Мастер
| Мастер | |
|---|---|
 Alik Granovsky |
|
| General information | |
| origin | Moscow , Russia |
| Genre (s) | Thrash metal , heavy metal |
| founding | 1987 |
| Current occupation | |
| Alik Granovsky | |
| Kirill Pokrovsky | |
| Leonid Fomin | |
| Lexx | |
| Alexandr "plaster" | |
| former members | |
Drums |
Igor Molchanov |
Electric guitar |
Andrei Bolshakov |
Electric guitar |
Sergei Popov |
singing |
Grigoriy Korneev |
singing |
Mikhail Seryshev |
singing |
Alexandr Arzamaskov |
Drums |
Anatoly Shenderov |
Electric guitar |
Vyacheslav Sidorov |
Drums |
Oleg Milovanov |
Drums |
Alexandr Karpukhin |
Drums |
Oleg "Cobra" Hovrin |
Electric guitar |
Andrey Smirnov |
Drums |
Andrey Shatunovsky |
Electric guitar |
Igor Kozhin |
singing |
Valery Kipelov |
singing |
Artur Berkut |
Drums |
Alexandr Lvov |
Keyboard |
Gennady Matveev |
Electric guitar |
Alexei Strike |
Electric guitar |
Vladimir Holstinin |
Мастер (often referred to as Master ) is a Russian thrash metal band from Moscow that was formed in 1987.
history
The band was formed in 1987 after guitarist Andrei Bolshakov, bassist Alik Granovsky, drummers Igor Molchanov and Alexandr Lvov, and keyboardist Kirill Pokrovsky left their previous band Arija (Ария, alternatively transcribed as Aria) due to a conflict with their producer Victor Vekstein had. Alexandr Lvov joined the band Gorky Park shortly afterwards . Igor Molchanov then set Master as the appropriate band name for the group after returning from rehearsals with Alik Granovsky. Molchanov introduced Sergei Popov as the second guitarist, while Alexandr Arzamaskov joined as a singer. After a few months, however, he had to leave the band again because his voice was weakened due to health problems. Mikhail Seryshev joined the cast as the new singer. Within half a year the band recorded their self-titled debut album and was then released on the Melodia label. Various concerts then followed. In 1988 further tours followed, with the band also playing in Poland and Belgium . In 1989 concerts in the Soviet Union and Belgium followed. In addition, the band recorded their second album С Петлей на Шее in the home studio of producer Yury Sokolov . The album was also released through Melodia. The following year the band held gigs across Europe . In addition, the band worked a lot in Belgium from 1989 and 1991 and wrote their first English-language album, which would be called Empire of Evil and contain the best songs of the first two songs rewritten in English. However, the label Two Flags Records went bankrupt, so the album never appeared.
The written material was later released in Russia as the Talk of the Devil album. During the recordings were bassist Alik Granovsky, sound engineer and guitarist Andrei Bolshakov and singer Mikhail Seryshev. Drummer Igor Molchanov and keyboardist Kirill Pokrovsky had decided to stay in Belgium. Sergei Popov could still be heard on the album as a session guitarist before he left the band. Various musicians could be heard as drummers on the album: Andrey Shatunovsky in the songs Danger , Live to Die , Fallen Angel and Tsar , A. Moiseev I Hate Your Sex , P. Chinyakov in Paranoid , S. Efimov in Heroes and V. Ermakov in Talk of the Devil . Igor Kozhin could also be heard as the guitarist on Heroes . The recordings were recorded by Evgeny Trushin in the SNC studio and released via Moroz Records . In 1991, Mikhail Seryshev took part in the Russian version of Jesus Christ Superstar . The CD version of this was released in 1995 via Anima Vox . In spring 1992 followed a tour together with Sepultura , the appearances in Moscow, Saint Petersburg , Vilnius and Riga . Drummer Shatunovsky and guitarist Igor Kozhin helped out as tour musicians. the following year guitarist Vyacheslav Sidorov and drummer Anatoli Shenderov joined the band as new members. Shortly afterwards, however, guitarist Andrei Bolshakov left the band. The band then consisted of bassist Alik Granovsky, singer Mikhail Seryshev, guitarist Vyacheslav Sidorov and drummer Anatoli Shenderov. Shortly before the recordings for the album Maniac Party , which took place in the SNC studio, guitarist Sidorov left the band and was replaced by Sergei Popov for the recordings. The album was released in 1994 via Apex Records on CD and cassette, and on vinyl via PolyGram . In 1995 the band, consisting of Granovsky, Seryshev, Shenderov, Popov, released their first live album Live on Bekar Records . In March 1996, the next album Песни Мёртвых , which was recorded in Aria Records' studio and released via Flam Records , was released. In June 1997 the next live album Live II was released . A tour of France was planned for the summer , whereby Mikhail Seryshev refused, so Artur Berkut stepped in as singer. After the tour, Popov and Shenderov left the band. The band consisted only of Alik Granovsky. Guitarist Leonid Fomin and drummer Oleg Milovanov came as new members. In addition, Mikhail Seryshev came back to the band. In 1999 Gennady Matveev joined the band as a keyboard player for studio recordings. In 1999, work began on the album Лабиринт . Since Mikhail Seryshev was already involved as a singer in the church choir and the opera, the band looked for a suitable singer, who was found in Lexx. The last concert with Seryshev took place on October 23, 1999. Granovsky, Fomin, Milovanov and Lexx then went to the studio to record the album. The sound carrier was released in spring 2001 on CD-Land Records .
The last gig with guitarist Leonid Fomin followed on December 30, 2000. Then Alexei Strike joined as the new guitarist and on February 15, 2001 the next gig followed. In May 2001 the band took part in the compilation Tribute to Harley-Davidson and contributed a Russian version of Ride to Live, Live to Ride by Twisted Sister . In the summer of the same year, the band released the compilation Collection 1987-2001 . On April 27, 2002, the band celebrated their 15th anniversary with a big concert, where Andrei Bolshakov, Mikhail Seryshev, Gennadi Matveev (keyboard), Anatoli Shenderov and Vladimir Holstinin (Arija) could be heard. The concert was released on DVD in July. In the fall, work began on new songs, while the band went on tour the following year. In 2004, the album 33 Жизни , which was produced by Alexandr Lvov, was released. In 2005 the band played a few Unplugged concerts. She also published the compilation Акустика , which contained acoustic versions of her songs. The next studio album followed under the name По ту сторону сна in 2006. On April 27, 2007 the gig to mark their 20th anniversary followed, with the band consisting of Alik Granovsky (bass, vocals), Lexx (vocals), Alexei Strike ( Electric guitar, vocals) and Alexandr Karpukhin (drums). There were also Valery Kipelov (vocals), Gennady Matveev (keyboard), Andrei Bolshakov (electric guitar, vocals), Mikhail Seryshev (vocals), Kirill Pokrovsky (keyboard), Anatoly Shenderov (drums), Leonid Fomin (electric guitar) ) and Andrei Kovalev (vocals) represented numerous guest musicians. 2008 released CD-Maximum on CDs and DVD. That same year, Strike and Karpukhin left the cast. Leonid Fomin returned to the band as a guitarist and Alexandr "Gips" joined the band as a new drummer. This was followed by a tour of Siberia . In the summer of 2008, Alexandr “Gips” could not take part in the tour for family reasons, so Oleg “Cobra” Hovrin came to the group as a replacement. In addition, Andrei Smirnov joined the band as guitarist, who also recorded soundtracks for the upcoming album. In 2009 further tours followed and work on the new album continued. In September 2010 the album VIII was released . There were Alik Granovsky (bass, keyboard), Lexx (vocals), Oleg “Cobra” Khovrin (drums), Andey Smirnov (guitar), Leo Fomin (guitar), as well as guest musicians Kirill Pokrovsky (keyboard) and Alexandr “Gips” (drums ) to listen. The album was released above CD maximum. Another gig followed in 2011 while the band's music videos were being broadcast on TV. In 2012 she performed in Moscow, among others, with Kirill Pokrovsky (keyboard), Alexei Strike (electric guitar), Oleg “Cobra” Khovrin (drums), Mikhail Seryshev (vocals) and Margarita Pushkina (vocals) being heard as guest musicians were.
style
The band played classic thrash metal, with the songs being less complex compared to their fellow countrymen from Shah . The sound of the album Песни Мёртвых is modern and groove metal-like , according to thethrashmetalguide.com , while the later albums are referred to as heavy and power metal .
Discography
- Мастер ( Master ) (Album, 1987, Melodia )
- Щит и Меч (Demo, 1987, self-published)
- С Петлей на Шее ( With Lee On a Neck ) (Album, 1989, Melodia)
- Talk of the Devil (Album, 1992, Moroz Records )
- Maniac Party (album, 1994, Apex Records )
- Live (Live album, 1995, Bekar Records )
- Песни Мёртвых (album, 1996, Flam Records )
- Live II (Live album, 1997, Flam Records)
- Лабиринт (Demo, 1999, self-published)
- Лабиринт ( Labyrinth ) (Album, 2001, CD-Land Records )
- Tribute to Harley-Davidson II (Split with Arija, 2001, Ария-Тур )
- Master - 15 Years (Video, 2002, self-publication)
- Классика 1987–2002 (compilation, 2002, Moroz Records)
- Russian Rock Legends - Master (Compilation, 2002, Moroz Records)
- Grand Collection (Compilation, 2004, Moroz Records)
- 33 жизни (album, 2004, master consultant)
- Акустика ( Acoustic ) (compilation, 2005, CD maximum )
- По ту сторону сна ( On the Other Side of Dream ) (Album, 2006, CD maximum)
- XX лет ( XX Years ) (DVD, 2008, CD maximum)
- VIII (album, 2010, CD maximum)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Garry Sharpe-Young : AZ of Thrash Metal . Cherry Red Books, London 2002, ISBN 1-901447-09-X , pp. 248 f .
- ↑ MASTER , accessed February 9, 2013.
- ↑ BIOGRAPHY ( Memento of July 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on January 26, 2013.
- ↑ Classic Thrash - Reviews - M , accessed February 9, 2013.
- ↑ THE THRASH METAL GUIDE , accessed July 7, 2015.
- ↑ cd-maximum.ru> Catalog> MASTER> VIII , accessed on July 29, 2015.