Blood in the Water (album)

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Blood in the Water
Flotsam and Jetsam - Blood in the Water.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 4, 2021
Recorded2020
Genre Thrash metal
Length53:29
Label AFM
Flotsam and Jetsam chronology
The End of Chaos
(2019)
Blood in the Water
(2021)
I Am the Weapon
(2024)
Singles from Blood in the Water
  1. "Burn the Sky"
    Released: April 9, 2021 [1]
  2. "Blood in the Water"
    Released: April 30, 2021 [2]
  3. "Brace for Impact"
    Released: May 25, 2021 [3]

Blood in the Water is the fourteenth studio album by American thrash metal band Flotsam and Jetsam, which was released on June 4, 2021. [4] [5] It is the band's first release with new bassist Bill Bodily, who had replaced Michael Spencer in November 2020. [6] [7] [8] [9]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Blood in the Water"4:17
2."Burn the Sky"4:26
3."Brace for Impact"4:33
4."A Place to Die"4:22
5."The Walls"4:41
6."Cry for the Dead"4:36
7."The Wicked Hour"4:56
8."Too Many Lives"4:49
9."Grey Dragon"4:27
10."Reaggression"4:10
11."Undone"3:19
12."Seven Seconds 'til the End of the World"4:53
Total length:53:29

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Blood in the Water
Chart (2021)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [10] 61
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [11] 153
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [12] 100
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [13] 9
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [14] 30

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