Paul Speckmann

Paul Speckmann (born September 28, 1963) is an American bassist and singer from Chicago, Illinois. He currently lives in Uherské Hradiště, Czechia.

Biography Speckmann formed his first band, Warcry, in 1982. He recorded the demo Trilogy of Terror with them in 1983, before starting the death metal band Master. This project was quickly put on hold, however, and Speckmann launched Death Strike, with whom he recorded the Fuckin' Death demo in 1985.

Discography

with Master

Studio albums Master (1990) On the Seventh Day God Created... Master (1992) Collection of Souls (1993) Faith Is in Season (1998) Let's Start a War (2002) Unreleased 1985 Album (2003) The Spirit of the West (2004) Four More Years of Terror (2005) Slaves to Society (2007) The Human Machine (2010) The New Elite (2012) The Witch Hunt (2013) An Epiphany of Hate (2016) Vindictive Miscreant (2018) Saints Dispelled (2024)

EPs Master/Abomination split EP (1990) Master/Excision split EP (1996) Follow Your Savior (2001) Imperial Anthems Master/Pentagram Chile split EP (2013) Decay Into Inferior Conditions Master/Dehuman split EP (2017) Widower (2019)

Live albums Live in Mexico City (2000) Live Assault (DVD – 2013) Mangled Dehumanization (2016) Live (2018) God of Thunder (2019) Alive in Athens (2020)

Compilations Masterpieces (2005) Command Your Fate (The Demo Collection) (2017) Best of (2018)

Demos 85 Demo (1985) Demo '91 (1991) Final Word (1995) Everything Is Rotten (2005)

with Abomination Abomination (1990) Tragedy Strikes (1992) The Final War EP (1999) Curses of the Deadly Sin (1999)

with Krabathor Unfortunately Dead (2000) Dissuade Truth (2003)

Other projects Warcry – Trilogy of Terror (demo, 1983) Death Strike – Fuckin' Death (demo, 1985) Death Strike – Fuckin' Death (1991) Speckmann Project – Speckmann Project (1991) Walpurgisnacht – Live Demo (demo, 1997) Solutions – Solutions (1999) Martyr – Murder X: The End of the Game (2000) Speckmann – ...God Created Master (The Early Years) (2001) The Architects of Hate – Pure Hate EP (2008) Johansson & Speckmann – Sulphur Skies (2013) Johansson & Speckmann – Mask of the Treacherous (2014) Johansson & Speckmann – Edge of the Abyss (2016) Cadaveric Poison – Cadaveric Poison (2016) Johansson & Speckmann – From the Mouth of Madness (2018) Johansson & Speckmann – The Germs of Circumstance (2020) Speckmann Project – Fiends of Emptiness (2022) Johansson & Speckmann – Beneath a Bleeding Sky (2023)