Acid Mass is an old-school thrash/speed metal solo act from the United States. On August 2nd, 2024, Acid Mass released his second studio album, “Worship,” which was co-released through Morbid and Miserable Records, Vicious Witch Records and Motorpunk Records.
Acid Mass, Worship Review: This review will evaluate every aspect of the album, from its intricate musical composition to its production. Our analysis will provide valuable insights to help you determine if this album is worth adding to your collection.
The First Three Sins of Worship
Let’s start by discussing the first three sins of Acid Mass and his album, Worship.
The First Sin, The Strings/Keys: Features raw headbanging and unholy gut-wrenching riffs with catchy riffs/solos that will rock your metal stocks and boots off your feet! The Second Sin, The Vocals: Involves raw and monstrous vocals that tear through the music and lyrics with an intensity that will leave you breathless. The Third Sin—The Percussions: A force to be reckoned with of drum work that’s a relentless barrage of head-pounding beats, strikes, fills, and double kicks that shake the very foundation of the music.
The Fourth Sin: Overall Discussion
Something for that Sunday morning — to be played to the maximum volume and energy…
As soon as the listener presses the play button, the opening piece, The Mouth of Hell, greets the listener with a trolling of the bells, unsettling grows, and one hell of an instrumental intro.
One continues their journey with the second piece, War Machine, and the remaining eight pieces, which offer the listener’s ears music that’s filthy, fast, raw as hell and bone-crushing music that will nail your soul to the wall of hell.
Acid Mass is a new one for me. How did I miss out on this one? Acid Mass and his album Worship is not just old-school thrash metal but something much darker, faster and bone-crushing heavy. While my ears bleed from the sheer brutal Ben Ricketts’ devilmanship is solid and a fruit of art, this includes his vocals, instrumental/music composition, written music, and engineering.
Worship offers the listener ten songs, spread across thirty minutes, (again) music that’s filthy, fast, and raw as hell—what more could you ask for? Worship is more than extreme metal or raw old school; it is a forbidden fruit of art found in a graveyard. At the same time, as I listen to Worship, I get this sensational vibe running through my unholy metal soul; there is this feeling of the influence of the thrash/black atmosphere, punk aggressive and speed-driven sound of Wraith and Hellripper running through the blood of the music. I also get this hint of the early unpublished works of Bathory and the energetic, dirty rock n’ roll vibe of Motörhead in the music’s blood and soul.
Worship production is professionally sounded and produced, but simultaneously, the whole music spectrum/framework is kept raw and dirty. The latter half is where the guests start to arrive. Bringing with them even more blackened thrashy energy, even more, metal mischievousness, and even more abrasive anger intensity and extra depth to Worship is a handful of guest members on the release. This includes Matt Sokol of Wraith (lyrics and vocals) and a handful of guitar solos provided by Nicholas Burks of Savage Master on track seven, Ash Thomas of Faithxtractor and James McBain of Hellripper both on track nine.
Acid Mass and his album Worship is a forbidden fruit of art that’s extreme—balls to the wall, powerful, loud, filthy, full of energy, rotten, dangerous, and raw from start to finish. If you love bands like Toxic Holocaust, Bewitcher (US), Wraith, Hellripper, early Bathory and Motörhead, then Acid Mass and his music are for you.
The album ends with the last song, Dying Breath. We thank Morbid and Miserable Records for letting us review Acid Mass and his album Worship. We will wrap it up by discussing the final three sins and concluding the review.
You’re Listening to “Hell From Above (feat. Matt Sokol)”
The Last Three Sins
Let’s discuss the last three sins of Acid Mass and his album, Worship.
The Fifth Sin, The Memorabilia:
When I discovered Acid Mass, I felt like I had stumbled upon an extreme metal enthusiast’s paradise. The thrill was elevated even further by including esteemed guests like Matt Sokol from Wraith and James McBain from Hellripper.
Furthermore, you could put on Worship after you had one of those bad days, and you need to let off some steam! At the same time, Acid Mass is something for that Sunday morning — to be played to the maximum volume and energy as the gates of hell are opening in front of you.
The Sixth Sin, The Artwork:
The artwork is a fruit of art, exuding a nostalgic old-school charm that will transport you back to the days of 80s horror movie posters.
The Seventh Sin, Disrelish:
There is nothing to disrelish within the musical spectrum of Acid Mass and his album, Worship.
This concludes the Acid Mass, Worship review.
Track-listing:
- The Mouth Of Hell
- War Machine
- Nuclear Exercism
- Stench of Death
- Hell from Above
- Final Surrender
- Inferno Queen
- Worship
- Return to Shadow Moses
- Dying Breath
Acid Mass Is:
- Ben Ricketts – everything
- Matt Sokol (Wraith) – guest vocals & lyrics on track five
- Nicholas Burks (Savage Master) – guest guitar solo on track seven
- Ash Thomes (Faithxtractor) – guest guitar solo on track nine
- James McBain (Hellrippper) – guest guitar solo on nine
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