Masterpiece-W.A.F.E

Demo
2008

Brazil's Masterpiece have been in existence since 1998 and this is their third E.P./demo. The bio claims they were influenced by the great heavy metal bands of the late 80's and early 90's. Now my first reaction to that claim was that it was a very broad label that could mean almost anything. So I didn't have an inkling of what this might really sound like as I slipped the disc into the player. The opener "Trajectory of death" comes on and everything becomes much clearer about this band. This song sounds like like Metallica if the band had held on to some "Kill 'em all" elements when they did "Master of puppets". It's tight and thunders along with a great deal of precision, but it has some wildness that keeps it from being too predictable. "Mr. Disgrace" comes on next and again there is a major Metallica influence from start to finish. However this time the sound is more a cross between "Master of puppets" and "And justice for all". The big difference being that you can hear the bass and they keep things on track which sets it apart from most of the songs on "And justice for all". There is more of a galloping sound this time around and a strong control of the pace. "The thing out of control" wraps up the disc. The Metallica influence isn't so great here although there is a little in the vocals. There is maybe a touch of early Anthrax in there as well, but this is the band's most original song. It revolves around a very simple riff, but they manipulate it well. All in all this was a very impressive demo for fans of early thrash.

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