuff already) and any people who are into Death Metal. Know your fucking roots!
From Beyond Productions
- Country: Netherlands
- Style: Black Metal, Death Metal
