The upcoming album from legendary death metallers
MASTER, entitled
"The Human Machine", will be released in an alternate slipcase cover edition, which will be made available in only 2,000 copies worldwide.
The alternate slipcase cover edition was once again designed and painted by Israeli artist
Eliran Kantor (
TESTAMENT,
SIGH,
ANACRUSIS,
GWAR), who also created the actual album cover for
"The Human Machine".
Stated
Kantor:
"The basic idea is to have a continuation of the story told in the real
front cover, after the two policemen picked up the criminal from the
floor. It's a lot simpler, it's a brand new image that will add value
to this limited edition, and at the same time it reacts naturally with
the real cover and the overall theme carried throughout the album, as
this album has a specific subject matter and the 'arrest' scene is
based on
Paul's [
Speckmann,
MASTER mainman] original idea."
"The Human Machine" will be released on April 26 in Europe and May 25 in North America via
Pulverised Records. The CD was tracked at
Shaark Studios in Bzenec, Czech Republic with
Petr Nejezchleba and
Pavel Hlavica at the engineering helm. Produced by
Paul Speckmann,
Alex Nejezchleba and
Zdenek Pradlovsky, it features the following tracks:
01.
The Human Machine02.
It's What Your Country Can Do For You03.
Twisted Truth04.
True Color05.
Suppress Free Thinking06.
A Replica Of Invention07.
Faceless Victims Expelled08.
Worship The Sun09.
The Lack Of Space10.
Impale To KillA 50-second video trailer for
"The Human Machine", which includes audio snippets from the new album, is available below.
In a recent interview with U.K.'s
Terrorizer magazine,
Speckmann stated about the forthcoming CD, "It will sound like
MASTER always do: killer and aggressive. I suppose you'll have to wait and see. It will definitely be an original
MASTER album. We never change for the trends as most of the successful scene does.
MASTER still play the same original style we always has since the incarnation
of the band in 1983. It certainly surprises me that many of the bands
today jump on the current trends, and have success with this. For me
there is nothing like the original bands."
Regarding the new CD title,
Speckmann said, "People have become slaves to the greater machine called the
government in every city of the world and it's a real pity to see this
bullshit. Big Brother gets stronger with every waking moment and soon
freedom for the masses will be a thing of the past as
George Orwell predicted in 1984. Soon the masses will have a rebellion or it's finished."
MASTER is:
Paul Speckmann - Vocals, Bass
Alex Nejezchleba - Guitar
Zdenek Pradlovsky - Drums
