BLACK MASS

Crust Punk • United Kingdom
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Black Mass is an English crust punk band from Leeds in Yorkshire, formed in January 2010.

The band released an EP, two plits and a demo before re-releasing all their recordings on the "Of First and Last Things" compilation in 2013.

(Biography written by UMUR)



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BLACK MASS Black Mass E​.​P album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Black Mass E​.​P
Crust Punk 2010
BLACK MASS Darkest Season Vol.1 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Darkest Season Vol.1
Crust Punk 2010
BLACK MASS Black Mass / Host album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Black Mass / Host
Crust Punk 2012
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Eleutherios
Crust Punk 2015

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BLACK MASS Basement Demo album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Basement Demo
Crust Punk 2010

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BLACK MASS Of First And Last Things album cover 3.50 | 2 ratings
Of First And Last Things
Crust Punk 2013

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BLACK MASS Of First And Last Things

Boxset / Compilation · 2013 · Crust Punk
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UMUR
"Of First and Last Things" is a compilation release by UK, Leeds (West Yorkshire) based death metal/crust act Black Mass. The compilation was released in January 2013 at a "Name Your Price" tag on the band´s Bandcamp profile. "Of First and Last Things" features everything previously written and released by the band in re-recorded versions. So all material from the "Basement Demo (2010)", the "Darkest Season Vol.1 (2010)" split, the "Black Mass EP (2010)" and the "Black Mass / Host (2012)" split are included on "Of First and Last Things".

Black Mass play a filthy, lo-fi produced, murky, and brutal death metal style with crust and grindcore leanings. The sound production is noisy, muddy and distorted. It basically sounds like it was recorded live in someone´s basement rehearsal room. When my car stereo can´t handle it (and it can´t), you know it´s filthy as hell...

...while that may scare off some people, the lo-fi sound quality actually suits the equally filthy and brutal music well. Think of how a more raw version of an act like Black Breath with nods toward Autopsy would sound and you are half way there. The music is played with great conviction and pretty good skills too. While the music might appear simple upon initial listen, repeated listens reveal that the band vary pace quite often and that they master both doomy riffs and high speed tremolo picking equally well as well as heavy slow beats and blast beats. The songwriting is on a good level too and the tracks are generally catchy. It´s not like you are able to hum along to them or anything like that, but they make quite an impact while they are playing.

To my ears "Of First and Last Things" is a great release representing the more raw, filthy and lo-fi part of the death metal genre. The crust element brings aggression to the sound which provides it with another dimension and ultimately makes "Of First and Last Things" a more varied listen. At 21:42 minutes distributed over 8 tracks, "Of First and Last Things" is a pretty short release, but it sure is one hell of a ride while it lasts. A 3.5 star (70%) rating is deserved.

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