The Shadow Masters Single Review

I admit I had been slack picking up the new 8 Foot Sativa tracks, I had seen all the online posts but was skeptical that maybe they had seen their best days after all the line up changes over the years, The Shadow Masters put those worries to rest quickly.

With original frontman Jackhammer and Brent Fox (bass and formerly of Sinate) back in the band and with the addition of a new lead guitarist (Nik Davies) 8 Foot is back at what they do best ~ in your face, aggressive metal with plenty to prove.

The Shadow Masters is the 2nd track to be released on line from the forthcoming album of the same name.

From the opening of the track the presence of Davies (lead guitar) is made clear by his tasteful melodic lead work and Jackhammer’s raw guttural scream is welcomed back after a long break from the band. As to be expected the production is as good as any international band of the same genre but rather than going abroad to achieve this (as they did on previous efforts) they set up camp in Christchurch to record with UK based kiwi engineer Clint Murphy.

Both the musicians and Murphy have produced something very worth while here and is a great reintroduction to old fans of the band that should equally win them many more over.