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Links: - Band Logo - Google Video Search - Official Myspace - Official Website - Pulverised Records Review information: - Release length: 45:53 - Review posted on April 19th, 2010 |
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Review
Master return with their latest offering, The Human Machine, and it's as if we're still listening to same debut album. This doesn't mean that Master has succumb to some form of repetition, but the fact that the band has kept very true to their original formula and continue to churn out brutal and Thrash-driven music that could easily have come from the band's earliest days, making for one very wicked Metal ride. Soaked with everything that made the early Death Metal scene stand out, this political-based assault will have you ready to fight the machine, any machine, human or otherwise, and tear it limb from limb. While the title highly enjoyable track "The Human Machine" kicks things off with a rather melodic tinge, this is the worst representation of the album. This catchy Death Metal piece is heavy and really pushes the band's Motorhead vocal influence, much like if Lemmy were to bring his voice down a little deeper and perform sounding as pissed off as possible, with harmonizations against the somewhat chaotic backdrop. However, it's not until the next track "It's What Your Country Can Do for You" kicks in that the music really starts to pick up with all levels, even though the track starts to feel drawn out after a while. Not only is the music on this release a brutal reminder of the style's childhood, but it comes at you with such speed and intensity that could easily just rip your face off like a wild, pissed off animal. The faster tracks on this release simply cannot be beat, hitting the listener with a fed up rage that seems to be missing in a lot of today's Metal releases. "Suppress Free Thinking" is easily one of the best tracks on here, as well as the best representation of that, thanks to the fast paced guitars and two step druming with blast beats, all enhanced with an impressive guitar solo near the end just to add to the heated chaos the track portrays. But while "Suppress Free Thinking" is a non-stop abusive thrill ride, it's only one of the first. Everything up to this point is good, but none of it, not even that song itself, can compare to the sheer power behind "Faceless Victims Expelled", which is far heavier with some phenomenal vocal work that changes things up a bit. The only problems that this release faces stem from the opening two tracks. While "The Human Machine" and "It's Not What Your Country Can Do for You" are not necesarily bad songs, it's just that the first isn't as intense as it could be and will get a little dull after a while, and the latter starts to get draw out after a while and like the band really stretches the track before they even get to the damn point of what the song is all about. Aside that, if you're new to Master, the vocals may very well cause you to crack up laughing and think of this as a joke. The clear production quality of the album doesn't really do much to enhance this vocal style, which, really, sounds a lot better in a raw format. Even though during the aforementioned faster tracks it works out very well, in the slower paced material here, it gets to be a bit too much. The harmonization on "The Human Machine" simply comes off laughable no matter what, and in other tracks the vocals can come off as if the lyrics are being read without any real emphasis past a drunken comprehension. But there's still enough anger and rage in this release that you'll come back for more. The Human Machine by Master is just a non-stop ride that offers a few unwanted bumps and turns along the way, but still has enough brutality to make even the most rabid Metal fan happy. If you've heard anything by Master before, then you know what you're getting into, but if you're new to this act, then now is the time for you to discover this hard hitting Metal act. |
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