The Spirit Of The West

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1.	You'll Be Blamed 03:22	buy track
2.	The Serpents Tongue 04:22	buy track
3.	Rights Of Life 03:14	buy track
4.	Envy 02:44	buy track
5.	Sign Up 01:51	buy track
6.	Another Day In Phoenix 03:57	buy track
7.	Whatever, Wherever, Forever 03:05	buy track
8.	The Gold Mine 04:54	buy track
9.	The Perfect Family 04:53	buy track
10.	Pistols, Whiskey And Coyotes (The Spirit Of The West) 01:46	buy track
11.	Long Knives 03:06	buy track
12.	Ring Of Fire 02:45	buy track

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Death/Thrash Metal classic remastered! A strong Master album re-issued.

This Master album holds Death Metal, Thrash Metal, even some punky moments and a country song. No need to go through all songs here but just a few to give you an indication. The album starts off with the Thrashy “You’ll be blamed” which is reminiscent of the earlier “Collection Of Souls” album (though catchier) and with Abomination tendencies. Also a song such as “Sign Up” is very old school Thrash Metal with those typical harsch Speckmann vocals. “The Serpents Tongue” is a straight forward uptempo Death Metal tune and same goes for “Whatever, Wherever, Forever”. The song “The Perfect Family” comes closest to the d-beat Master we got used to from their first two albums. A very nice surprise is the song “Pistols, Whips and Coyotes” which refers a lot to Macabre in terms of riffs although sounding slightly simpler because of the drums. Had Dennis The Menace played on this song nobody would have noticed it isn’t Macabre.

The punky attitude of the album becomes most obvious on songs such as “Rights of Life” and “Envy” (which almost sound like 1987-1991 era Sodom). Most notable song is the punk song “Another Day in Phoenix” which even has some clean vocals and incidentally is one of the highlights of the album. We also should not forget to mention closing song “Ring Of Fire”, a Johnny Cash cover including the trumpets. “Spirit Of The West” is one of the most diverse and surprising Master albums yet.

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released June 10, 2022

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Founded in 1983 and originally based in Chicago, Illinois, Master is one of the earliest bands in the world labeled as Death Metal!

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