DISMEMBER — Like an Everflowing Stream (review)

DISMEMBER — Like an Everflowing Stream album cover Album · 1991 · Death Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
4/5 ·
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Like an Everflowing Stream is the debut full-length studio album by legendary Swedish death metal act Dismember. One of the pioneers of the genre Dismember are generally held in high regard by fans of the Swedish old School death metal genre. Released in 1991 Like an Everflowing Stream is widely considered a classic Swedish old school death metal album. I´ve had the album since it´s release but I don´t listen to Dismember much these days. So listening to Like an Everflowing Stream after quite a few years where I haven´t given it spins was a quite nostalgic experience for me. The album cover of my old LP is dark and beautiful so say the least. Graced with a time typical Dan Seagrave cover artwork and a back cover with a picture of the band without shirts and covered in blood, Dismember entered the scene. The album was recorded in the now famous Sunlight Studios in March 1991 and produced by Tomas Skogsberg and Dismember drummer Fred Estby. In addition to the band the album features a guest appearance by Entombed drummer Nicke Andersson who plays all guitar leads on the album except the one in Override of the Overture which is played by Dismember guitarist David Blomqvist. I´m not sure why Nicke Andersson plays the solos on the album but he is quite the asset IMO.

The music on the album is brutal death metal with gory lyrics about Serial killers, dismemberment and other unpleasant subjects. The song Skin Her Alive actually prompted an obscenity charge in the United Kingdom, against which the band successfully defended themselves. Now I said the music is brutal but as Dismember are Swedish they never forget melody. This is not melodic Swedish death metal but take a listen to the first couple of minutes of a song like Dismembered or the solo in that same song or the solo in Override of the Overture. Great well balanced melodic content that never take away focus from the brutal nature of the music. The original LP version only has 8 tracks while the 1996 CD re-release include the songs Deathevocation and Defective Decay. I haven´t heard those two songs but I assume they are in about the same style as the other material on the album.

The production is dark but powerful. It´s actually an album I enjoy listening to alot and one of the reasons is the good sound.

Like an Everflowing Stream is a classic Swedish death metal album and on top of that it´s actually an excellent listening experience too with its great balance between brutality and melodic content. A 4 star rating is well deserved.
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