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01. Let The Stillborn Come To Me 02. Total Death Exhumed 03. Anne 04. Church Of Vastitas 05. Famine Of God's Word 06. Mental Abortion 07. Beyond Cremation 08. His Infernal Necropsy 09. Unite In Pain 10. My Torturer 11. Grand Morbid Funeral
Additional info Produced and engineered by Bloodbath.
Recorded at Ghost Ward and City of Glass, March - September 2014.
Mixed by David Castillo at Ghost Ward, September 2014.
Mastered by Thomas Eberger at Stockholm Mastering, September 2014.
Tracks 1, 4, 6, 8:
Music and lyrics by Lord Seth.
Tracks 3, 5, 10:
Music and lyrics by Sodomizer.
Tracks 2, 11:
Music and lyrics by Blakkheim.
Tracks 7, 9:
Music by Blakkheim. Lyrics by Old Nick.
Guest vocals by Chris Reifert recorded by Aaron Cronon at HipCro Productions, Benicia, CA.
Artwork by Néstor Ávalos. Art direction by Blakkheim.
Guest review by Unknown user
Rating: 7.8
Rating: 7.8
Old school sucks. New school is the way to go.
Now that we got that out of the way, let's talk about why this album is a decent tribute to the old-school of hip-hop death metal.
Death metallers Bloodbath make no secret their love for the bands that laid the groundwork for every metalhead's mandatory favorite genre of death metal, specifically that of the Swedish variety. Resurrection Through Carnage brought to mind the classic Entombed-style distorted guitars. Nightmares Made Flesh was much more clean and polished, but remained brutal, catchy, and heavy with the Swedish influences meeting a more? Florida style? I don't know. Let's just call it Swedish.
Huh, I just realized that the title track has lyrics that aren't in the booklet. The lyrics on this site are straight from what came with the CD, so I'm wondering what the rest of that shit is all about. Makes me curious.
I was quite disappointed with what I've heard prior to the album release but this album is surprisingly not as bad as I think.
Hell, it might even grow on me.
Nothing close to what they made with Mikael and Peter but it's pretty good death metal.
Holmes provides the vox that they've always needed. This actually sounds like someone recreating classic DM, which is something that I don't think Peter or Mikael ever pulled off.
Slow, doomy, pounding death metal songs, like Church of Vastitas, are great. That is, if they are done right. Unfortunately, Church of Vastitas sucks ass, and is by far the most boring song on the album. I like the album, but goddamn, that song is such a filler piece of crap. The album would have been better as a whole without that song in it.
Is it an 8 or a 9? Can't decide. Need some more listens to make up my mind. Though I've been listening to this non-stop all this time.
*Chester Bennington kicks in for the chorus*
Unfortunately, Church of Vastitas sucks ass, and is by far the most boring song on the album. I like the album, but goddamn, that song is such a filler piece of crap. The album would have been better as a whole without that song in it.
Really? I thought it was boring when I saw the promo video before release, but it works well on the album. Having a doom/death song when Holmes is your new singer kinda works.
Really? I thought it was boring when I saw the promo video before release, but it works well on the album. Having a doom/death song when Holmes is your new singer kinda works.
I didn't say that doom/death was bad; in fact, I think it would've been awesome in this album. I just think that this particular song is boring and doesn't do much, even for a slow doom track. It provides a change in pace where the album needs it, sure, but I wish that change in pace was provided by a similar track that did it's job better.
I don't know. I can see how you like the song, but it just doesn't do much of anything for me, personally.
Guess what, I dig Lulu. I also like Swans and I get the same feeling when listening to both. It's hard to get into but with the right mindset there definitely can be extracted something appealing. Although not to regular metal fans, and certainly not to the typical thrash fan. So I like Lulu, but simply cannot stand these vocals of Holmes. It's a shame 'cause there is some amazing guitar play going on in most songs.
Same good old Bloodbath. But Nick Holmes' vocal manner is less guttaral compared to the previous vocalists. While I find that it works well for slow tracks, such as Church Of Vastitas, on the other hand, it makes more aggressive and brutal tracks sound less brutal.
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"And we are not who we think we are
We are who we're afraid to be"
- Lux Occulta "The Opening of Eleventh Sephirah"
OMFG i remember trying to pick up 3 or 4 fav songs from the previous albums and coulnd't cause i had to mention more... this time i really try to find outstanding songs and almost can't... it's not bad, it's pleasing death metal, but it has nothing to do with their awesome previous work... Holmes is not bad, but due to his doomy slower growls the whole band had to change their production so that he would fit... and the result is not good compared to their previous stuff...
Worst Bloodbath album ever by far...
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Υou've sold your human essence to the cold world of dead and empty things... You're SOLD!
I think it's a great album with great instrumentals. I'm gonna have to agree with most of the people here and say that the vocals ruined it for me though lmao. Nick just sounds like he has no power in his voice and that his vocals are out of place on an album like this. Then again most of what I listen to from this band is peter sounding like a fuckin sea monster.
Really different from the previous ones, however it's sound really good, doomy riffs are awesome, so slow and heavy. I really like this one, maybe my favourite.
I can listen to ' Church Of Vastitas ' over and over again = Killer!
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And I see the blade fall down upon the head of lord in heaven
And Darkness falls upon the end of history
While I drink the milk of the Black Goddess and cry over the mankind
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And I see the blade fall down upon the head of lord in heaven
And Darkness falls upon the end of history
While I drink the milk of the Black Goddess and cry over the mankind
"unite in pain" and "famine of god's word" are great. other than these two songs, sadly enough; this is an average death metal album so far. I bet it is also their weakest.