{"id":62050,"date":"2017-10-08T00:01:03","date_gmt":"2017-10-08T00:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=62050"},"modified":"2017-10-08T13:39:36","modified_gmt":"2017-10-08T13:39:36","slug":"ep-review-savage-master-creature-of-the-flames","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/ep-review-savage-master-creature-of-the-flames\/","title":{"rendered":"SAVAGE MASTER – Creature Of The Flames EP (2017) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAVAGE MASTER
Creature Of The Flames EP<\/strong><\/span>
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\nSkol \/ High Roller (2017)<\/span>
Rating: 6\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Savage Master are the sort of band who evoke dark, dank and fiery images of 80s female-fronted metal acts such as Hellion, and I\u2019m certainly not going to complain about that.<\/p>\n

These guys from Louisville, Kentucky have been around since 2013 and released their Mask Of The Devil<\/em> debut in October 2014. 2015 saw the release of the EP Black Hooves<\/em>, followed by the band\u2019s second full-length platter in the form of April 2016\u2019s With Whips And Chains<\/em>.<\/p>\n

This latest EP is a five track affair built around the vocals of Stacey Peak and dual axe attack of Adam Neal and Larry Myers. Don\u2019t expect Savage Master to create a whole new genre of metal, because what this posse coughs up is standard trad\u2019 metal that gives off pungent stenches of dismal dungeons, slithering beasts and great battles to a soundtrack of clanking swords, rattling chains and demonic moans. It doesn\u2019t want to be anything else, so if you still get a chill from hearing the gusts of winds outside the window or the creaking floorboards in a damp old castle then look no further than this aged, oaken festival of fun and standard heavy metal frolics.<\/p>\n

Riddled with clich\u00e9s, Creature Of The Flames<\/em> burps into action with the galloping tour de force that is \u2018Child Of The Witch\u2019, a sub-standard roof rattler straight out of the mid-80s, right down to Stacey Peak\u2019s rather unstable warble that is more shaky banshee than feisty heroine, but it\u2019s a trait that\u2019s difficult to criticise unless you\u2019re a complete sceptic in regards to such grizzly and fusty metal. The drums of newest member John Littlejohn have a rather inoffensive clank, rattle and roll about them as the outfit trudges into the realm of dreary archetypes accompanied by Brandon Brown\u2019s rather stale bass nods.<\/p>\n

\u2018Burning Leather\u2019 picks up the pace in pure generic fashion; rust, mould and Dungeons & Dragons paint spatters the walls as Stacey speaks of the \u201cnight\u201d and \u201csteel\u201d with such a tepid conviction that I\u2019m almost tempted to jump onto the bandwagon if only to add weight to the sound, because this EP really does seem to lack snarl and bite. But for what it\u2019s worth it always remains fun.<\/p>\n

\u2018Dark Enchantress\u2019 sounds like a female-fronted Bad News with its lazy plod and Stacey Peak\u2019s watery wail, and the well of mediocrity is explored even further with the title track that builds with a predictable \u201ctension\u201d. \u2018Creature Of The Flames\u2019 though is arguably the weightiest tune on offer, a suffocating foggy stroll through the bleak, mist-drenched mountainsides of the mind where all manner of ghouls and goblins dwell. Stacey attempts to warn us of prying eyes within spooky shadows but I\u2019m just not afraid, having been bombarded by so many of these bands over the last ten years.<\/p>\n

The cover of Holocaust\u2019s \u2018Death Or Glory\u2019 is a nice touch, and oddly Stacey finds some extra gravel in her throat for this one \u2013 as do the rest of the combo who seem to up their game out of respect. It\u2019s just a shame they couldn\u2019t add such spice for the rest of the EP; one which saunters with about as much swagger as a dragon that has consumed too much chainmail and is about to flounder in the depths of its own urine. This is basic and rarely ballsy metal for people who were 13-years-old in 1985.<\/p>\n

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

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