Fucking Death Metal.
This album is *ONLY* this: pure death metal; neither Floridian death, nor Californian death, nor Scandinavian death... no tricks, no deceits, it is what any death metal fan imagines and hears in their head when discussing this musical style.
Pure diamond, solid gold, the natural pearl in an oyster, the most beautiful coral of the reef, the perfect album!
And anyway, where do you find a band with a more perfect name for death than "Bloodbath" nowadays?
Impeccable drumming in its heaviness, roaring voice with perfect guttural growling, intertwined and scratching riffs... all in tradition, all as it should be and as we like it.
Nothing new, guys, no striking ideas, no surprises but finally, damn, let me write it, just healthy and pure death metal.
The songs? "So You Die" and "Buried By the Dead" are my favorites, but my sore neck after the furious headbanging caused by the uninterrupted listening to this album suggests to me that they're all ten out of ten...
And here are our heroes, full of glorious past and, well, in their field they are truly masters.
Mikael Åkerfeldt (ex-Opeth) - vocals/guitars
Anders Nyström (ex-Katatonia) - guitars
Jonas Renske (ex-Katatonia) - bass
Dan Swanö (ex-Nightingale, Edge Of Sanity, Star One) - drums
Haven't you understood yet? If you don't already have it on your shelf or on your little shelf, well, GET IT!!!