Review: BLOODBATH – “The Fathomless Mastery”

Bloodbath - “The Fathomless Mastery” [Candlelight] … following the release of their promising EP Unblessing The Purity earlier this year comes one of the most devastating releases of 2008 … this third full-length features their strongest lineup to date for the Swedish supergroup:  half Opeth, half Katatonia, and new guitarist Per Eriksson (ex-21 Lucifers, ex-Genocrush Ferox) … lyrically cynical, blasphemous, and misanthropic (which can get kinda tiresome) but the music is among the finest and most frightening Death Metal you’re likely to hear these days, with an engrossingly rich production … FCC: 4 (end) … Try 1, 2, 5, 6 (w/ Christian Alvestam of Scar Symmetry), 8, 11 … 2008Nov04

01. At the Behest of Their Death
02. Process of Disillumination
03. Slaughtering the Will to Live
04. Mock the Cross
05. Treasonous
06. Iesous
07. Drink from the Cup of Heresy
08. Devouring the Feeble
09. Earthrot
10. Hades Rising
11. Wretched Human Mirror