Blood World is the sixth release and fourth studio album of Christian metal

Christian metal

Christian metal, also known as white metal, is a form of heavy metal music usually defined by its message in a song's lyrics as well as the band's dedication to Christianity...

 band Mortification

Mortification (band)

Mortification is an Australian Christian extreme metal band which was formed in 1987 as a heavy metal group, Lightforce, by mainstay Steve Rowe on bass guitar and vocals. By 1990, in the Melbourne suburb of Moorabbin, they were renamed as Mortification with the line-up of Rowe, Michael Carlisle on...

, released in 1994. The album was a commercial hit, and the band's most successful album.

The album focuses more on thrash metal

Thrash metal

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, with hardcore punk

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, groove metal

Groove metal

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, and classic metal

Classic metal

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 influences, and contains less death metal

Death metal

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 influences than past albums. Instead of the Steve Rowe's growls, the album mainly contains his shouting style singing, but the growls do make occasional appearances.

According to Australian Music Online, "the strange combination of extreme styles began setting Mortification apart from the crowd of same sounding bands and widened the band’s audience as they became quickly recognised as innovators and not imitators." Blood World received rave reviews in America and Europe. Horror Infernal Magazine gave the album 13 out of 13 points.

Track listing

All songs written by Mortification

1. "Clan of the Light" - 4:20
2. "Blood World" - 4:13
3. "Starlight" - 4:50
4. "Your Life" - 4:15
5. "Monks of the High Lord" - 6:16
6. "Symbiosis" - 7:11
7. "Love Song" - 4:03
8. "Live by the Sword" - 3:24
9. "J.G.S.H." - 0:30
10. "Dark Allusions" - 5:45

Mortification

• Steve Rowe
  Steve Rowe
  Steve Rowe is the founder, bass guitarist, and vocalist of the Australian Christian death metal band Mortification which was considered to be a major pioneer in the genre. Prior to forming Mortification he was in a traditional heavy metal styled Christian band known as LightForce...
  
   - Bass, Vocals
• Michael Carlisle - Guitar
• Phil Gibson - Drums

Miscellaneous

• The track "Symbiosis" was originally recorded on the band's prior live release, Live Planetarium
  Live Planetarium
  Live Planetarium is a live album and fifth release of Christian metal band Mortification, released in 1993.- Track listing :All songs written by Mortification except where noted# "Grind Planetarium" - 5:16# "Distarnish Priest" - 7:50...
  
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