Description

2007 re-mastered release with one bonus track

Master (a.k.a. Mactep) was formed in April, 1987 by Andrei Bolshakov (guitars), Alexander Granovsky (bass), Igor Molchanov (drums), and Kiril Pokrovsky (keyboards) from the band Aria. They left because they wanted to play heavier and faster than Aria’s heavy-metal sound. Vocalist Alexander Arzamaskov from the band Fortress was found, bringing with him second guitarist Sergei Popov. Molchanov came up with the band name. After the first demo the band changed singer two times before they found Mikhail Seryshev. For the third album the band left Russia and went to record in Belgium. The band suffered numerous line up fluctuations during the period of recording the third album that had the working title ‘Empire Of Evil’. No less than four different drummers appear on this album. After a couple of years the album was finally done and released with the name ‘Talk Of The Devil’. This was the first of two English-language albums for the band. ‘Talk Of The Devil’ is somewhat less complex but sufficiently powerful for the most part. The general style of this album is not really too innovative or anything, but the trimmed production somehow makes even the more ordinary riffs sound slightly stronger than expected, and one must admit that the band’s straight-to-the-point approach sort of works here, after all. Even the old Black Sabbath cover Paranoid is played through without any additional gimmicks whatsoever.

Track list:
1. Golgotha-intro
2. Talk Of The Devil
3. Danger
4. Fallen Angel
5. Live To Die
6. Tsar
7. Heroes
8. Romance-bass solo
9. I Hate Your Sex
10. Paranoid-Black Sabbath cover