SAVAGE MASTER - Those Who Hunt at Night
Shadow Kingdom Records
I became a SAVAGE MASTER fan after hearing their second album, With Whips and Chains, from 2016. Some of my friends had seen em and turned me onto em quickly. From there of course I played catch up to get all of their releases be they full lengths or EPs. Finally got to see em and of course was blown away. SAVAGE MASTER are a must see live act. I also got to see em a few months ago and yeah that was great.
Next up came their third album, Myth, Magic and Steel which I had written about. The band was already great at creating fun old school sounding traditional metal with their previous releases. Basically their sound was a combination of WARLOCK, RIOT, EXCITER and Mario Bava Italian style horror chic. But on that third album the band had one foot in their traditional stalking sound. But the other was moving towards something better. I don't wanna say they were progressing. Instead they were on the verge of coming into their own.
On this their fourth full length yeah this is it. SAVAGE MASTER does pay homage to their 80's metal influences. But this time around they are the modern metal act rocking out stuff we like in their own way. Opener "Hunt at Night" has a cool Glenn Tipton / K. K. Downing rhythm riff style. It's catchy and cool like openers on their other albums. From that point onward the album is just amazing. We're talking classic metal sounds for the modern age.
Those Who Hunt at Night is nine cuts worth of horned fist raised in the air, headbanging greatness. Stacey Savage is an amazing vocalist. Thankfully she's not trying to be a female Halford. Instead she's more of an evil sounding witch and I mean that in a good way. She's got that inbetween range where her vocals are like a dagger to your heart. Add to that the song structures on this album vary to the point where every song is an introduction to something cooler.
Musically yeah as I said before the riffs are cool as fuck. The guitar solos jump in with a clean old school style. The rhythm section is powerful as fuck. I just have to say it. This is a perfect album. Not only that but it's accessible to anyone who is into metal.
Add to that you've got overwhelming powerful classic songs like the previously mentioned opener plus "The Hangman's Tree", "Rain of Tears" and of course the majestic "Queen Satan". All in all yeah this is the band's best album to date. And I've got to say that this is one of the best albums of 2022. Actually fuck the bullshit, this is the best metal album of the year.
https://www.shadowkingdomrecords.com/
LISTEN HERE:
https://staceysavagemaster.bandcamp.com/album/those-who-hunt-at-night
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