Bloodlust
by Body Count
User Score
6.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 9 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 9
  3. Negative: 1 out of 9
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  1. Disquietous
    Jul 1, 2017
    8
    This album is ridiculously listenable. Musically, this album is pretty much a perfect hardcore/thrash combination. The lyrics can be both terrible and fantastic depending on the track, but the flow is generally excellent. The riffs are mostly simple, but they sound good. That is more important than showing off with disjointed complexity as can be found in countless releases of metalThis album is ridiculously listenable. Musically, this album is pretty much a perfect hardcore/thrash combination. The lyrics can be both terrible and fantastic depending on the track, but the flow is generally excellent. The riffs are mostly simple, but they sound good. That is more important than showing off with disjointed complexity as can be found in countless releases of metal bands over the last decade. The first track has an intro monologue from Dave Mustaine, who should really listen to this album as a refresher on how to write lyrics that actually follow the rhythm and resist the urge to over-produce every track to the point it might as well be a movie score. This "pretty good" but not the greatest album is better than anything Mustaine has put out since Countdown to Extinction.

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Metascore
64

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. Record Collector
    Jun 23, 2017
    60
    Bloodlust is close to being a political metal manifesto of sorts, and a convincing one too--but the gangsta tropes have long outstayed their welcome.
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  2. Punknews.org (Staff)
    Apr 17, 2017
    60
    It’s a solid listen in its own right.
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  3. Pitchfork
    Apr 13, 2017
    57
    They keep the music raw enough that it sounds almost-but-not-quite amateurish--again, following in the hardcore/early-thrash tradition--while Marrow’s willingness to indulge in comic absurdity with the lyrics makes Body Count’s preachiness more palatable.
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