Band : Masters Of Luxury
Album Title : Robot Love Songs
Label : Self Release
Distributor : /
Release Date : December 2008
Review : CDEP

 Masters Of Luxury play groovy rock that sometimes borders on math metal with a doomy/sludgy edge. There are some modern Tool/Baroness elements in both music and vocals thrown in, giving the music an up-to-date and original sound. The music is guitar dominated and both guitarists deliver the goods. In fact the rhythm section is very strong and is complimented by TJ Firestone’s solid mid-ranged vocals.

Both guitarists shine, showing off their ability to write great melodies and unorthodox harmonies, but are ripping and tough at the same time. Juxtaposing math metal riffs with 70s heavy rock grooves, this Ohio quintet sonic output is jarring, mind bending, and inexplicably confusing. Despite the short length of this disc (25 minutes) there’s enough sounds cascading throughout tracks like “Fourteen”  and “Twelve”  to keep your ears occupied for quite a long time. Of the four tracks “Five” is probably my favorite because it fuses all of the band's best qualities into one condensed and intense riff-fest of a Sleep/Solace-like beast.

Robot Love Songs is a strong, versatile CDEP that defies any one classification and Masters Of Luxury have enormous potential and I look forward in following their musical career!

Cosmicmasseur.