''Bloodsoul'' is the third studio album by the German

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band

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. It was the last Fleshcrawl album to feature vocalist Alex Pretzer. In addition, it was the first of their albums to be recorded at

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studio. This album is typical of Fleshcrawl's mid-to-late-1990s sound, characterized by rapid speed passages, high-speed rolling

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patterning, and well layered melodic guitar

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ing. The general sound can be thought of as highly similar to that of other 1990s-era melodic death metal bands such as

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and

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, with slight hints of

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-like

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sounds, especially in the vocals.

Track listing

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

Personnel

* Alex Pretzer – vocals * Mike Hanus – guitar, bass * Stefan Hanus – guitar * Bastian Herzog – drums

Additional musician

Peter Tägtgren Alf Peter Tägtgren (born 3 June 1970) is a Swedish musician, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. He is the founder, main songwriter, lead vocalist, and guitarist of death metal band Hypocrisy as well as the industrial metal band Pain i ...

– guest vocals on "Bloodsoul"

Production

* Produced by Fleshcrawl & Peter Tägtgren * Recorded and mixed at

studio, Grangärde-Pärlby, Sweden, 27 December 1995 – 6 January 1996 * Engineered by Peter Tägtgren. Mixed by Fleshcrawl & Peter Tägtgren * Mastered at Cuttingroom,

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, Sweden * All music and lyrics by Fleshcrawl, except "Embalmed Beauty Sleep," originally performed by Demlich * Guest vocals by Peter Tägtgren in "Bloodsoul" * Graphic work by Stefan Hanus with Orca Graphics & Alex Pretzer

References

External links

Fleshcrawl's official homepage
1996 albums Fleshcrawl albums Albums produced by Peter Tägtgren {{1990s-death-metal-album-stub