{"id":102195,"date":"2024-01-19T00:00:16","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T00:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=102195"},"modified":"2024-01-24T14:21:09","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T14:21:09","slug":"album-review-master-saints-dispelled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-master-saints-dispelled\/","title":{"rendered":"MASTER – Saints Dispelled (2024) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

MASTER
Saints Dispelled<\/strong><\/span>
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\nHammerheart (2024)<\/span>
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With new drummer Peter Bajci on board, the newest platter from the legendary Paul Speckmann-led Master sounds like a band invigorated. Saints Dispelled<\/em> is still very much classic Master which drips with Speckmann\u2019s ferocious spits and the general serrated death-thrash belligerence.<\/p>\n

From the opening chords of \u2018Destruction In June\u2019 it\u2019s obvious that Master is as vicious as ever; the snarling bass, the rampant percussion and the scorching axe work, all led into the ears by Speckmann\u2019s hostile snaps. Master knows how to thrash and there are some seriously fast moments on this release. The opening blast of \u2018Walk In The Footsteps Of Doom\u2019 and the hostile and frenzied assault of \u2018Marred And Diseased\u2019 are great examples, but what I really love about Master is the ability to fuse some great melodies within such spite.<\/p>\n

The aforementioned \u2018Marred And Diseased\u2019 gallops with a stiff drum and even though the solo seems to squirm wildly there remains a harmonious pinch, something also evident on the hooky \u2018Find Your Life\u2019 with its rhythmic pulse before galloping with haste. Meanwhile, \u2018The Wiseman\u2019 showcases the deathlier side of the band as Speckmann smirks his way through the words, almost in a mocking, perverse fashion over the devilish riffs.<\/p>\n

Master continues to supply vast wallops of thrash n\u2019 death, jagged storms of melodic violence (\u2018Minds Under Pressure\u2019) and even with the lengthier songs (CD bonus cut \u2018Alienation Of Insanity\u2019) the snap is maintained to great effect. Okay, so some tracks could benefit from a trim but who am I to tell Paul Speckmann how to compose a record. Saints Dispelled<\/em> is masterly devastation once again from the gods of saw-toothed metal
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Neil Arnold<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MASTERSaints Dispelled Hammerheart (2024)Rating: 8\/10 With new drummer Peter Bajci on board, the newest platter from the legendary Paul Speckmann-led Master sounds like a band invigorated. Saints Dispelled is still very much classic Master which drips with Speckmann\u2019s ferocious spits and the general serrated death-thrash belligerence. From the opening chords of \u2018Destruction In June\u2019 it\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,760],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-master"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102195","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=102195"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102196,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102195\/revisions\/102196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}