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''Blood Mantra'' is the sixth studio album by Polish
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. It was released on 22 September 2014 in Poland via
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and later in September via
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in other regions. ''Blood Mantra'' was produced by Wojtek and Sławek Wiesławscy. It is the band's first album to feature drummer
Michał Łysejko Notice (1) Michał Łysejko (born 1 June 1990) is a Polish heavy metal drummer. Łysejko has played with such bands as Decapitated, Norden, Sonheillon, Access Denied, Driller, Evilution and Melechesh. He currently plays in Morowe, Night of the W ...
and their only album to feature bassist Paweł Pasek until he returned to the band in 2021 and performed on ''
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'' in 2022. The song "The Blasphemous Psalm to the Dummy God Creation" was released as a single on 8 August 2014. Two days earlier, the single was released as digital stream on Nuclear Blast
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Background

''Blood Mantra'' is the follow-up to Decapitated's 2011 album ''
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''. It is the recording debut of drummer
Michał Łysejko Notice (1) Michał Łysejko (born 1 June 1990) is a Polish heavy metal drummer. Łysejko has played with such bands as Decapitated, Norden, Sonheillon, Access Denied, Driller, Evilution and Melechesh. He currently plays in Morowe, Night of the W ...
with the band, who joined the band in January 2014, and also the first album to feature bassist Paweł Pasek. It was recorded at Hertz Studio in Bialystok, Poland, with producers Wojtek and Sławek Wiesławscy. The album cover art was created by Polish artist Łukasz Jaszak. Guitarist Wacław "Vogg" Kiełtyka commented on the album, "Extreme and groove — I think that's the best way to describe our new album. This time we feel that we have something totally crushing and huge. ''Blood Mantra'' is the most heavy and mature album we ever did in our career. I cannot wait to start to play songs live because riffs are soo deep and powerful." He also stated, "We flirt with various tempos mixing death metal with grindcore and almost outright black metal atmosphere together with more, so to speak, 'crowd-puller' beats verging on groovy, almost stoner-rock climates. There are also a few more modern metal rhythmic riffs where we return to the climate of ''
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'' album. I'm certain that the very fact we are again, after 9 years, in Hertz studio will evoke the spirit of that album. The vocals sound very promising. Rasta afał Piotrowskiis a much more experienced vocalist compared to the ''Carnival Is Forever'' album times. And his voice sounds more powerful and deeper." A music video for "Instinct" was released in October.


Critical reception

In a ''Blood Mantra'' review, ''
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'' stated: "Twelve years after Poland’s Decapitated raised the death-metal bar with its mighty sophomore album, ''
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'', the band’s dynamic arrangements and scalpel-edged musicianship are still a wonder to behold". According to ''
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'', "''Blood Mantra'' features the band's signature well-executed style, but with the experimental twists that Decapitated have mastered over the years and have provided the distinguishing factor between albums. The band's trademark crushing technicality and heavy, aggressive grooves ("Exiled in Flesh," "Veins") juxtapose with new elements such as melodic passages and avant-garde structures ("Blindness," "Red Sun")".


Track listing


Personnel


Decapitated

* Wacław "Vogg" Kiełtyka
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* Rafał "Rasta" Piotrowski –
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* Paweł Pasek –
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Michał Łysejko Notice (1) Michał Łysejko (born 1 June 1990) is a Polish heavy metal drummer. Łysejko has played with such bands as Decapitated, Norden, Sonheillon, Access Denied, Driller, Evilution and Melechesh. He currently plays in Morowe, Night of the W ...
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Production

* Wojtek and Sławek Wiesławscy –
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, mixing, mastering, recording * Łukasz Jaszak – artwork


Charts


Release history


References

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