Master Killer and the Records Behind Our Designs
Our designs come from our records. Here are the four Merauder albums, and where they turn up in the store.
What was our first album?
Master Killer, 1995. We recorded and mixed it at Normandy Sound in Warren, Rhode Island, with Parris Mitchell Mayhew producing and Drew Stone as executive producer. Century Media put it out in October 1995, the same year Jorge Rosado joined us on vocals. That year we also shared a split EP, Brotherhood, with Stigmata.
It travelled. The title track has since been covered by God Forbid and by Twitching Tongues.
What came next?
Five Deadly Venoms, 1999. Our second album, again on Century Media.
Bluetality. Our third, and our last on Century Media.
God Is I, 2009. Jorge was back in 2008, and the next year we put out God Is I on Regain Records.
And the collection: in 2007 Century Media gathered our early work on Master Killers: A Complete Anthology.
How do the records show up in the designs?
The M emblem: our blackletter M inside a jagged black circle, with Merauder above it and Master Killer below, split by a gold star.
Our name: in heavy red blackletter, and in graffiti letters over Brooklyn, N.Y.
Which one should I start with?
New to us? Start with Master Killer, then pick the design that goes with it.
Know the records already? Go with the emblem or the graffiti name and wear it to the next show. Read who we are for the rest of the story.