- Made of Flesh
Infobox Album
Name = Made of Flesh
Type = studio
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Artist =Fleshcrawl
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Released =March 9 ,2004
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Genre =Death metal Melodic death metal
Length = 44:38
Language = English
Label =Metal Blade
Producer =Fleshcrawl
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Chronology =
Last album = "Soulskinner " (2002)
This album = "Made of Flesh" (2004)
Next album = "Structures Of Death " (2007)
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*The Metal Observer Rating-10|9 [http://www.metal-observer.com/articles.php?lid=1&sid=1&id=6004 link]
*Encyclopedia Metallum Rating-10|9.1 [http://www.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=36191 link]"Made of Flesh" is the seventh
studio album by the Germandeath metal bandFleshcrawl . It is considered the sequel toSoulskinner [http://www.fleshcrawl.net/fc_content.php?option=bio_en] , and is the first of their albums to feature their current guitarist Oliver Grbavac, who joined the band to replace founding member Stefan Hanus. [http://www.fleshcrawl.de]Being widely considered a de facto sequel to "Soulskinner", the two albums share a highly similar sound, which is general of Fleshcrawl's work since the late 1990s. Both albums feature prominent Swedish death metal-style guitar work, composed of eminently
rhythm icriff ing and short, moderately technicalguitar solo s, not unlike many contemporary bands of theMelodic death metal genre, particularly Dismember, Grave, and to an extent,Arch Enemy . [http://www.anus.com/metal/fleshcrawl.html] As is typical of Fleshcrawl's latest work, the melodic guitar rhythms are complimented with a familiar drum sound, consisting ofblast beats incorporated into highly embossed, yet not obtrusive, rapid double-Bass drum -rolls, [http://www.metal-observer.com/articles.php?lid=1&sid=1&id=6004] with semi-guttural death growl s reminiscent of suchFlorida -baseddeath metal bands asCannibal Corpse , Six Feet Under, and Suffocation. [http://www.metalblade.de/index.php?mod=releases&page=detail&id=78]Lyrical themes of this album remain consistent with those of previous Fleshcrawl Albums, and of death metal in general. Subjects cover gory themes and concepts of
evil , including doomsday/the apocalypse (Beneath a Dying Sun; Damned in Fire),demon s/demonic possession (Flesh Bloody Flesh; Demons of the Dead),damnation (Forged in Blood), andnecrophagy (Carnal Devourment), among others. The Japanese release included a cover of 'Rockin' is my Business,' by The Four Horsemen, a late 80s Metal band fromCalifornia ; this song is dissimilar to every other song on the album, in that it doesn't cover general death metal lyrical themes of death, gore, violence, etc., but rather is about both the glory and tribulations of theMusic Industry .Track listing
# "Beneath A Dying Sun"
# "Made Of Flesh"
# "Scourge Of The Bleeding Haunted"
# "Into The Depths Of No Return"
# "Flesh Bloody Flesh"
# "Forged In Blood"
# "Damned In Fire"
# "Demons Of The Dead"
# "Carnal Devourment"
# "When Life Surrenders"
# "Rockin' Is My Business" (only included on the Japan Release)Line Up
* Sven Gross – vocals
* Tobias Schick – Bass
* Oliver Grbavac –Guitar
* Mike Hanus -Guitar
* Bastian Herzog – drumsCredits
* Produced by Fleshcrawl
* Recorded and mixed at Studio Underground, Vasteras, Sweden, 03.November. - 21.November.2003
* Engineered by Pelle Saether and Lars Linden
* Mixed by Pelle Saether & Fleshcrawl
* Mastered by Achim Köhler at Indiscreet-Audio, Hohengehren, Germany
* All music and lyrics by Fleshcrawl, except "Rockin' Is My Business", originally by The Four Horsemen (Starr/Lizmi/Montgomery)
* Cover artwork by Uwe Jarling
* Photos by Alex Kuehr
* Layout by Stefan & Mike Hanus
* Graphic work by Stefan HanusReferences
* [http://www.metalblade.com/english/artists/fleshcrawl/releases.php "Made of Flesh"] at
Metal Blade Records
* [http://www.metal-observer.com/articles.php?lid=1&sid=1&id=6004 " Made of Flesh"] atThe Metal Observer External links
* [http://www.fleshcrawl.de Official website]
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