| Masterpeace | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | July 22, 1999 | |||
| Recorded | 1998–1999 | |||
| Studio | The English Channel Studio (Olympia, Washington) | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 54:42 | |||
| Label | Nuclear Blast America (US) SPV/Steamhammer (Europe) | |||
| Producer | Kurdt Vanderhoof, Mark Greer | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 7/10[2] |
| Exclaim! | (negative)[3] |
| Rock Hard | 8/10[4] |
Masterpeace is the sixth studio album by American heavy metal band Metal Church released on July 22, 1999 via Nuclear Blast. It features the return of vocalist David Wayne, absent since The Dark (1986), being the band's final studio album to feature him before his death in May 2005. All original members recorded on Masterpeace except guitarist Craig Wells and drummer Kirk Arrington. Jeff Wade (the "friendly ghost") filled in for Arrington on the album and on tour.[5] This was the second Metal Church album to feature the cruciform Gibson Explorer on a cover, the first being the band's 1984 debut.
- ^ Huey, Steve. "Metal Church - Masterpeace review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
- ^ Popoff, Martin (August 1, 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. pp. 275–276. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
- ^ Palmerston, Sean (November 1, 1999). "Metal Church - Masterpeace". Exclaim!. Retrieved September 11, 2017.
- ^ Breusch, Matthias (1999). "Review Album: Metal Church - Masterpeace". Rock Hard (in German). No. 147. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
- ^ O'Neill, Eamon (July 2017). "Metal Church Interview". Eonmusic.co.uk. Retrieved September 8, 2017.