| War Master | ||||
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| Released | 4 February 1991[1] | |||
| Recorded | Slaughterhouse Studios, September 1990 | |||
| Genre | Death metal | |||
| Length | 46:03 | |||
| Label | Earache,Combat | |||
| Producer | Colin Richardson | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Record-Journal | C+[3] |
War Master is the third album by Britishdeath metal bandBolt Thrower. It was recorded at Slaughterhouse studios in September 1990 and produced by Bolt Thrower andColin Richardson. It was released onEarache Records: Mosh 29 in 1991.
WhereasRealm of Chaos was dominated bygrindcore based blasts and riffs, this album abandons most of the grindcore influences for a sound that is more strictly death metal. Moreover, there is more melody in the music and the guitar solos, although some chaotic solos remain. This is also the final Bolt Thrower album to feature theblast beat style of drumming (which can be heard on four songs – "Unleashed (Upon Mankind)", "What Dwells Within", "War Master", and "Afterlife"), before it was abandoned and subsequently never used thereafter in the Bolt Thrower discography.
"Cenotaph" is a thematic continuation of the song "World Eater" from the previous record. The closing riff from "World Eater" is the same as the opening riff from "Cenotaph" and also used in "Embers" fromThe IVth Crusade, "Powder Burns" fromMercenary and "The Killchain" fromThose Once Loyal.
The album was extensively sampled on Dutchbreakcore producer Bong-Ra's albumFull Metal Racket, with allusions also including song titles such as "Bloody Cenotaph" and "Jo Bench".[4]
All songs written by Bolt Thrower.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Intro... Unleashed (Upon Mankind)" | 6:13 |
| 2. | "What Dwells Within" | 4:18 |
| 3. | "The Shreds of Sanity" | 3:26 |
| 4. | "Profane Creation" | 5:32 |
| 5. | "Destructive Infinity" (CD bonus track) | 4:14 |
| 6. | "Final Revelation" | 3:55 |
| 7. | "Cenotaph" | 4:03 |
| 8. | "War Master" | 4:17 |
| 9. | "Rebirth of Humanity" | 4:01 |
| 10. | "Afterlife" | 5:59 |
| Total length: | 46:03 | |
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