Super sleazy and chaotic collision of black metal and punk rock. Devil Master combine the best elements of both worlds with the succinct songwriting/structures of the latter and the atmosphere and evil of the former. Aggressive through and through as it should be with the influences they draw from in their sound. This album is like the soundtrack to a very dirty and dimly lit occult divebar. The drawbacks are the production and repetition. The songs are all pretty similar and when they miss on a riff it kinds of makes that track kind of disposable in the overall experience. The production is dirty, which is fine in many BM cases but the vocals and guitars sometimes just come off lackluster in the mix. Great atmosphere, energy and combo of two great genres but you kind of get everything they have to offer after the first 5 tracks and then the rest is good but predictable.
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