The fathomless mastery

The Fathomless Mastery was recorded in the second half of summer at Park Studio , where drums were recorded, and Cutting Room with Björn Engelmann . Produced by him, as well as the minion, David Castillo together with the group itself. Dusty Petterson also worked on the cover, who also worked on the cover of the minion, and photographs were taken by Robin Bergh .

The album was released on Peaceville Records , as both predecessors, the release took place on October 6, 2008 . This album is the third full-length and sixth number album of the group.

For the song Hades Rising , a video clip was shot in 2009, which became the first official in the history of the group.

At The Fathomless Mastery, the group combined the hard pressure of an EP release, which is full of blast beats and melodies, and a slightly dirty sound of the first works. The result was a combination of the old-school percussion technique with the melody of modern brutal death metal , in addition, double bass barrels and a lot of tempo of the game were used during the recording.

Back at the end of the Blackheim sessions, he stated the following:

“The material is nothing but vicious brutality with a lot of heavy groove. From the point of view of riffs, we play with dissonant harmonies, from which a feverish obsessive feeling arises, but we still returned melodic elements with the concept of the sound of a flying bee from previous albums to present a classical sound, so that should come out nice and varied, we hope to put everything together to make the most destructive album ... " ^[1]

The album was so liked by all kinds of critics and publications that in many publications it took only the highest places and had only high ratings, a huge number of magazines around the world noticed and appreciated the new creation of the Swedes. Blackheim posted a message on the band’s official website with a rating of some of the world’s heavy music publications, stating that it’s simply impossible to post all the reviews.

In addition, Nystrom published three quotes from quite influential magazines, which only confirm once again the success of the album and the group as a whole:

“All of those new deathcore bands you've been reading about have gone to their rooms to practise because Daddy is home.” - Rocksound (UK) ^[2]

“Ein heißer Kandidat für die beste Death-Metal-Platte des Jahres!” - Metal Hammer (Germany) ^[2]

“Att ens försöka krysta fram någon kritik av„ The Fathomless Mastery “blir dödfött. Det enda raka är att hålla käften och dyrka skiten ” - SwedenRock Magazine (Sweden) ^[2]

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The album included 11 songs, with a total duration of about 42 minutes.

In writing the new material almost only Martin Axenroth did not take part.

According to the opinion of readers of the TERRORIZER magazine , in 2008 the group received many titles that concerned both the group as a whole and its individual members and the album itself. ^[3]

Best Album

No. 1 Bloodbath 'The Fathomless Mastery'

  # 2 Enslaved 'Vertebrae'
 # 3 Amon Amarth 'Twilight Of The Thunder God'
 # 4 Testament 'The Formation Of Damnation'
 # 5 Opeth 'Watershed'
 # 6 Cynic 'Traced In Air'
 # 7 Metallica 'Death Magnetic'
 # 8 Meshuggah 'Obzen'
 # 9 Gojira 'The Way Of All Flesh'
 # 10 Children Of Bodom 'Blooddrunk'

Personality of the Year

No. 1 Michael Okerfeldt

  # 2 Nergal ( Behemoth )
 # 3 Gaal ( Gorgoroth )
 # 4 Lemmy ( Motorhead )
 # 5 Fenris ( Darkthrone )
 # 6 Jeff Walker ( Carcass )
 # 7 Dave Mustaine ( Megadeth )
 # 8 James Hetfield ( Metallica )
 # 9 Ken Owen ( Carcass )
 # 10 Kerry King ( Slayer )

Other titles

No. 3 “The Best Vocalist ” ( Michael Okerfeldt )

No. 2 “The Best Drummer ” ( Martin Axenroth )

No. 2 “The Best Band” ( Bloodbath )

No. 2 “The Best Cover ” ('The Fathomless Mastery')

• Michael Okerfeldt - vocals
• Jonas Renx - bass , backing vocals
• Anders Nyustrom - guitar , backing vocals
• Martin Axenroth - drums
• Per Sodomizer Ericsson - Guitars

• Official site
• Encyclopaedia Metallum Discography Album
• Discography of the official website of the group
• Interview with Anders Blackheim Nystrom about the release of the album