The Mass Concert Photos

"The barrier between metal and jazz has been pierced again. Like Chicago's Yakuza, the Bay Area thrash outfit The Mass augment their high-speed, staccato riffing with fluid, almost (dare I say it) harmolodic saxophone lines from vocalist Matt Walters. There are times when Walters launches into screeching, post-Ayler solos, in the manner of Steve Mackay on the Stooges' Fun House or Bruce Lamont on Yakuza's Way Of The Dead; the just-under-90-second "Gas Pipe" is the most extreme track on the disc, from this angle.

The Mass / Vulgar Trade / Roland on Jul 18, 2014 [156-small]

The Mass / Vulgar Trade / Roland
Jul 18, 2014
 Oakland, California, United States
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400 Blows / The Mass / Lower Forty-eight / Replicator on May 31, 2003 [153-small]

400 Blows / The Mass / Lower Forty-eight / Replicator
May 31, 2003
 San Francisco, California, United States
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Impaled / ominum / The Mass / Old Grandad on Jan 17, 2003 [147-small]

Impaled / ominum / The Mass / Old Grandad
Jan 17, 2003
 Oakland, California, United States
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2003 2 photos

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