MASTER'S HAMMER — The Jilemnice Occultist (review)

MASTER'S HAMMER — The Jilemnice Occultist album cover Album · 1992 · Symphonic Black Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
4.5/5 ·
Warthur
Master's Hammer's followup to Ritual is somewhat more experimental than its predecessor, and in particular attempts to present a full concept album narrative. Although the vocals are delivered in Bathory-inspired shrieks, the actual plot is less overtly SATAN SATAN SATAN RAAAAGH than much black metal of its era and is actually an unusually subtle story for concept albums in general, in keeping with the band's focusing on their more technical and progressive side this time around - in particular, keyboards and synthesisers are mildly more prominent this time around. At points, the album provides a clear precedent for symphonic black metal to come; at other points, Master's Hammer put forth ideas about the incorporation of keyboards into black metal which nobody else seems to have repeated. On the whole, it's definitely a groundbreaking album which for the most part is very strong, but it doesn't quite have the start-to-finish consistency that Ritual did.
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