{"id":88790,"date":"2021-01-07T00:00:52","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T00:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=88790"},"modified":"2021-03-22T18:54:57","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T18:54:57","slug":"demo-review-masters-blood-masters-blood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/demo-review-masters-blood-masters-blood\/","title":{"rendered":"MASTER’S BLOOD – Master’s Blood (2021) | Demo Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For 14-minutes I\u2019ve drowned in the gloriously gore-clogged waters of Swedish act Master\u2019s Blood. This bass heavy death metal episode is one of those gems that just drags you in with its simplistic, yet stuffy designs and fills your arteries with squalid filth. This is some nasty stuff indeed.<\/p>\n

Now, I don\u2019t know a lot about Master\u2019s Blood but the music does the talking; four squelching, vomit-inducing heaps of doomy death metal wrapped up in a great little cover.<\/p>\n

The vocals are buried, intentionally, in the mix to let the melodious melancholy reign supreme as opener \u2018Those Of Decay\u2019 burps forth much muck, filth and gas, and rumbles with mid-paced morbidity \u2013 the sound being far removed from the usual Swedish chainsaw grooviness we\u2019ve become accustomed to over the years. Instead, we get shovelfuls of mud dripping, occasional strains and streaks of bloodied melody, but for the most part this one gnashes in watery mankiness.<\/p>\n

\u2018Where No Doves Fly\u2019 lumbers in horrible, squalid fashion; the dirt-clogged percussion ambles with heaving sombreness while the guitars just grate and gloomily grind. It\u2019s wonderfully accessible, even when the pace is picked up, but what I really adore is the fetid production so that the band can just revel in its own murky existence. Indeed, one feels as if this fetid creature could happily wallow without a voice, because the vocals certainly take a backseat as they become suffocated by the quicksand chugging.<\/p>\n

\u2018With Terror In Their Eyes\u2019 comes crashing wildly out of the swamp with some crazy guitar work and hammering pistons. Damn, this track is screaming out for an industrial mix! But the joys of Master\u2019s Blood, even through the swampy textures, is a band able to create a slightly unorthodox strategy in spite of the seemingly crude design, and \u2018With Terror In Their Eyes\u2019 is a prime example of such devices.<\/p>\n

The riffs are certainly the syrupy glue which hold this dishevelled grimness together, but one feels as if Master\u2019s Blood could be capable of anything, and a full-length platter cannot come soon enough for me. Until then though, savour the strains of closer \u2018Nordic Visions\u2019, an atmospheric horror soundtrack of sorts that leaves us gagging for more ghoulish delights.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m reaching for the play button again and again and demand that you summon up the willpower to wade into the mud-caked, bloody pit of horror this Swedish manifestation has concocted.<\/p>\n

For those interested, the Master\u2019s Blood<\/em> demo is available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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

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