The Fathomless Mastery

The Fathomless Mastery
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
Bloodbath chronology
The Wacken Carnage
(2008)		 The Fathomless Mastery
(2008)		 Bloodbath Over Bloodstock
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
About.com [4]
Blabbermouth.net [5]
Decibel
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]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Bloodbath. 

No. Title Length
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
Total length:
 41:41
2011 Reissue
No. Title Length
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

Personnel

References

  1. ^ http://www.peaceville.com/bloodbath/thefathomlessmastery/home.html
  2. ^ http://bloodbath.biz/?paged=4
  3. ^ http://bloodbath.biz/releases.php
  4. ^ http://heavymetal.about.com/od/cdreviews/fr/bloodbathfathom.htm
  5. ^ http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/showreview.aspx?reviewID=1545
  6. ^ Terrorizer Magazine. December 2008.
  7. ^ http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=121002
  8. ^ http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/bloodbath/chart-history/365809
  9. ^ http://bloodbath.biz/?p=345
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