Rock Music Critic

	Bloodbath
	Resurrection Through Carnage

	"Ressurrection Through Carnage" is the second release and first full release from this spectacular all-star death metal band. Their debut EP "Breeding Death" was a brutal dose of old school death metal. I've only so far listened to the first two tracks of this latest release, but so far I'm loving it. Bloodbath is fronted by Mikael Akerfeldt who also fronts the amazing band Opeth. Don't expect anything pretty here, I figure this release will be balls to the wall fury. Also in the band are Blakkheim of Katatonia and Diabolical Masquerade, Jonas Renkse also of Katatonia, and Dan Swano of many different projects. A few of them being Edge of Sanity, Nightingale, and Pan-Thy-Monium. He also contributed some vocals on Therion's killer "Theli" CD. Dan plays drums with Bloodbath, a shame as he has such a great voice. But then again, his voice really isn't brutal like Bloodbath's music requires. I love the vocals on this disc. He is so friggin' brutal, yet you can still understand what he is saying. And they are not buried in the mix. Nothing kills a CD for me faster than burying the vocals under the music. Vocals are mixed very nicely here. I really like the music too. There seems to be good separation between the instruments. And the guitar tone is very heavy but remains crisp and tight. Three songs in I have heard several Slayer-isms, but then that's not surprising since Slayer was such a pioneer of heavy music. I don't think this CD feels quite as old school as the EP did. I guess it depends on your definition of old school. There are still quite a few parts that seem melodic to me, and so I don't consider it old school. Although, if by old school you mean anything that sounds like it came out before At The Gates, then yeah, ok I can see that. Have I yet mentioned that this CD ROCKS?!!!!! This is like world destroyer music, it just CRUSHES! I may give myself whiplash listening to this friggin' thing! "The Soulcollector" has some of the deepest vocals I have ever heard. It's sub-human. You thought the vocals on Morbid Angel's "Domination" album were deep and freaky, check this out! The songs, while being extremely heavy, are still different enough that it doesn't seem like each song is the same thing repeated. This is excellent pit music. (Note - At the recent Opeth show, people repeatedly called out for Bloodbath, but it was not to be.) Ok, so I am now on the last track and let me tell you, this disc is bound to be a classic. I think my damn ears are bleeding. You know that scene in Heavy Metal when the taxi driver melts the people in his cab? Yeah, I think he was using this CD! KILLER!!!!!!!!!!!!