Like an Ever Flowing Stream
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Like an Ever Flowing Stream is the debut album by Swedish
death metal
band Dismember
, released in May 1991. The title may refer to the Biblical
Book of Amos
5:24, "Let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream" (New International Version
). A music video was made for the track "Soon to Be Dead".
Many fans hold this album as their favorite and it is overall ranked as a death metal masterpiece. Since Karmageddon records owns the rights to the album, it wasn't re-issued as a digipack disc in 2005 like every other album (except for Where Ironcrosses Grow
). Regain
re-issued those digipack versions and also remastered the albums while Karmageddon released an exact copy of the 1996 issue by Nuclear Blast (except for two additional bonus tracks).
Nicke Andersson
, at the time the drummer in Entombed
played all the lead guitar
s except for the guitar solo
on "Override of the Overture", which is played by David Blomqvist.
Bonustracks for the CD-Release:
Karmageddon records re-issued the album in 2005 with the previous bonus tracks and two additional:
Additional musician(s)
Production
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
death metal
Death metal
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....
band Dismember
Dismember (band)
Dismember was a Swedish death metal band that formed in 1988. They are well known in the death metal underground. They split up in October 2011.-History:...
, released in May 1991. The title may refer to the Biblical
Bible
The Bible refers to any one of the collections of the primary religious texts of Judaism and Christianity. There is no common version of the Bible, as the individual books , their contents and their order vary among denominations...
Book of Amos
Book of Amos
The Book of Amos is a prophetic book of the Hebrew Bible, one of the Twelve Minor Prophets. Amos, an older contemporary of Hosea and Isaiah, was active c. 750 BCE during the reign of Jeroboam II, making the Book of Amos the first biblical prophetic book written. Amos lived in the kingdom of Judah...
5:24, "Let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream" (New International Version
New International Version
The New International Version is an English translation of the Christian Bible. Published by Zondervan in the United States and by Hodder & Stoughton in the UK, it has become one of the most popular modern translations in history.-History:...
). A music video was made for the track "Soon to Be Dead".
Many fans hold this album as their favorite and it is overall ranked as a death metal masterpiece. Since Karmageddon records owns the rights to the album, it wasn't re-issued as a digipack disc in 2005 like every other album (except for Where Ironcrosses Grow
Where Ironcrosses Grow
-Track listing:...
). Regain
Regain Records
Regain Records is a Swedish based independent record label. The label predominantly releases death metal and black metal albums. Regain Records was founded from what remained of the former label, Wrong Again Records, by Per Gyllenbäck in 1997...
re-issued those digipack versions and also remastered the albums while Karmageddon released an exact copy of the 1996 issue by Nuclear Blast (except for two additional bonus tracks).
Nicke Andersson
Nicke Andersson
Nicke Andersson , born 1 August 1972 is a singer, guitarist, drummer, songwriter and composer most known for his work as the singer and guitarist of the successful Grammy award winning rock band The Hellacopters as well as the former drummer for Swedish death metal band Entombed...
, at the time the drummer in Entombed
Entombed (band)
Entombed is a Swedish death metal band which formed in 1987 under the name of Nihilist. Though Entombed began their career as an early pioneer of Scandinavian death metal which initially differed itself from its American counterpart with its distinct guitar tone, by the early 1990s their sound had...
played all the lead guitar
Lead guitar
Lead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
s except for the guitar solo
Guitar solo
In popular music, a guitar solo is a melodic passage, section, or entire piece of music written for an electric guitar or an acoustic guitar. Guitar solos, which often contain varying degrees of improvisation, are used in many styles of popular music such as blues, jazz, rock and metal styles such...
on "Override of the Overture", which is played by David Blomqvist.
Track listing
All songs by Dismember/Estby/Karki. Arranged By Dismember.Bonustracks for the CD-Release:
- Deathevocation (4:45)
- Defective Decay (4:03)
Karmageddon records re-issued the album in 2005 with the previous bonus tracks and two additional:
- Torn Apart (4:43)
- Justifiable Homicide (3:17)
Personnel
Dismember- Matti KärkiMatti KärkiMatti Kärki, born December 13, 1972, is a Swedish singer who is best known for his work with Dismember. Before he joined Dismember in 1991, he was the singer in the Swedish band Carnage . The first band fronted by Kärki was Therion in 1989. He also appears with the Autopsy-inspired Murder Squad...
- Vocals - Robert Senneback - Guitar
- David Blomqvist - Guitar, Lead Guitar on Track 1
- Richard Diamon - Bass
- Fred EstbyFred EstbyFred Estby is a Swedish drummer. He is best known as the drummer and main songwriter of the Swedish death metal band Dismember. Before he played drums in the band Carnage...
- Drums
Additional musician(s)
- Nicke AnderssonNicke AnderssonNicke Andersson , born 1 August 1972 is a singer, guitarist, drummer, songwriter and composer most known for his work as the singer and guitarist of the successful Grammy award winning rock band The Hellacopters as well as the former drummer for Swedish death metal band Entombed...
- Lead Guitar on All Tracks Except Track 1
Production
- Produced & Mixed By Tomas Skogsberg & Fred Estby
- Recorded & Engineered By Tomas Skogsberg
- Dan SeagraveDan SeagraveDaniel Seagrave is a British artist, who created many record covers for death metal bands especially in the early 1990s. He currently lives in Toronto, Canada. He grew up in Ravenshead, near Nottingham....
- Design, Cover Design - Gottfrid Jarnefors - Photography