Bloodbath - Unblessing The Purity

Published March 16 2008

*=Staff's pick	Blasting The Virginborn* Weak Aside* Sick Salvation Mouth Of Empty Praise

Genre	Death Metal	Mikael Åkerfeldt	Vocals
Tracks	4	Anders Nyström	Guitar
Runningtime	16 Min.	Per Eriksson	Guitar
Label	Peaceville Records	Jonas Renkse	Bass
Release	10 March 2008	Martin Axenrot	Drums
Country	Sweden	-	Keyboard
Similar artists	Hypocrisy

One of Sweden's finest bands in Death Metal is back with a mini cd. Being the super group that it is (previous members from Hypocrisy and Edge Of Sanity, current members of Opeth and Katatonia) you can expect and even demand quality, and you certainly get it.

Back on vocals are now Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt, replacing Peter Tägtgren from the last album. Mikael was also the vocalist on the first album by Bloodbath, and he is doing a just as impressive effort here as well, being the marvellous growler that he is. Musically, the songs follow the Bloodbath trademark; brutal and intense but not overly fast, leaving quite some room for harmonies while the mercilessly pumping rhythm section is steady as a rock.

Not much to say about this else than that if you are a current fan of Bloodbath, this promises good for the future. If you are new to Bloodbath and fancy well played old school death metal with a classic swedish touch to it, pre-Gothenburg times, check them out.

The production is a little bit better here than on the previous releases. A bit more clearer but with the massive and brutal sound intact. This is a nice and promising taster in wait for the next full lenght album.

Performance	Originality	Production	Vocals	Songwriting
8	6	7,5	8,5	7,5

Summary
7,5 chalices of 10 - Tommy