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The Czech masters of oddity and weirdness return!
After MASTER’S HAMMER performed the last show in support of the album Fascinator in 2018, it seemed that the Czech legend’s story had finally come to a close for good. But luckily instead of having been laid to rest, the band only went into hibernation and is now back with a new album after 7 years!
Never the least concerned with fitting in, MASTER’S HAMMER refusal to be confined to certain genres and play by anybody’s rules, has resulted in many highly original albums that defied categorization. Unsurprisingly, Maldorör Disco, the band’s ninth album, follows in this direction and is yet another bold release by Master’s Hammer, showcasing the group’s commitment to pushing boundaries. Although Maldorör Disco is still unmistakenly MASTER’S HAMMER it’s probably their most experimental and least Black Metal sounding album to date. Entirely lacking fast paces, the album’s 10 tracks predominately oscillate between slow and mid tempos. The album is not so much dominated by guitars as in the past, instead Franta’s characteristic riffs are accompanied by layers of various electronical elements. Besides the masterfully composed synthesizers and keyboards, the multiple voices appearing throughout the album and the way they are arranged play a pivotal role in Maldorör Disco too.
The visual presentation of the album deserves a special mention; Franta has again come up with some beautifully bizarre artworks. Marvelling at these surreal masterpieces and reading the disturbingly amusing lyrics while listening to the music is the right way to experience this album.
Listeners who enjoyed MASTER’S HAMMER’s previous efforts or who have a soft spot for the theatrical and unconventional in general, will find plenty to relish on Maldorör Disco. It’s an album that rewards attentive, adventurous listeners, delivering a journey that is as confounding as it is exhilarating. Maldorör Disco stands as a testament to Master’s Hammer’s relentless drive to innovate and push forward with total disregard for conventions or expectations.
Libero - a book about painting, songwriting, design, typography, traveling and more... František Štorm (* 1966) is a world-known type designer, but also a composer and a founding member of the band Master’s Hammer. In parallel with his long-term work in the field of applied graphics and music, free work has always been created, especially linocuts and drawings, but in recent years also paintings of larger formats. The impetus for creating this book came from the success of exhibitions featuring paintings, graphics, and unique video projections. The book entitled Libero captures Štorm’s creative surge of recent years, in which typography, book illustrations, and graphic commissions naturally coexist with free work. Oil paintings inspired by, for example, South Bohemian ponds or travel experiences are increasingly gaining ground. Font shapes that we usually do not pay much attention to in books, together with painting, graphics and drawing, create a close connection in which both of Štorm’s lines of work illuminate each other in unexpected contexts. Libero also captures the breadth of his artistic scope in the visual processing of musical activities, thanks to which he appeals to a large circle of fans. The reader can enjoy wondrous, sometimes grotesquely psychedelic works in the neighbourhood of imaginative graphics and typography, the curves of which are the author’s defining gesture.