Bloodthorn - Genocide

Title: Genocide Artist: Bloodthorn Release Date: 8/8/2006 Re-Released On: 0/0/2006 Label: Morning Star Records, Season Of Mist, Metalhit.com Album Type(s): lyrics/libretto UPCs: 666616018725, 000000033374, 803341226128 Genre: Rock Styles: Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Symphonic Black Metal, Black Metal Moods: Ambitious, Elaborate, Theatrical, Angst-Ridden, Gloomy, Crunchy, Intense, Uncompromising, Distraught, Searching, Volatile, Dramatic, Tense/Anxious Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 0 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. For Those Whose Time Has Come
2. Blood and Iron
3. Invoking the Apocalypse
4. Nightmare of Violence
5. They Will Arise
6. Forced Selfmutilation
7. Sacrifical Slaughter
8. Hell on the Eastern Front
9. Monolith of the Dead

Year Type Label Catalog # 2008 CD Metalhit.com 2006 CD Morning Star Records 05001 ------ CD Season Of Mist 000940

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Following their second album, Onwards into Battle, Norwegian black metal outfit Bloodthorn underwent a major re-think, shedding their female vocalist and keyboardist along with the mythological story line that had dominated their first two records. The band recorded the transitional Under the Reign of Terror in 2001, but a variety of problems, from lineup changes to serious health problems, delayed the completion of the band's fourth album for over five years. Genocide is a far superior release than the extremely spotty Under the Reign of Terror, with more focused songwriting and a tighter sense of arrangement that emphasizes vocalist Krell's brutal (but not at all Cookie Monster-like) vocal style. Tightly packed with unison riffs and a hyperspeed rhythm section, Genocide is at heart fairly textbook death metal, but it's done with evident skill. Although some may regret the lost symphonic aspects of the group's earliest albums, Genocide proves that Bloodthorn have retained their technical ability and sense of aggression. ~ Stewart Mason, All Music Guide

Name Credits Hakon Grav Photography Kenneth Tiller Guest Appearance, Vocals Mads Eriksen Concept