Bloodsoul is the third studio album

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 by the German

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 death metal

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 band Fleshcrawl

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. It was the last Fleshcrawl album to feature vocalist Alex Pretzer, and the first on which guitar

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ist and founding member Mike Hanus played both guitar and bass. In addition, it was the first of their albums to be recorded at Abyss Studio

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

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 patterning, and well layered melodic guitar Riff

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

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 bands, such as Dismember

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 and Grave

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, with slight hints of Terrorizer

Terrorizer

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-like Grindcore

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/Deathgrind

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 sounds, especially in the vocals.

Track listing

1. "Bloodsoul"
2. "In The Dead Of Night"
3. "Embalmed Beauty Sleep"
4. "Contribution Suicide"
5. "Age Of Chaos"
6. "Recycling The Corpses"
7. "Nocturnal Funeral"
8. "Tomb Of Memories"

Line Up

• Alex Pretzer – vocals
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• Mike Hanus – Bass
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  , Guitar
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• Stefan Hanus – Guitar
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• Bastian Herzog – drums
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Credits

• Produced by Fleshcrawl & Peter Tägtgren
• Recorded and mixed at Abyss Studio
  The Abyss (recording studio)
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  , Grangärde-Pärlby, Sweden, 27.December.1995 - 06.January.1996
• Engineered by Peter Tägtgren. Mixed by Fleshcrawl & Peter Tägtgren
• Mastered at Cuttingroom, Solna, 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

External links

• Fleshcrawl's Official Home Page
• Fleshcrawl's Official Myspace Profile