Bloodsoul

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Bloodsoul
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Studio album by
Released4 June 1996
Recorded27 December 1995 – 6 January 1996 at The Abyss studio in Grangärde-Pärlby, Sweden
Genre Death metal
Length35:04
LanguageEnglish
Label Black Mark
Producer Fleshcrawl, Peter Tägtgren
Fleshcrawl chronology
Impurity
(1994)
Bloodsoul
(1996)
Bloodred Massacre
(1997)
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Bloodsoul is the third studio album by the German death metal band Fleshcrawl. It was the last Fleshcrawl album to feature vocalist Alex Pretzer. In addition, it was the first of their albums to be recorded at The Abyss studio. [2] [3]

Contents

This album is typical of Fleshcrawl's mid-to-late-1990s sound, characterized by rapid speed passages, high-speed rolling double bass drum patterning, and well layered melodic guitar riffing. The general sound can be thought of as highly similar to that of other 1990s-era melodic death metal bands such as Dismember and Grave, with slight hints of Terrorizer-like grindcore/deathgrind sounds, especially in the vocals.

Track listing

  1. "Bloodsoul" – 5:59
  2. "In the Dead of Night" – 4:19
  3. "Embalmed Beauty Sleep" (Demlich cover) – 4:49
  4. "Contribution Suicide" – 5:08
  5. "Age of Chaos" – 4:37
  6. "Recycling the Corpses" – 3:46
  7. "Nocturnal Funeral" – 2:41
  8. "Tomb of Memories" – 3:43

Personnel

Additional musician

Production

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References

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