Richmond, Virginia has become a hotbed of shining gold heavy metal in the last few years with bands like Inter Arma, Bastard Sapling, Cannabis Corpse and Battlemaster. The years-anticipated full-length this band put out lived up to everyone's expectations and blew them away quite easily; it's got speed, it's got heavy, it's got funny (if you pay attention to the lyrics, vocals or both there's great payoff), the drumming is out of this world and you'll feel like you're hearing Enslaved, Withered, Immortal and Deströyer 666 trying to come up with a supergroup formula but Battlemaster's already got what you want the way you want it. One of the best metal releases of 2007, Richmond metal history; it is the record this band needed to get out there. Get this, buy it if you can, and for the real experience, of course: see them live.
Artist: Battlemaster
Album: Warthirsting & Winterbound
Year: 2007
Genre: Blackened thrash metal
Quality: 320kbps (very high)
1. Sorcerous Villainy - 3:37
2. Intelligencer
3. This Mead Is Making Me Warlike - 3:06
4. Power Word: Kill - 3:15
5. By Beard And Throne - 4:50
6. Undermoutain - 4:14
7. Dungeoncrawl - 3:46
8. The Mindflayer's Addiction - 2:53
9. Lessons In Deathmagick - 3:36
10. Masters Of Battle, Masters Of Death - 11:17
102 MB
Battlemaster on MySpace for streaming audio of old and new songs.
"By Beard And Throne" live at Rumors Boutique on January 6, 2008
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