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| #FOR FANS OF: Death Metal |
Well, this was an immersion here because I didn't take note of this band until recently! I got this album as well as 'Vindictive Miscreant' (2018) and I didn't like it nearly as much as their latest! The vocals are all right, just if Paul got higher pitched, it would be annoying! They're a 3-piece, of which they originally began being based in Chicago and now in Uherské Hradiště, Zlín Region (Czech Republic). They've been pretty active with their current location emitting death/thrashing music on/off since their first origin (1983) more on than off since 1989, however. They've gone through many members since their first few recordings. However, they've done a great deed and conducted this album, and it was mixed/recorded at Studio Shaark.
I really like the riffs here, especially the structures of the songs and their originality, being composed just like they sufficed here to say "what a creative storm!".
Since I haven't the experience in the decades of Master's releases (full-length albums & compilation/best of disc). It seems as though they've managed to have quite an impact on extreme metal as it is! I know Mick Harris mentioned Master on Napalm Death's immonsterrible 'Live Corruption' 1990 release! Perhaps they're different from other extreme metal bands in the fact that they have a unique style & the vocals aren't full-throttle death metal, they're more raspy than anything else! Maybe a bit like the Michigan based band Plague Years (as an example).
There's much else to say about 'Saints Dispelled', mainly the better recording quality than the rest! I think that that's what's also to say here is if you listen to older LP's, you'll find a flaw in not the compositions, but the overall sound of each instrument! The bass and drums are well mixed on here, the guitars don't overpower the rest of the songs! Check out 'Saints Dispelled' if you want to hear a great release of fresh, invigorating metal in 2024! (Death8699)
(Hammerheart Records - 2024)
Score: 75