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Bloodbath - The Fathomless Mastery



8.2 | 505 votes |
Release date: 6 October 2008
Style: Death metal

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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 [feat. Christian Älvestam]
07. Drink From The Cup Of Heresy
08. Devouring The Feeble
09. Earthrot
10. Hades Rising
11. Wretched Human Mirror
12. Blasting The Virginborn [2011 reissue bonus]
13. Weak Aside [2011 reissue bonus]
14. Sick Salvation [2011 reissue bonus]
15. Mouth Of Empty Praise [2011 reissue bonus]

Additional info
The featured bonus tracks are taken from the Unblessing The Purity EP.

Staff review by
Jeff
Rating:
8.8
The mighty Bloodbath is back. I'm sure that you all already know their previous EP "Unblessing The Purity" but today of course we will not talk about it and only focus on the really awaited new album "The Fathomless Mastery". I like Bloodbath and I like its members so really one more time I was expecting something great and one more time I'm not disappointed. Fan of real Death, this release will be a must again!

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published 06.10.2008 | Comments (31)

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17.04.2010 - 12:31
themetalman
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Uhhh... yeah this owns you. Hail Mikael Åkerfeldt!!!
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01.05.2010 - 19:25
Rating: 9
AngelofDeth
Cyborg Raptor
Bloobath is the best death metal band. Ever.

And this is one of the greatest albums Ever made.
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pewpew.. gotcha
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14.12.2010 - 19:51
Rating: 9
Deadmeat
Necrobutcher
1. this album has a bad production. it may sound "clean" but doesnt sound angry or violent.
2. the riffing is not as good as in previous albums.
3. most of the songs are beiing constructed under the same formula: verses and choruses and then comes the VERY GOOD melody. it can sound boring.

after all those i've said, this is the weakest of the 3 studio albums of Bloodbath. but it is very good though. it isnt perfect though so thats why i am bitching...
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Υou've sold your human essence to the cold world of dead and empty things... You're SOLD!
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15.12.2010 - 07:50
Kevorkian

Musically, this is pretty boring, but Åkerfeldt's vocals have never sounded better, and sometimes you just need a chunky riff to headbang to. Therefore, there is a time and place for it.
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08.08.2012 - 01:05
Rating: 8
musicalkaratekid

A little underwhelming considering I listened to one of Bloodbath's EPs prior to this one, but it still does a fucking great job of making earth-shattering death metal. The last few songs are the highlights for me, whereas the opening songs take a while to get going.
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10.09.2012 - 17:28
Rating: 8
Unhealer
Eclecticist
"At The Behest Of Their Death" is such an awesome song. Pretty cool album, I'm finally paying these guys a bit more of attention.
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23.10.2012 - 10:38
Rating: 9
armageddon

This is an awesome album. My favorite song is "Hades Rising"
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"Whenever you're pissed off, just remember that it's better than being pissed on"
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11.01.2013 - 22:45
Rating: 8
CobiWan1993
Secundum Filium
This is a really solid slab of death metal here! Mikael's growls sound especially brutal here when compared to Opeth. "Treasonous" is probably my favorite track on here, I adore the riffs in that song.
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Ordinary men hate solitude. But the Master makes use of it, embracing his aloneness, realizing he is one with the whole universe (Lao Tzu).
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22.02.2013 - 13:19
Jaeryd
Nihil's Maw
Maybe it's just me, but for some reason I get a similar vibe on "Mock The Cross" as I do on Morbid Angel's "World of Shit". Both songs sound completely different from each other, but for some reason I can't help but feel as if though Mock the Cross was specifically inspired by that song.

Anyway, this album is not quite as good as the other two, but I still love it. I don't mind the modern sound with the face-blastingly clean production as others do, but I'm glad to hear from them in interviews that the next album they do will go back to the old-school death metal sound.
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18.01.2014 - 03:42
Alondate

Hades rising is like a destroying everything
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13.09.2014 - 22:55
Lit.
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Is that one sample at the end of Wretched Human Mirror from I Am Legend?
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13.09.2014 - 23:46
Ilham
Giant robot
I listened to the sample like five times and I can't hear Will Smith's voice in there. But then I remembered I saw the "original" (it's still adapted from a book) I Am Legend movie called The Last Man On Earth, with Vincent Price. And it might just be his voice in that sample.
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14.09.2014 - 00:17
Lit.
Account deleted
Written by Ilham on 13.09.2014 at 23:46

I listened to the sample like five times and I can't hear Will Smith's voice in there. But then I remembered I saw the "original" (it's still adapted from a book) I Am Legend movie called The Last Man On Earth, with Vincent Price. And it might just be his voice in that sample.

I'm not talking about the one that goes "Typical human behavior... is now entirely absent." The one right before that, even if it doesn't sound like Smith, definitely sounds like his line in I Am Legend: "Every single person that you and I has ever known... is DEAD!"
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14.09.2014 - 00:34
Ilham
Giant robot
Written by Guest on 14.09.2014 at 00:17
I'm not talking about the one that goes "Typical human behavior... is now entirely absent." The one right before that, even if it doesn't sound like Smith, definitely sounds like his line in I Am Legend: "Every single person that you and I has ever known... is DEAD!"

Oh sorry, I hadn't even noticed there were from difference sources. I went too far with my imagination. Now that I am focusing on the right one, I confirm it is Smith. When he yells it louder, it's unmistakably his voice/tone.
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14.09.2014 - 00:56
Lit.
Account deleted
Thank you.

God, sampling-hunting is fun as hell.
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27.09.2019 - 10:35
R3SP4UN

Great album! Sound like Morbid Angel
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06.09.2021 - 18:55
Rating: 9
nonZero

Their most underrated album.

8.9/10 for me - At The Behest Of Their Death and Mock The Cross are the standout songs. Process Of Disillumination, Slaughtering The Will To Live, Treasonous, and Earthrot are all awesome too.
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06.12.2022 - 20:57
Rating: 9
This is slowly becoming my favorite. Definitely underrated compared to the other studio albums.
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