Photo credit: Emil Risto

Finnish heavy metal trio, Occult Master have released their self-titled, debut album. The new full-length is now available via Inverse Records. Check it out below and read more.

Stream Occult Master here: https://push.fm/fl/occult-master-album
Buy it here: https://inverse-records.myshopify.com/products/occult-master-occult-master-cd-pre-order

In their heavy music, Occult Master combines elements of 1970s and 1980s heavy and prog rock. The album’s tracks range from more straightforward rockers to massive epics. Running through the entire album is an uncompromising attitude to create harsh and honest heavy rock, with a good song at its core.

The album’s soundscape is raw and pleasantly authentic. You can hear that the music was played live in the studio, as a band. Unnecessary fussiness and extreme polishing have been left out. This results in the album breathing, sounding fresh and invigorating, and human. However, the music itself is not simple ; on the contrary, progressive, complex, and surprising parts flow seamlessly, forming an interesting musical journey. Thoughtful lyrics, deviating from the run of the mill, create a mystical aura for the dark-toned music.

Occult Master was founded in 2012 in Oulu, Finland, first starting as a heavy rock/doom band. After a line‑up change in 2020, the musical style turned faster, more rhythmic and more complex. Occult Master’s music is heavy, versatile and full of nuances, ranging from full‑throttle metal blasting to quiet, subtle and beautifully eerie musical landscapes. The band’s roots lie strongly in the classic heavy metal of the 1970s and 1980s. The songs are delivered in a hardy, straightforward and no‑nonsense style. In the dark‑toned music, the lyrics deal with different matters of life and the world in general, and at times even horror stories told with a devilish grin.

Occult Master tracklisting:
01 Just Another Nail in the Failier’s Coffin 
02 Island of Leper
03 Heavy Metal Madness
04 Lucifer’s Henchman
05 Ground of the Damned
06 Who Is Our Enemy
07 Sorry Soul
08 Soothing Swamp
09 Gnarly Geezer

Recorded by Jussi Risto
Mixed & mastered by Kimmo Lukkari
Cover art by Jarno Vesa

Occult Master are:
Ari Eskola – Guitars and vocals
Toni Mäki – Bass and backing vocals
Jussi Risto – Drums

Follow Occult Master: 
https://www.facebook.com/occultmasterband
https://occultmaster.bandcamp.com