Band Line Up 2022
Hailing from the blackest heart of the Midlands, three-piece rock / doom, sludge metal outfit Master Charger formed in 2006 from the ashes of previous semi successful bands. The experience gained from these previous bands has helped them to establish themselves and carve their own niche. After years of line-up changes the band released their first full length album “Unity in Black” in 2011. This was received very well and quickly helped the band gain a fan base. More line-up changes followed this album and eventually in the January of 2016 saw the release of the second album entitled “Eroding Empires”. This album was a step in a slightly different direction and again was received positively from fans and reviewers alike. Master Charger have since played live across the UK, touring and playing festivals including the HRH Doom vs Stoner, HRH Metal Chapter III, Hammerfest XI. This showed the band sharing the stage with lineups that featured the likes of Monolord, Orange Goblin, Black Rainbows, Conan, Raging Speedhorn, Fireball Ministry, Dead Witches, Overkill, Alunah, Paradise Lost, Flotsam and Jetsam, Black Moth, Acid Reign, Eternal Fear, Decapitated, Warrior Soul, Nashville Pussy.
With a taste for the classic greats such as Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Mountain, Jimi Hendrix, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Trouble, Saint Vitus, Dust, Rainbow, Free, Atomic Rooster, Budgie, Jethro Tull and Cream, blended with the intensity of Metallica, Motörhead, Slayer, Venom, Celtic Frost, Hell Hammer, Discharge and Black Flag, to name but a few they bring a unique blend of ballsy, bluesy, groove fuelled, doom laden and at times jammed out Rock ‘N’ Roll Sludge. This was later dubbed as a “SATANIC BLUES RUMBLE” When a fan best described the band’s sound after a show they played at Birmingham’s O2 Academy and has since stuck.
At the latter end of 2017, Master Charger signed to FatAngel Management and released their “One for Sorrow” EP in 2018. This came out on a limited split vinyl release with the Dudley Thrash Groove Metal outfit Left for Red. In turn, this saw the band return to their original form and the first recording of Master Charger as a three piece unit, completed with an even heavier sound than before. In September of 2019 the band entered the Old Library Studios to record their follow up album to “Eroding Empires” that is entitled “Origin of the Lugubrious” set for a 2020 release Through newly formed label Stoned Rocka Recordings (Sub Label to Off Yer Rocka Recordings). This album features a new producer Robert James who has done fairly well in trying to capture the bands live sound on recording. Since then the band have Moved over to DC Sound Attack for live bookings and PR and will continue to bludgeon people live with their primitive thick wall of riffs and thunderous rhythm section as they continue to play more dates across the UK including plenty of festival appearances. The band are also looking to venture into Europe to play some live dates in the very near future and are currently writing new material for the follow to Origin of the Lugubrious and hope to enter the studio early 2023.
Obviously, we are beyond excited to announce that we have been invited to play this BOA 2022. As most of you may know, this was supposed to have happened last year but one of our members tested positive for Covid and seeing as restrictions were firmly in place we had to pull out, so to get a second chance at playing such an iconic and high profile festival such as Bloodstock is absolutely immense! We thank all of the organisers in advance for making this happen. We shall be playing the Jägermeister stage on Saturday the 13th of August and we are absolutely pumped for it. Hope to see y’all there!!
