The Fathomless Mastery
2008 studio album by Bloodbath
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The Fathomless Mastery is the third full-length album by Swedish death metal band Bloodbath, released on 6 October 2008 via Peaceville. It is the band's last studio album to feature vocalist Mikael Åkerfeldt and the first to feature lead guitarist Per Eriksson.[7] A video was made for "Hades Rising", directed by Owe Lingwall and shot on location in Vallentuna, near Stockholm.[8] The album peaked at No. 45 on the Heatseekers Chart in the US on release.[9]
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| Released | 6 October 2008[1] | |||
| Recorded | 9 April[2]–August 2008[3] | |||
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| Genre | Death metal | |||
| Length | 41:41 | |||
| Label | Peaceville | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| About.com |   [4] |
| Blabbermouth.net | 8.5/10[5] |
| Terrorizer |  [6] |
The album was reissued in 2011, bundled together with the tracks from the Unblessing the Purity EP released in 2008.[10]
Background
Former Scar Symmetry vocalist Christian Älvestam performed guest vocals on the sixth track, "Iesous".
The outro of the final track, "Wretched Human Mirror", features samples from the movie I Am Legend.[11]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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| 1. | "At the Behest of Their Death" | Anders 'Blakkheim' Nyström | Nyström | 3:41 |
| 2. | "Process of Disillumination" | Jonas Renkse | Renkse | 3:09 |
| 3. | "Slaughtering the Will to Live" | Renkse | Renkse | 3:37 |
| 4. | "Mock the Cross" | Mikael Åkerfeldt | Per 'Sodomizer' Eriksson | 4:02 |
| 5. | "Treasonous" | Nyström | Nyström | 4:13 |
| 6. | "Iesous" (featuring Christian Älvestam) | Renkse | Renkse | 3:34 |
| 7. | "Drink from the Cup of Heresy" | Åkerfeldt | Eriksson | 3:37 |
| 8. | "Devouring the Feeble" | Renkse | Renkse | 3:11 |
| 9. | "Earthrot" | Åkerfeldt | Eriksson | 3:20 |
| 10. | "Hades Rising" | Nyström | Nyström | 5:05 |
| 11. | "Wretched Human Mirror" | Renkse | Renkse | 4:12 |
| Total length: | 41:41 | |||
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| 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
Bloodbath
Additional musician
- Christian Älvestam – guest vocals (on "Iesous")
Production and design
- Bloodbath - production
- David Castillo - production, engineering, mixing
- Björn Engelmann - mastering
- Dusty Peterson - artwork
- Robin Bergh - photography (band)