The Fathomless Mastery is the third full-length album by Swedish death metal band Bloodbath, released on 6 October 2008 via Peaceville. It is the band's last studio album to feature vocalist Mikael Åkerfeldt and the first to feature lead guitarist Per Eriksson. A video was made for "Hades Rising", directed by Owe Lingwall and shot on location in Vallentuna, near Stockholm. The album peaked at No. 45 on the Heatseekers Chart in the US on release.
The album was reissued in 2011, bundled together with the tracks from the Unblessing the Purity EP released in 2008.
Contents
Background
Former Scar Symmetry vocalist Christian Älvestam performed guest vocals on the sixth track, "Iesous".
The outro of the final track, "Wretched Human Mirror", features samples from the movie I Am Legend.
Personnel
Bloodbath
Mikael Åkerfeldt – vocals
Anders Nyström – rhythm guitar
Jonas Renkse – bass
Martin Axenrot – drums
Per Eriksson – lead guitar
Additional musician
Christian Älvestam – guest vocals (on "Iesous")
Production and design
Bloodbath - production
David Castillo - production, engineering, mixing
Björn Engelmann - mastering
Dusty Peterson - artwork
Robin Bergh - photography (band)