{"id":103666,"date":"2024-08-02T00:00:39","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T23:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=103666"},"modified":"2024-08-09T12:56:21","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T11:56:21","slug":"album-review-acid-mass-worship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-acid-mass-worship\/","title":{"rendered":"ACID MASS – Worship (2024) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

ACID MASS
Worship<\/strong><\/span>
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\nMorbid And Miserable \/ Vicious Witch \/ Motorpunk (2024)<\/span>
Rating: 8.5\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Last year\u2019s debut outing, Agonizer<\/em><\/a>, was a big forward step for Acid Mass creator Ben Ricketts and I\u2019m rather surprised that the Cincinnati, Ohio-based multi-instrumentalist has returned so quickly, especially when one considers that earlier this year he released the Under The Knife<\/em> EP.<\/p>\n

Ricketts has such a passion and faith in his own ability and that shines through once again with this sophomore album. As snappy as the debut, Worship<\/em> continues the theme of nifty blackness while also serving up some very catchy riffs which hook straight into the brain. The vocals continue to reverberate in a nasty fashion and there\u2019s an instant zip as the venomous \u2018The Mouth Of Hell\u2019 unravels.<\/p>\n

With countless bands trying to mimic the old school thrash style, I can confidently state that Acid Mass has it covered. Raw and organic, tracks such as \u2018Hell From Above\u2019 chug with a stinking menace that with hints of Venom, and Bulldozer belongs on an early Speed Kills<\/em> compilation. The same can also be said for demonic speed metal heap \u2018Inferno Queen\u2019 and the slightly more measured \u2018Nuclear Exorcism\u2019.<\/p>\n

Believe me, this isn\u2019t your standard pile of rust bucket metal. Listen to the brilliant \u2018Return To Shadow Moses\u2019 and succumb to the atmosphere Acid Mass creates as solos wildly permeate the air and drums clatter like wrought iron gates blown by black sooty winds. However, the best is saved for last with the ominous \u2018Dying Breath\u2019, an utterly doom laden landscape of leaden skies rumbling to the sound of traipsing riffage commanded by the snarling vocal outbursts.<\/p>\n

Acid Mass has succeeded in brandishing old school values as if they were a torch of everlasting flame bringing a fiery glow to a world of gloom. Worship<\/em> is excellent spitting heavy metal from Hell.<\/p>\n

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

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