### Bloodgut: Nekrologikum evangelikum pt.I: zombie reign 2666 A.D

#### 25/11/10 || Khlysty

Rogga Johansson has a long and illustrious history in ze Vorld ov Death Metal; he also has a long and turbulent (at least from what I can gather from elements that pop up here and there) with GD. As far as the first branch of his history is concerned, I have but a passing knowledge of it, so I cannot really tell you if Bloodgut, his latest project, is really on par with his previous works. As for his relation with GD, even if I could, I really wouldn’t comment on it, since it’s a matter of personal data, okay?

Anyway, to tell you the truth, having only a superficial knowledge of Rogga’s oeuvre, I’m gonna deal with Bloodgut’s outing (the title of which is too long, pissed me off and, thus, I shan’t include it anywhere in this here review…) just on its “face value”; that is, I’ll just comment on what I hear, without making any connection with past works and comparison with them. Is this for good? Will see…

Now, Bloodgut plays a kind of grinderized death metal, which, while not exactly new or ground-breaking, sounds nice to these ears. That is, while I really don’t feel that I’m listening to history in the making, I can really enjoy what Rogga has is store within the digital grooves of this record. And, what he has in store is just brutal, in-your-face-up-your-ass death metal, with enough groove and variety to make everything pleasurably listenable, especially if one’s an aficionado of the genre.

There’s enough variation here, to guarantee that even the casual listener won’t be bored to tears, while the compact length of the disk (a bit above 31 minutes) also prevents the institution of boredom. I especially like the super-dirty, meat-gone-to-maggots guitar sound, while the vocals are nothing to really write home about. The record was mastered by Dan Swanö and sounds really lively and organic.

And, well, that’s about it: as I said before, this is not something that will leave the listener breathless with its innovations, technicality or originality. Seems to me that Rogga aims for joyful (and a bit tongue-in-cheek, I mean, “Priesteater”????) brutality and, on that, he succeeds. But, the fact remains that even I (not exactly the best guy to deal with death metal and its variants) feel that what emanates from my speakers is not something that I haven’t heard before. So, all in all, I think it’s fair to grant Bloodgut with this:

- Information
- Released: 2010
- Label: Vic Records
- Website: Bloodgut MySpace
- Band
- Rogga Johansson: vocals, guitar, bass
- Matte Fiebig: drums

- Tracklist
- 01. Church of the zombie
- 02. Inquisitor deluxe
- 03. Priesteater
- 04. Gutting a nun
- 05. Slaughtersong
- 06. In the butcherhole
- 07. Zombie reign 2666 A.D.
- 08. Rejoice in doom
- 09. The undead world
- 10. March of the Bloodgut