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BLOODBATH (SWE)
A blessing for all metalheads in form of a second fullength album from the swedish starband BLOODBATH. And the music is equal to the feeling of being beaten with a meatcovered piece of wood ! I want more !! :)
The biggest difference in comparison to previous MCD and album is the production. While those two gave the impression to have been recorded and produced 10-15 years back in time, "Nightmares made flesh" is far more up to date. This concerns however only the production. Musically it´s still deathmetal of the old school.
The line-up has changed a bit since last time. Notorious Dan Swanö (EDGE OF SANITY etc.) have given up the drums in benefit of Martin Axenrot (WITCHERY, SATANIC SLAUGHTER) and have instead picked up a second guitar. Mikael Åkerfeldt (OPETH) has le ft the band, and the vocals are nowadays belched by Peter "God" Tägtgren (HYPOCRISY). Do I really need to mention that the vocals are great ?! Usually I´m not too fond of this kind of "star-contellati ons". But BLOODBATH is a clear exception without any doubts whatsoever !
The music is more traditional than pioneering. More reactionary than innovative. It´s simply deathmetal as it is supposed to be !
In my last BLOODBATH-review I wrote "You won´t be disappointed" , and I´m absolutely sure that those words are applicable also to "Nightmares made flesh".
In stores 27 september. Run and buy !!
Review by Elias Axellson
Outstanding oldschool deathmetal ! And considering the allstar-lineup you can´t possibly expect anything less.
The drums are fairly beaten by Dan Swanö (EDGE OF SANITY etc.). Anders Nyström from KATATONIA handles the guitar , while Jonas Renkse , also from KATATONIA, deals with the four-stringed relative. The highly competent roaring vocals emerges from the throat of Mikael Åkerfeldt (OPETH). If records like ENTOMBED "Left hand path" , GRAVE "Into the grave" , EDGE OF SANITY "Unorthodox" , and DISMEMBER "Like an everflowing stream" were thrown into a meatmincer , I suppose the result would be the delicious course named "Resurrection through carnage". If you , just like me , appreciate the recently mentioned albums or deathmetal of the old school in general, then there is nothing left for me to say except that you should buy "Resurrection through carnage" and enjoy the skillfully delivered deathmetal. You will not be disappointed.
Reviewed by Elias Axelsson
