In Cold Blood [Import]

Malevolent Creation | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 19, 1997)
• Original Release Date: July 22, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Pavement Records
• ASIN: B0000021KF
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #383,064 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Nocturnal Overload

2. Prophecy

3. Compulsive

4. Narcotic Genocide

5. Violated

6. Leech

7. In Gold Blood

8. Vision of Malice

9. Iiiii II

10. Preyed Upon

11. Millions

12. Condemned

13. Seizure

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars In Cold Awesomeness, January 19, 2006

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Deathz Head - See all my reviews

This review is from: In Cold Blood (Audio CD)

This is definitely one of Malevolent Creation's best studio albums they've ever made ("The Will to Kill" might be better.)

The drums are excellent. Though not the most technical, the fast blast beats make up for this, as I can only name a few others who can play faster.

The guitars also remain interesting throughout. The fast strumming usually is good enough to please.

The vocals are awesome as well. In fact, Jay Blachowicz's vocals are some of the best death metal vocals I've heard. They're low enough to sound bad ass, yet intelligible enough so that one can sing along if one so desires (something that, unfortunately, can't be said of a lot of other death metal vocalists.)

Things I'd say against this album are that A) it might be a little lacking in variety for some (never really a strong point for Malevolent Creation), but it was enough variety for me at least B) The self-title song isn't that great, and C) Most of the songs are fairly short (between 2 and 3 minutes.) It does have some longer ones though, and that there are 13 songs overall makes up for this.

So in conclusion, this album is so awesome, it's worth more than your life. Get used to it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Best of the Blachowicz Era, March 31, 2003

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Azrael (Lake Forest, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: In Cold Blood (Audio CD)

(4.5 Stars if possible)

This is definitely my favorite Malevolent Creation album featuring bassist Jason Blachowicz on vocal duties. Most people I know who listen to MC prefer the album "Eternal" to this release, but I find "In Cold Blood" to be the superior release simply because it is a more frenetic, in-your-face type of album. The songs on this album are, overall, much shorter and much faster than those on "Eternal" and lack some of the technicality. However, what this album lacks in song length or technicality it more than makes up in brutality. All the songs on this album are played at break-neck speeds and are very entertaining to listen to. There are also more songs presented here, and this disc is still more than satisfying to throw in and listen to only a couple quick songs if you so desire or don't have time to listen to lengthier releases. The blasts on this album are great, but the drumming isn't varied quite as much as on "Eternal". However, despite the shortfalls just mentioned, "In Cold Blood" is my top pick of the albums featuring Blachowicz on vocals.

When comparing this to the rest of Malevolent Creation's catalogue, "In Cold Blood" is right up near the top on my list, only clearly surpassed by "Envenomed". If you like this album a lot, I VERY HIGHLY recommend that you check out their newest release "Will To Kill". The new vocalist (Kyle Symons from Hate Plow) sounds pretty similar to Blachowicz and the drum production is some of the best I've ever heard for a death metal band.

Overall, this is a fantastic release and I highly recommend it to anyone who is a fan of the genre, whether you're just getting into death metal or want to see what some of MC's material sounded like without Brett Hoffman. "In Cold Blood" is definitely worth your time and your cash.

Fave tracks:
"Nocturnal Overload", "Prophecy", "Compulsive", "Narcotic Genocide" & "Comdemned"

3.0 out of 5 stars One of those filler "in-between line-ups" albums that has it's moments, November 3, 2007

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Zander Haberstaft (Miami, Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: In Cold Blood (Audio CD)

After the original Malevolent Creation had released the trio of tight, genre defining albums ("Ten Commandments", "Retribution", "Stillborn"), the band would go through a comical level of lineup changes and would take on a much more standard Death Metal sound. Jason Blachowicz does dual duty on both vocals and bass and his vocals don't have the power or intensity of Brett Hoffman, but they are far from bad. Phil Fasciana, the only constant in the ever changing Malevolent Creation world, doesn't have as cool riffs as in albums before or the ones that came after. His second-in-command-axe man J.P. Soars, the only album which he would appear in MC, doesn't seem to be as appropriate a match as Rob Barrett or Jon Rubin. Also of note is that the hilariously overrated drummer Derrek Roddy makes his debut on this album. (This guy even puts in the liner notes, "Hey drummers, whats up with cheating by playing double bass blasts?" HA! This guy has done it many a time and even has a term for it: "Bomb blast". What a fool.) Scott Burns fails at making a good mix for this record (SHOCK!), the guitars are way too crunchy (even for MC) and the recording sounds distant and some times commands an annoyning echo.

The album starts out with the promising "Nocturnal Overlord" and wains in between the good, the bland, and the skipped. "In Cold Blood" the title track, is an interesting mix of Sabbathy texture and slow tempo Death Metal. "Seven" and "Preyed Upon" are well written songs for their constantly changing format. Other than that, there aren't any real standout tracks.

I guess I'd have to give it the three stars because they continued to make music through seemingly insurmountable odds. Not every MC album is gold, but if it was between this and listening to the blatant Suffocation rip-offs that surfaced around this time...I'm going to listen to MC.