The Dream Calls for Blood

The Dream Calls for Blood
Studio album by Death Angel
Released October 11, 2013
Recorded Audiohammer Studios in Sanford, Florida, April-May ,2013
Genre Thrash metal
Length 47:25
Label Nuclear Blast
Producer Jason Suecof
Death Angel chronology

Relentless Retribution
(2010)		 The Dream Calls for Blood
(2013)

The Dream Calls for Blood is the seventh studio album from American thrash metal band Death Angel.[1] The album was released on October 11, 2013, via Nuclear Blast.[1] It sold 5,400 copies in the U.S and reached number 72 on the Billboard 200, marking the first time in Death Angel's history that they cracked the Top 100 on the American charts.[2]

Background

Guitarist Rob Cavestany described the album's title as "basically our motto"[2] and further explained that:

In our point of view the dream being our band and keeping the band going and making music for your life. The blood is all the sacrifice and all hard work that goes into it and that's the metaphor for that. It's not only meant for music. It's also meant for other people to relate in their own life and goals that they're trying to achieve and the sacrifices that it takes to achieve these goals. And along with that, there's also a tinge of aggression in there about other people that cut corners and don't quite go through all the steps it takes to achieve the goal the right way. So there's a little bit of a middle finger to those people that go about it that way and don't fully respect what it takes.[2]

The album features a guest guitar solo by the album's producer, Jason Suecof.[3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
About.com [4]
Allmusic [5]
Exclaim! 8/10[6]
Metal Forces 8.5/10[7]
All About The Rock 10/10[8]

The Dream Calls for Blood has been well-received by critics. Writing for About.com, Neil Pretorius praised the album as "another triumph for a band that clearly still has a lot of gas left in the tank" and for "throw[ing] down the gauntlet to the thrash scene at large".[4] Allmusic's Fred Thomas also praised the band for remaining a "powerhouse of tight and shiny thrash metal" this late in its career, observing that Death Angel "still sound visceral and hungry decades into their work, a rare case of a band getting sharper as it goes instead of mellowing".[5] While Greg Pratt suggested in Exclaim! that the album's length was too long, he applauded the album's "super-tight rhythm section, killer guitar work and excellent vocals".[6] Metal Forces' Neil Arnold noted that the album is a more "straight-laced" thrash album in contrast with the band's more experimental fare, which he claimed stands as "simple proof that Death Angel rules the thrash scene".[7] Rich Dodgin from All About The Rock claimed the album is "An essential purchase for fans of thrash metal."[8]

Track listing

All music by Rob Cavestany, all lyrics by Mark Osegueda, except "Territorial Instinct / Bloodlust" music and lyrics by Rob Cavestany.[3]

No. Title Length
1. "Left for Dead"   5:31
2. "Son of the Morning"   4:02
3. "Fallen"   4:41
4. "The Dream Calls for Blood"   4:11
5. "Succubus"   4:27
6. "Execution - Don’t Save Me"   4:39
7. "Caster of Shame"   3:37
8. "Detonate"   4:42
9. "Empty"   4:58
10. "Territorial Instinct / Bloodlust"   6:37
Total length:
 47:25
Bonus track
No. Title Length
11. "Heaven and Hell" (Black Sabbath cover) 6:47
Total length:
 54:12

Personnel

Death Angel

Guest Musicians

Production and Art

Release history

Region Date Label Format
Europe October 11, 2013 Nuclear Blast CD, digital
UK October 14, 2013
North America October 15, 2013

Charts

Chart (2013) Peak
position
Billboard 200[2] 72

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "DEATH ANGEL: 'The Dream Calls For Blood' Lyric Video Released". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "DEATH ANGEL's 'The Dream Calls For Blood' Cracks U.S. Top 100". Blabbermouth.net. 22 October 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Dream Calls for Blood (Media notes). Death Angel. Nuclear Blast. 2013.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Pretorius, Neil. "Death Angel - The Dream Calls For Blood Review". About.com. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Thomas, Fred. "The Dream Calls for Blood - Death Angel". Allmusic. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Pratt, Greg (4 October 2013). "Death Angel - The Dream Calls For Blood". Exclaim!. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Arnold, Neil. "DEATH ANGEL The Dream Calls For Blood". Metal Forces. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Dodgin, Rich (September 11, 2013). "Death Angel - The Dream Calls For Blood". All About the Rock. Retrieved March 13, 2014.