Nightmares Made Flesh

Nightmares Made Flesh is the second album by Swedish death metal band Bloodbath. It was released by Century Media Records on September 27, 2004. The only album to feature Peter Tägtgren, who was brought in to replace Mikael Åkerfeldt as the vocalist, as well as the first to feature 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 Bloodbath
Released	September 27, 2004 (2004-09-27)
Recorded	May 2004
Studio	Fascination Street, Örebro
Genre	Death metal
Length	45:18
Label	Century Media
Producer	Jens Bogren Bloodbath
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

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Blabbermouth.net	8/10[2]
Exclaim!	favorable[3]
Metal Storm	8.0/10[4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Bloodbath.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Cancer of the Soul"	Nyström, Renkse	Nyström	3:33
2.	"Brave New Hell"	Swanö	Swanö	4:02
3.	"Soul Evisceration"	Renkse	Renkse	3:38
4.	"Outnumbering the Day"	Nyström	Nyström	3:15
5.	"Feeding the Undead"	Renkse	Renkse	4:04
6.	"Eaten"	Swanö	Swanö	4:18
7.	"Bastard Son of God"	Renkse	Renkse	2:51
8.	"Year of the Cadaver Race"	Nyström	Nyström	4:33
9.	"The Ascension"	Swanö	Swanö	3:51
10.	"Draped in Disease"	Nyström	Nyström	3:59
11.	"Stillborn Saviour"	Swanö	Swanö	3:39
12.	"Blood Vortex"	Renkse	Renkse	3:30
Total length:				45:18

Bonus track

No.	Title	Length
13.	"Breeding Death" (demo version)	4:21
14.	"Omnious Bloodvomit" (demo version)	3:38

Credits

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

Personnel

Bloodbath

• Peter Tägtgren – vocals
• Anders Nyström – guitar, bass, backing vocals
• Dan Swanö – guitar, bass, backing vocals
• Jonas Renkse – guitar, bass, backing vocals
• Martin Axenrot – drums

Session musician

• Simon Solomon (ex-Witchcraft) – lead guitar

Production

• Jens Bogren – production, engineering
• Bloodbath – production, engineering
• Henrik Jonsson – mastering

Visual art

• Agni Kastner – art direction, design
• Andreas Hylthén – photography
• Wes Benscoter – cover

Studios

• Fascination Street, Örebro, Sweden – recording, mixing (May 2004)
• Masters of Audio, Stockholm, Sweden – mastering

References

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.CS1 maint: others (link)

External links

• Nightmares Made Flesh at AllMusic
• Nightmares Made Flesh at Century Media