Master is a thrash metal band from Russia, founded in 1987 by Alik Granovsky, Alexander Bolshakov, Kirill Pokrovsky and Igor Molchanov who left heavy metal band Aria because of conflict with their producer Victor Vekshtein. Vocalist Mikhail Seryshev and guitarist Sergey Popov have joined them to play live concerts. Their first self-titled release was half-completed by Aria's songs written by Granovsky and Bolshakov, but later they turned their music from Aria's NWOBHM-like style to the first thrash metal in Russia.
In 1991 Seryshev took part in Russian version of 'Jesus Christ Superstar' rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber as Jesus. Next year 'Master' toured about Russia with 'Sepultura'. In 1993 Andrey Bolshakov left the band.
In 1997 Seryshev dismissed the French tour. 'Master' toured with Arthur Berkut on vocals, but after the tour Popov, Tony Shender (drums) and he have left 'Master' and have started a new band called ZOOOM. Because of his opera career and singing in church choir Seryshev was unable to work with Master and left the band, soon Lexx took his place on vocals. Also famous Alexey Strike has joined the band. Young but skilled Alexander Karpuhin has taken the drumsticks. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.