Fascinator is the eighth studio album by Czech black metal band Master's Hammer. It was released on 10 February 2018 through their own label, Jihosound Records, and is available in vinyl, CD and cassette formats.
It is their first release since Vracejte konve na mÃÂsto. to count with the participation of guitarist Petr "Blackie" Hoà ¡ek (a former member of another important Czech black metal band, Root) as an official member, their first one since Mantras with former timpani player Honza "Silenthell" Pà Âibyl, and the first one overall with new bassist Petr "Rámus" Mecák.
Two tracks of the album, "Ve vÃÂà ¾i ticha" and "Estetika ÃÂábla", were uploaded to vocalist Franta à  torm's official YouTube channel as teasers on 11 September and 22 November 2017, respectively.
à  torm claims on the album's liner notes that most of its writing process were inspired by trips he took to Goa, India (a common destination for him), and Norway (Master's Hammer performed at a festival in Bergen in 2017). "Linkola" is a tribute to the Finnish philosopher Pentti Linkola.
Track 11's title is in Portuguese.
Somewhere during 2020, roughly two years after the album's release, the band officially disbanded. This was, however, only confirmed by founding member and band leader Franta Storm almost four years later, in an interview.
The album was positively reviewed upon its release. MetalReviews.com, giving it a grade of 85/100, praised its "eerie atmosphere", calling it a "weird and theatrical" album and comparing it favorably to the sonority of Japanese band Sigh. Metal Invader rated it with a 4.5 out of 6, comparing Master's Hammer to American band Psychotic Waltz and saying the album was a huge improvement over the "rather mediocre" Formulæ. Decibel Magazine noticed its "more atmospheric sound", praising its "great riffs and a punishing rhythm section".