Saturday, December 8, 2007

MASTER (US) - Unreleased 1985 Album

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Yesssss! A holy grail in the realms of metaldom!

If you've never heard of Paul Speckmann, first, go grab the first available person you see and have 'em kick you in whatever genitalia you happen to possess, then d/l this album. After that go to the interviews section of this site and acquaint yourself with his long, but unfortunately, not financially illustrious, career.


Suffice to say that he and his indeterminable hordes of bandmates laid most of the foundation for death metal and grindcore. This album didn't even see the light of day til a few years back, and it's a MONSTER. HC viciousness (and lyrical content) wedded with the dynamics of the-then current aesthetics of thrash-- which, when combined, paved the way for a million better-known, but far less-talented acts to build their "careers".

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7 comments:

  1. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=GIX8WUUI

    pass = db2007

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  2. Oh yeah, thanks for this! I discovered these guys around 86-87 when punk/hardcore had gone to hell through all that straight edge tough guy & crossover nonsense of the time. Master was fucking awesome! Any chance of some Funeral Bitch, Deathstrike or Abomination?

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  3. I have the record. Better than their first 'official' record!

    Grtz,
    Danny

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  4. It certainly is-- much more raw & the tempos are less sluggish.

    Borneo: Death Strike will DEFINITELY make an appearance here.

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  5. erm - can't find a password for this ? (or am I just dim)

    looks awesome - thanks - can't wait to hear it!

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  6. I was right - I'm just dim. Sorry.

    thanks anyway !!

    \m/

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  7. i got to say that i love this record... prefer this versions that the ones in the 1990 Master. so, thanks a lot for it and for the 160 kbps (other files has just 128 kbps)!!!

    (sorry for my english... soy hispano hablante)

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