Label: GoldenCore Records/ZYX 2014
Review by Rich Dillon
Have you ever heard of the band Miracle
Master? No worries, me neither until I
was sent their debut release for review, but I do suspect however that that
will change. The band issued their debut
effort, Tattooed Woman, in March via GoldenCore Records/ZYX Music with
whom Miracle Master has penned a worldwide record deal. Proclaiming Stuttgart
as their hometown, Miracle Master has also teamed up with the folks at Germany’s
RockNGrowl Management. They are comprised
of the former members of the band Pump with drummer Andy Minich, bassist
Michael Vetter and the double axe assault of Aki Reissmann and Selly Bernhardt. The departure of Pump vocalist Marcus Jurgens
made way for the addition of Oliver Weers to form Miracle Master.
Unsure what to expect by looking at the
album cover, which invokes a Wild West kind of feel resembling a movie
one-sheet promo poster that’s almost a cross between Gone with the Wind and a
Quentin Tarantino feature if that makes any sense. All doubts were instantly washed away with this
hefty slab of dirty hard rock. There’s
nothing too complicated or out of control here, just straight ahead grinding
hard rock riffs with a modern twist from time to time and enough solos, none of
which are too over the top, to shake a stick at.
Although my ears were perked up right at
the start with the opener “Come Alive”
and it’s follow up of “Fly Away” I
found that the album just seemed to improve as the listen went on. The top tracks for me are “Stay With Me” featuring a lowdown,
grinding riff uplifted with a melodic chorus, “Miracle Masters” with it’s blistering fast pace that just seems to
be over too soon and the finale of “We
All Touch Evil” leaving you hungry for another track, so you press play
once again. All the compositions
contained are hard rock delights even the Nickelbackish (of whom I am most
certainly not a fan) sounding title track, “Tattooed
Woman”, and I recommend that you keep an ear to the ground on Miracle
Master!
WEBSITE:
http://www.miracle-master.com/
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