{"id":97014,"date":"2022-10-14T00:00:42","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T23:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=97014"},"modified":"2022-12-05T16:01:39","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T16:01:39","slug":"album-review-majestic-mass-destroys-minds-rapes-souls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-majestic-mass-destroys-minds-rapes-souls\/","title":{"rendered":"MAJESTIC MASS – Destroys Minds & Rapes Souls (2022) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

MAJESTIC MASS
Destroys Minds & Rapes Souls<\/strong><\/span>
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\nHelter Skelter Productions (2022)<\/span>
Rating: 6.5\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Combining a raw black metal rasp with doom metal, Majestic Mass issues its second sermon, the band\u2019s first for four years. These Danes daub their altar in a strange brew of blackened heavy metal mixed with doomier aspects, circa Death SS and the likes.<\/p>\n

Everything about Majestic Mass feels and sounds theatrical where there\u2019s a clambering towards Uriah Heep with the keyboard aesthetics and throwback 70s vibe, and some may hear flashes of Black Magick SS in those sneers. But either way there\u2019s occult-infused grooviness drenched in evil atmosphere and lo-fi oddness, and yet without lumbering out of its rather routine structure.<\/p>\n

These are the sort of albums which you expect more from but which oh too quickly display a rather formulaic drudgery, albeit a catchy one particularly on my favourite track \u2018Reigning Lawlessness\u2019 with its bouncy organ and fuzzy riff.<\/p>\n

The album is under 30 minutes in length and consists of six tracks \u2013 although \u2018The First Coming\u2019 is merely an intro. \u2018Covenant (Rapists Of The Free Will)\u2019 plays out like a borderline rock \u2018n\u2019 roll garage theme but with those scathing, raw vocals. Meanwhile, \u2018I Am Your Earth\u2019 rolls in mighty, meaty fashion but sticks almost stubbornly to its groove. And that\u2019s the problem here; Majestic Mass is not the horrifying extravaganza I expected.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, \u2018Lust & Fire\u2019 is a creeping, fuzzed up trickle of whispering vocals and atmospheric keys, while closer \u2018Apostles Of The Black Dawn\u2019 again has that doomy roll mixed with formulaic organ, which is the theme throughout.<\/p>\n

Destroys Minds & Rapes Souls<\/em> is an okayish blackened rock \u2018n\u2019 roll album with an Italian vibe, although far less weird and with a limited shelf life.<\/p>\n

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

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