{"product_id":"bolt-thrower-war-master","title":"Bolt Thrower - War Master","description":"\u003cp\u003eBolt Thrower's War Master rolls forward like a tank column, a 1991 death metal album that made groove every bit as deadly as speed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecorded at Slaughterhouse Studios in 1990 with producer Colin Richardson, the Coventry band's third album moved away from the grindcore blasts of Realm of Chaos toward a heavier, more melodic attack. Karl Willetts' guttural roar, Jo Bench's rumbling bass, Andrew Whale's drumming and the twin guitars of Gavin Ward and Barry Thomson locked into a crushing, mid-paced grind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat Dwells Within charges in with some of the album's fiercest blasts, while The Shreds of Sanity grinds forward with menacing patience. Cenotaph revives a riff first heard on the earlier World Eater, and the title track War Master is a battlefield anthem from its first crushing chord to its last.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe record's war-themed imagery and relentless heft established a sound the band would refine for years to come, and its influence still echoes through death metal today. Melody and brutality sit side by side, the tempos favor a grinding, unstoppable march, and the guitar solos cut through the murk like flares.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor extreme metal collectors, this is an essential slab of British brutality, built to be played loud, often and preferably with the neighbors out.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67762476810530,"sku":"817195020498","price":17.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1020\/2080\/8994\/files\/Bolt_Thrower-War_Master.jpg?v=1794315165","url":"https:\/\/soulfulvinyl.com\/products\/bolt-thrower-war-master","provider":"Soulful Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}