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SAVAGE MASTER “Dark & Dangerous”
SAVAGE MASTER “Dark & Dangerous”
By Theron Moore
I dig SAVAGE MASTER. I caught this band’s set at 2 Minutes To Tulsa in 2024 and live this band is unstoppable. The band has a new record out titled “Dark & Dangerous” and oh is it tasty! It’s a killer slab of NWOTHM.
SAVAGE MASTER was founded in 2013 by guitarist Adam Neal and vocalist Stacey Savage to celebrate their love for traditional metal. What they've managed to do in the last 12 years is elevate that sub-genre of heavy rock into something really unique and special. Although “Dark & Dangerous” has a throwback feel to it, it doesn’t come across in a cheesy, wanna be way, rather it showcases how much admiration SAVAGE MASTER has for both this style of metal and the music they're making.
The first three tracks, "Three Red Candles," "Warriors Call," and "Black Rider" set the tone for what to expect with the rest of this record but the standout gem on “Dark & Dangerous” is track four, "The Edge Of Evil," which nails everything about 80's metal/NWOTHM I absolutely love, and it’s why I still listen to it today. Their take on this sound is spot on without crossing the line into the "80's clone territory" other peers of SAVAGE MASTER have fallen into, especially HITTEN with their latest release.
I can’t say enough good things about “Dark & Dangerous”, it’s that good, even great, and that’s saying a lot considering LADY BEAST recently released their new disc which I raved about as well. Buy this record, stream it, get into it, you can thank me later.
4/5 Stars
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