Description

Us pressed music cassette. Gold cassette with black text.

Legend Master, is the Portland, Oregon, doom metal act Troll’s first release of new material since 2016. The title Legend Master is a telling one: here, Troll dial back the swampier excesses of their more stoner-indebted work and aim for a more regal, prog-inclined style of doom. And yet, even with such a significant shift, the band’s powers are truly hitting a fever pitch here, seemingly able to weave a majestic-yet-mournful tale at every turn. And there are five turns here, each of Legend Master’s five tracks an expansive epic in their own right. With two songs clocking in at eight minutes and the other three topping 10 minutes, Troll render the album a world unto itself; riffs lumber and crunch and then fold and wander, creating atmosphere and tension alike, as enigmatic vocalist Rainbo really reaches into his soul to deliver a goosebump-inducing performance like no other. After 52 minutes, you’ll feel like you’ve gone on a journey of a lifetime, yet will be pressing play again immediately after: Troll have truly become that engaging. Legend Master is like sipping a fine wine – subtly intoxicating, savory to the palate, ever mysterious to the very end. This album puts the band in the league of such luminaries as Pallbearer, Warning (UK), Solstice (UK), and the Lord Weird Slough Feg. Begin the journey to the Legend Master now.

Track list:
1. The Flight Of The Dragonship
2. Legend Master, Book I: Proverbs Of Hell
3. Legend Master, Book II: Three Evil Words
4. The Door
5. Building My Temple