Bloodbath - "Survival of the Sickest" (2022) Hi-Res

These are a fresh set of halcyon days for death metal, with countless great new bands emerging from the international sewer network, and many of them palpably informed by the spirit of the old school. In a sense, BLOODBATH are the band that laid down the most effective template for the genre's renaissance. Formed as a straight-ahead tribute to death metal's first couple of waves, the Swedes have been an intermittent force, but one that has consistently shown how to make old-school records with a very contemporary bite.