The Fathomless Mastery
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| The Fathomless Mastery | ||||
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| Studio album by Bloodbath | ||||
| Released | September 29, 2008[1] | |||
| Recorded | April 9[2]–August 2008[3] | |||
| Genre | Death metal | |||
| Length | 41:41 | |||
| Label | Peaceville | |||
| Producer | David Castillo, Bloodbath | |||
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| About.com |   [4] |
| Blabbermouth.net |    [5] |
| Decibel | [citation needed] |
| Terrorizer | [6] |
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The Fathomless Mastery is the third full length album by the Swedish death metal band Bloodbath. It is the first full length Bloodbath release to feature the new guitarist Per "Sodomizer" Eriksson. Former Scar Symmetry vocalist Christian Älvestam did guest vocals on the sixth track, "Iesous". The outro of the final track, "Wretched Human Mirror", features samples from the movie I Am Legend. A video was made for "Hades Rising".[7] The album appeared at #45 on the Heatseekers Chart.[8] The album was reissued in 2011, containing the tracks from the Unblessing the Purity EP released in 2008.[9]
[edit] Track listing
All songs written and composed by Bloodbath.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "At the Behest of Their Death" | 3:41 |
| 2. | "Process of Disillumination" | 3:09 |
| 3. | "Slaughtering the Will to Live" | 3:37 |
| 4. | "Mock the Cross" | 4:02 |
| 5. | "Treasonous" | 4:13 |
| 6. | "Iesous" | 3:34 |
| 7. | "Drink from the Cup of Heresy" | 3:37 |
| 8. | "Devouring the Feeble" | 3:11 |
| 9. | "Earthrot" | 3:20 |
| 10. | "Hades Rising" | 5:05 |
| 11. | "Wretched Human Mirror" | 4:12 |
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Total length:
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41:41 | |
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| 12. | "Blasting the Virginborn" | 3:33 | |||||||
| 13. | "Weak Aside" | 4:15 | |||||||
| 14. | "Sick Salvation" | 3:21 | |||||||
| 15. | "Mouth of Empty Praise" | 4:32 | |||||||
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Total length:
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57:22 | ||||||||
[edit] Personnel
- Mikael Åkerfeldt – vocals
- Anders Nyström – rhythm guitar
- Jonas Renkse – bass
- Martin Axenrot – drums
- Per Eriksson – lead guitar
[edit] References
- ^ "Bloodbath's The Fathomless Mastery". Peaceville.com. http://www.peaceville.com/bloodbath/thefathomlessmastery/home.html. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
- ^ "Bloodbath | The Fathomless Mastery". Bloodbath.biz. http://bloodbath.biz/?paged=4. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
- ^ "Bloodbath | Releases". Bloodbath.biz. http://bloodbath.biz/releases.php. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
- ^ "Bloodbath The Fathomless Mastery Review - Review of The Fathomless Mastery by Bloodbath". Heavymetal.about.com. 2008-10-28. http://heavymetal.about.com/od/cdreviews/fr/bloodbathfathom.htm. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
- ^ "Blabbermouth.Net". Roadrunnerrecords.com. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/showreview.aspx?reviewID=1545. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
- ^ Terrorizer Magazine. December 2008.
- ^ "BLABBERMOUTH.NET - BLOODBATH: 'Hades Rising' Video Released". Roadrunnerrecords.com. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=121002. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/bloodbath/chart-history/365809
- ^ "Bloodbath | The Fathomless Mastery | Blog Archive » The Fathomless Mastery 2011 edition". Bloodbath.biz. 2011-08-09. http://bloodbath.biz/?p=345. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
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