Master’s Hammer

Among the Czech Republic’s initial dark metal rings, Master’s Hammer was formed in Prague in 1983, and spent the very first 1 / 2 of their profession operating in obscurity at the rear of the Iron Drape, but focusing on demos that slowly pass on their cult in to the West, because they were circulated by resourceful rock followers trading tapes throughout the world. Actually, tape-trading and unlawful imports were just like instrumental in offering the people of Master’s Hammer making use of their mainly contrabanded way to obtain motivation, which evidently included the functions of primal British BM godfathers Venom, theatrical Danes Mercyful Destiny, and Swiss mavericks Hellhammer, amongst others. By enough time what was after that still Czechoslovakia broke free from Communism as well as the Soviet Union’s control, in 1989, Master’s Hammer experienced come into their very own like a music group, and, just 2 yrs later, their amazing debut recording, Ritual, exposed a surprisingly modern and intense make of dark metal, offering rampant savagery wed to well-crafted plans and keyboards, comparable to increasing Norwegian capabilities like Mayhem, Emperor, and Darkthrone. The group — which at the moment was made up of vocalist/guitarist Franta Surprise, keyboardist Vlasta Voral, guitarist Tomás “Necrocock” Kohout, bassist Tomás “Monster” Vendl, drummer Mirek Valenta, and percussionist Honza “Silenthell” Pøibyl — also experienced a backlog of materials, apparently, simply because they lost short amount of time before documenting their sophomore full-length, The Jilemnice Occultist, which surfaced through France’s Osmose Productions, in 1992 (additionally it is rumored having said that recording was recorded ahead of their debut). Regrettably, Master’s Hammer dropped the majority of their regular membership a short while later, and over time of inactivity, Surprise and Voral made a decision to record a farewell recording entitled Slagry (1995), whose intensifying experiments and several obscure cover tunes experienced very little regarding metallic, or the band’s earlier output, therefore signaling the finish of Master’s Hammer.