Review of Master - "An Epiphany of Hate"
STILL GOING STRONG
By: Geoff Teach
If you’ve come looking for change, then you’ve come to the wrong place. For over thirty years, Paul Speckmann’s Master has been crafting and defining the death metal genre. Since the early days in Chicago to the current Czech incarnation, Master has stuck to the same formula of blistering riffs, punk-style rhythms, throaty vocals, and occasional wailing guitar solos to the tune of dozens of releases, live albums, demos, and splits. To put it succinctly, Master is one of the archetypal death metal acts by which all others are judged.
Earlier this month, the Uherske-Hradiste-based trio released their thirteenth studio album, An Epiphany of Hate (F.D.A. Rekotz) and just like its recent predecessors, 2012’s The New Elite and 2014’s The Witch Hunt, An Epiphany of Hate continues Master’s fearsome barrage on the senses and the mind. Replete with political subversion, support for personal freedoms, and the band’s trademarked death metal assault, An Epiphany of Hate is another impressive album in an extremely long line of impressive albums from Master.
Some of my favorite cuts on the ten track An Epiphany of Hate include “Just Be Yourself”, “Just Take My Right Arm”, the title track “An Epiphany of Hate”, “Senses All Will Be Controlled”, and the closer, “Red Alert”, but, truth be told, the entire album is a seven-course death metal feast with all the trimmings – and although Master may still sound the same as it did thirty years ago, it is this same dedication to their sound and their craft that has gained Master their legendary reputation for dignity and commitment to metal in general. Purchase a copy of An Epiphany of Hate today; I promise you’ll thank me later.
Keep it Metal! \m/
To check out the official video for “Face Your Fear” from An Epiphany of Hate, just press play below!
And finally, to check out Master on the web, please click the following links:
http://www.fda-rekotz.com/gx/
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