{"id":93349,"date":"2022-04-29T00:00:49","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T23:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=93349"},"modified":"2022-05-03T17:44:29","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T16:44:29","slug":"album-review-devil-master-ecstasies-of-never-ending-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-devil-master-ecstasies-of-never-ending-night\/","title":{"rendered":"DEVIL MASTER – Ecstasies Of Never Ending Night (2022) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

DEVIL MASTER
Ecstasies Of Never Ending Night<\/strong><\/span>
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Arguably one of the year\u2019s most eagerly awaited releases, Ecstasies Of Never Ending Night<\/em> is the second album from Philadelphia horror storytellers Devil Master. This creepy combo dabbles in unconventional black metal, blood-spattered punk n\u2019 dusty Goth rock, and the result is an interesting and atmospheric mash-up for the nightside eclipse.<\/p>\n

Ten tracks, 40 minutes\u2026 what more could you ask for as a tinkling, suspenseful intro leads us into \u2018Enamoured In The Throes Of Death\u2019 \u2013 a devilishly toxic whip of vicious deathrock and galloping ghoulishness.<\/p>\n

The fizz of hostile punk is evident, married to the black metal themes. Barking vocal traits engage in combat with sneering, speeding axe work while drums n’ bass seethe to the sound of flitting bats. Devil Master plumbs the depths of 80s Gothic Chinese, echoing their spiteful commands down chilly hallways as whole gusts of slick thrash blow away the cobwebs.<\/p>\n

The likes of \u2018Golgotha\u2019s Cruel Song\u2019 and \u2018The Vigour Of Evil\u2019 are all delivered with sneering pace as the band snarls graveside into frosty gales. The record feels pitch black, with only the ears open to the satanic, bat-winged tirades the posse bestows. \u2018Acid Black Mass\u2019 brings steadier chugs within its wiry frame, while \u2018Abyss In Vision\u2019 glints with steely precision amidst a tirade of tumbling percussion.<\/p>\n

Strangely, for the unorthodox feel the band generates, there\u2019s somewhat of an air of predictability and familiarity as the group casts its gooey net; the spidey tingles of \u2018Shrines In Cinder\u2019 combines traditional metal values and thorny black metal assaults.<\/p>\n

However, through the blackened, Gothic gauze there are the impressive, angular compositions that close out the album \u2013 a trio of jet-black attacks featuring more complex, less accessible arrangements. \u2018Funerary Gyre Of Dreams & Madness\u2019 is criminally short yet expansive and stark, \u2018Precious Blood Of Christ Rebuked\u2019 reeks of menace in its orchestration, and finally \u2018Never Ending Night\u2019 shuffles and twangs like a soundtrack to a dancing witches coven before enveloping the listener like a black cloak of rancid, musty Gothic spikiness.<\/p>\n

For the most part, Devil Master\u2019s new collection from the vault features the same dramatic, horror-drenched torrents as before. In spite of the myriad of influences, the band still has a persistent vein of dicey black metal aesthetics gelled to Goth rock catchiness; the sum being a sound that is nifty, short, sharp and not as bestial or befuddling as some may suggest. However, for a night among the tombstones Ecstasies Of Never Ending Night<\/em> still chills the bones in equal measure.<\/p>\n

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

DEVIL MASTEREcstasies Of Never Ending Night Relapse (2022)Rating: 8\/10 Arguably one of the year\u2019s most eagerly awaited releases, Ecstasies Of Never Ending Night is the second album from Philadelphia horror storytellers Devil Master. This creepy combo dabbles in unconventional black metal, blood-spattered punk n\u2019 dusty Goth rock, and the result is an interesting and atmospheric […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,4778],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-devil-master"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93349","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=93349"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93352,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93349\/revisions\/93352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}