Bloodlust

by Body Count

Overview

Body Count have been holding a magnifying glass up to systemic racism and social unrest since the early '90s, but never has their expletive-macerated brand of everyman vitriol felt more relevant than it does on 2017's Bloodlust. There's nothing particularly groundbreaking about the 11-track set -- Ice-T rages against the machine in its myriad forms while Ernie C. racks up kills with his six-string -- but it so cogently reflects the political and social divides of its time that its apoplexy feels unusually palpable. The Dave Mustaine-assisted opener, "Civil War," commences with an air-raid siren followed by a detailed proclamation of martial law, but it's Ice-T's fatalistic, race-neutral decree that "The public is armed and ready to die" that packs the most punch. Elsewhere, the fiery "No Lives Matter" and "Black Hoodie" address bigotry and profiling with typical Body Count bluntness, and the savage "Raining in Blood/Postmortem 2017" recounts the band's origins and inspirations -- Black Sabbath, Suicidal Tendencies, and Slayer -- via a pre-track interview before launching into a visceral medley of two of the latter group's seminal 1986 thrash classics. It's primal, lizard-brain stuff, for sure, but this is a band that's always eschewed introspection. Bloodlust may be pugilistic to a fault, but whatever it lacks in poeticism it more than makes up for in raw power. ~ James Christopher Monger

Product Details

Release Date:	10/20/2017
Label:	Century Media
UPC:	0889854711825

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Body Count   Primary Artist
Sean E Sean   Sampling,Vocals (Background)
Max Cavalera   Featured Artist,Vocals
D. Randall Blythe   Vocals,Featured Artist
Dave Mustaine   Guitar,Vocals,Soloist,Featured Artist
Jason C. Miller   Vocals
Vincent Price   Guitar (Bass)
Little Ice   Vocals (Background)
Ice-T   Vocals
Ill Will   Drums
Randy Blythe   Vocals,Featured Artist
Mike Gitter   Vocals
Jason Charles   Vocals
Jackie Kajzer   Vocals
Juan of the Dead   Guitar

Technical Credits

Max Cavalera   Composer
Will Putney   Mixing,Composer,Engineer,Producer,Mastering
Tracy Marrow   Composer
Chris Rakestraw   Engineer
Dave Mustaine   Composer
Sean E Sean   Group Member
Vincent Price   Group Member
Little Ice   Group Member
Will Dorsey   Composer
Bill Metoyer   Engineer
Ice-T   Group Member
Ill Will   Group Member
Body Count   Producer
Scott Wolfe   Engineer
Kerry King   Composer
Randy Blythe   Composer
Jeff Hanneman   Composer
Doc Coyle   Composer
Vince Dennis   Composer
Juan Garcia   Composer
John Aquilino   Engineer
Monte Pittman   Composer
Ernest Cunningan   Composer
Juan of the Dead   Group Member