{"id":101491,"date":"2023-08-25T00:00:20","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T23:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=101491"},"modified":"2023-09-08T13:17:07","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T12:17:07","slug":"album-review-vision-master-sceptre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-vision-master-sceptre\/","title":{"rendered":"VISION MASTER – Sceptre (2023) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

VISION MASTER
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\nGates Of Hell (2023)<\/span>
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American duo Vision Master are a very interesting act. Consisting of former Funerot members Dan Munro (vocals and guitar) and Reuben Storey (bass and drums, Christian Mistress), this is a band that serves up slightly odd but engaging metal.<\/p>\n

The vocals are somewhat of an acquired taste as Munro\u2019s style is rather nasally, but after a few listens I became mesmerized by this dark full-length debut opus which stirs echoes of Mercyful Fate and Megadeth<\/a> alongside other remnants of 80s mystical metal. More fiery throwback metal then as the deadly duo leads us through dimly light passages and cloying cobwebs, all blown away by sizzling riffs and sneers.<\/p>\n

Opener \u2018Wolves In The Shadows\u2019 runs like a mix of Megadeth and late 80s Voivod, more so in the vocals but it is very much borderline thrash with the hefty drums, although it remains an infectious and above all a quality track.<\/p>\n

Sceptre<\/em> is a consistent opus, but some of its quirks and unorthodox mannerisms may confuse, For example, the oddly titled \u2018Wet Net\u2019 with its strange arrangements, the rawer yet progressive snap of \u2018Arc Terminal X\u2019 and my favourite anomaly, \u2018Sandstone\u2019.<\/p>\n

These guys wouldn\u2019t seem out of place in 1990\/91 when metal bands were attempting to branch out, because some of the content here is of great intrigue while ensuring also traditional metal elements alongside weird thrashes. \u2018Beyond\u2019 scowls like a trudging black thrash not a world away from a sneering mid-tempo Aura Noir, while \u2018Walls Of Bone\u2019 dares to fuse doom with Megadeth.<\/p>\n

This is a weird brew but one which keeps the listener guessing throughout. Interesting.<\/p>\n

Neil Arnold<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

VISION MASTERSceptre Gates Of Hell (2023)Rating: 8\/10 American duo Vision Master are a very interesting act. Consisting of former Funerot members Dan Munro (vocals and guitar) and Reuben Storey (bass and drums, Christian Mistress), this is a band that serves up slightly odd but engaging metal. The vocals are somewhat of an acquired taste as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,5491],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-vision-master"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101491"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101492,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101491\/revisions\/101492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}