The Fathomless Mastery | ||||
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Released | 29 September 2008[1] | |||
Recorded | 9 April[2]–August 2008[3] | |||
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Genre | Death metal | |||
Length | 41:41 | |||
Label | Peaceville | |||
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Source | Rating |
About.com | [4] |
Blabbermouth.net | 8.5/10[5] |
Terrorizer | [6] |
The Fathomless Mastery is the third full-length album by Swedish death metal band Bloodbath, released on 29 September 2008 via Peaceville. It is the band's last studio album to feature vocalist Mikael Åkerfeldt and the first to feature lead guitarist Per Eriksson.[7] A video was made for "Hades Rising", directed by Owe Lingwall and shot on location in Vallentuna, near Stockholm.[8] The album peaked at No. 45 on the Heatseekers Chart in the US on release.[9]
The album was reissued in 2011, bundled together with the tracks from the Unblessing the Purity EP released in 2008.[10]
Former Scar Symmetry vocalist Christian Älvestam performed guest vocals on the sixth track, "Iesous".
The outro of the final track, "Wretched Human Mirror", features samples from the movie I Am Legend.[11]
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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1. | "At the Behest of Their Death" | Anders 'Blakkheim' Nyström | Nyström | 3:41 |
2. | "Process of Disillumination" | Jonas Renkse | Renkse | 3:09 |
3. | "Slaughtering the Will to Live" | Renkse | Renkse | 3:37 |
4. | "Mock the Cross" | Mikael Åkerfeldt | Per 'Sodomizer' Eriksson | 4:02 |
5. | "Treasonous" | Nyström | Nyström | 4:13 |
6. | "Iesous" (featuring Christian Älvestam) | Renkse | Renkse | 3:34 |
7. | "Drink from the Cup of Heresy" | Åkerfeldt | Eriksson | 3:37 |
8. | "Devouring the Feeble" | Renkse | Renkse | 3:11 |
9. | "Earthrot" | Åkerfeldt | Eriksson | 3:20 |
10. | "Hades Rising" | Nyström | Nyström | 5:05 |
11. | "Wretched Human Mirror" | Renkse | Renkse | 4:12 |
Total length: | 41:41 |
No. | Title | Length |
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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 |
Total length: | 57:22 |