Šlágry

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Šlágry
Studio album by Master's Hammer
Released 1995
Genre Experimental
Electronic
Avant-garde metal
Length 40:10
Label Osmose
Master's Hammer chronology

The Jilemnice Occultist
(1992)		 Šlágry
(1995)		 Mantras
(2009)

Šlágry is the third album by Master's Hammer. The album was a goodbye to fans, although the music on the album is extremely different from their previous material, featuring a primarily electronic and raw avant-garde sound, with very few black metal elements of their early career. The opening track, "Šavlový Tanec", was composed by Aram Khachaturian.

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Šavlový tanec"   3:28
2. "Ach synku, synku"   7:55
3. "Půjdem spolu do Betléma"   3:41
4. "Indiánská píseň hrůzy"   5:17
5. "Carl Czerny Op. 849"   0:25
6. "Rock 'n' Roll Music" (Chuck Berry Cover) 5:09
7. "Vzpomínám na zlaté časy"   3:36
8. "Nabucco"   4:14
9. "Hlava modernistova"   6:20

Musical style

On Šlágry, the band "virtually abandoned the operatic black metal of previous releases in favor of modernist electronic music" and "shares publishing credits with Carl Czerny, Otto Katz, and Giuseppe Verdi, mixing bits of metal, folk, and musique concrète into a style based on the classical avant-garde", and the band announced "that Slágry II and a forthcoming CD-ROM will rely more on professional opera singers and orchestra players",[1] although this following album was never released. Ian Christe wrote that "Master’s Hammer […] have become witty musique moderne composers with Slagry, trading in distortion for traditional orchestral instrumentation while keeping oddball arrangements that make metal appealing".[2] According to him, ”the mixed-up metal influences were part of an exit strategy".[3]

References

  1. ↑ Riffs. In: CMJ New Music Monthly, May 1996, p. 48.
  2. ↑ Ian Christe: history gets its hands dirty: the future of metal. In: CMJ New Music Monthly, February 1997, p. 27.
  3. ↑ Ian Christe: Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal. Allison & Busty 2004.
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