MASTER — Faith Is In Season (review)

MASTER — Faith Is In Season album cover Album · 1998 · Death Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
2/5 ·
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"Faith Is In Season" is the fourth full-length studio album by US death metal act Master. The album was released through System Shock Records in April 1998. It´s the successor to "Collection Of Souls" from 1993 and feautures quite a few lineup changes since the predecessor as the only remaining members of the lineup who recorded "Collection Of Souls" (1993), are lead vocalist/bassist Paul Speckmann and guitarist Brian Brady. New in the lineup are guitarist Sage Gonzales and drummer Sage Johnson.

Stylistically the material on "Faith Is In Season" continue the simple, raw, and relatively one-dimensional death metal style of the predecessor, and if you expected just a slight bit more sophistication in the songwriting department considering it took the band 5 years to release "Faith Is In Season", you will be disappointed. Master have changed nothing and they sound just as uninspired and tired on "Faith Is In Season" as they did on "Collection Of Souls" (1993). The whole thing goes by without a single great riff or catchy moment to hold on to, and how the band themselves find pleasure in playing and listening to this is beyond me. This is simply not good quality death metal.

"Faith Is In Season" features a decent but not particularly powerful sounding production job, and of course that doesn´t exactly help the material to shine either. After releasing a pretty good quality debut album, Master have been in decline since, and that trend continues on "Faith Is In Season". A 2 - 2.5 star (45%) rating is warranted.
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