Nightmares Made Flesh is the second album by Swedish death metal band Bloodbath. It was released by Century Media Records on September 27, 2004. It was the band's only album to feature Peter Tägtgren on vocals (who was brought in to replace Mikael Åkerfeldt at the time), as well as the first to feature Opeth drummer Martin Axenrot to replace Dan Swanö as the drummer (with Swanö now playing guitar). This was Swanö's last album with Bloodbath.

Nightmares Made Flesh
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 27, 2004 (2004-09-27)
RecordedMay 2004
StudioFascination Street, Örebro
GenreDeath metal
Length45:18
LabelCentury Media
Producer
Bloodbath chronology
Resurrection Through Carnage
(2002)
Nightmares Made Flesh
(2004)
Unblessing the Purity
(2008)
Alternative cover
LP version

The song "The Ascension" appeared on the two-part episode of Viva La Bam when the Margeras go to Europe.

Reception

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Professional ratings
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SourceRating
AllMusic     [1]
Blabbermouth.net8/10[2]
Exclaim!favorable[3]
Metal Storm8.0/10[4]


Track listing

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All tracks are written by Bloodbath

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Cancer of the Soul"Nyström (music & lyrics), Renkse (lyrics)3:33
2."Brave New Hell"Swanö4:02
3."Soul Evisceration"Renkse3:38
4."Outnumbering the Day"Nyström3:15
5."Feeding the Undead"Renkse4:04
6."Eaten"Swanö4:18
7."Bastard Son of God"Renkse2:51
8."Year of the Cadaver Race"Nyström4:33
9."The Ascension"Swanö3:51
10."Draped in Disease"Nyström3:59
11."Stillborn Saviour"Swanö3:39
12."Blood Vortex"Renkse3:30
Total length:45:18
Bonus tracks
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
13."Breeding Death" (demo version)Renkse, ÅkerfeldtNyström, Renkse4:21
14."Omnious Bloodvomit" (demo version)Renkse, ÅkerfeldtNyström, Åkerfeldt3:38

Credits

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Writing, performance and production credits are adapted from the album liner notes.[5]

Personnel

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Bloodbath

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Session musician

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Production

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Visual art

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Studios

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References

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  1. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. Nightmares Made Flesh - Bloodbath at AllMusic
  2. ^ Alisoglu, Scott. "CD Reviews - Nightmares Made Flesh Bloodbath". www.blabbermouth.net. Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  3. ^ Pratt, Greg (March 31, 2005). "Bloodbath Nightmares Made Flesh". exclaim.ca. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  4. ^ Undercraft (15 December 2004). "Bloodbath - Nightmares Made Flesh review". www.metalstorm.net. Metal Storm. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  5. ^ Nightmares Made Flesh (booklet). Bloodbath. Disembodied Records. 2012. DR 023. Retrieved 26 May 2016.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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