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| Like an Ever Flowing Stream | ||||
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| Released | 28 May 1991 | |||
| Recorded | March 1991 | |||
| Studio | Sunlight Studios, Sweden | |||
| Genre | Death metal | |||
| Length | 31:06 | |||
| Label | Nuclear Blast | |||
| Producer | Tomas Skogsberg and Fred Estby | |||
| Dismember chronology | ||||
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Like an Ever Flowing Stream is the debut album bySwedish death metal bandDismember, released on 28 May 1991 throughNuclear Blast.
Nicke Andersson, at the time the drummer inEntombed played all thelead guitars except for theguitar solo on "Override of the Overture", which is played by David Blomqvist.
The title may refer to theBiblicalBook of Amos5:24, "Let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream" (New International Version).[citation needed]
A music video was made for the track "Soon to Be Dead". Since Karmageddon Records owns the rights to the album, it was not re-issued as a digipack disc in 2005 like every other album (except forWhere Ironcrosses Grow).Regain re-issued those digipack versions and also remastered the albums while Karmageddon released an exact copy of the 1996 issue byNuclear Blast (except for two additional bonus tracks).[citation needed]
The album makes use of heavilydistorted anddowntuned guitar andbass riffing. The drumming is influenced bypunk rock, and has been said to "[owe] more toDischarge thanSlayer." The album's vocals have been described as "barks, gurgles, and roars," and have been said to sound like a "pissed-offRottweiler with a mouthful of fresh blood."[1] The album's production has been described as sounding "as if it's going to fall apart."[2]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  [3] |
The album is considered to be a classic in thedeath metal genre.[4]
The album's influence has been observed in the work ofBloodbath andDeath Breath.[5]
Modern reviews forLike an Ever Flowing Stream have been positive.AllMusic's Phil Freeman gave the album a rating of five stars and called it "one of the crucial documents of the early-'90s Swedish death metal scene."[3] Adam McCann of Metal Digest noted that, "Alongside Entombed,Grave andUnleashed, this debut album didn't just help place Swedish death metal on the map, it took the flag and slammed it through a lifeless corpse, unveiling the blue and yellow. For many fans of Dismember,Like an Ever Flowing Stream is often regarded as not just their favourite Dismember album, but also one of the best death metal albums of all time."[6]
In 2010, the album was inducted intoDecibel magazine's Hall of Fame.[7]
All tracks are written by Dismember; arrangements by Dismember.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Override of the Overture" | 5:15 |
| 2. | "Soon to Be Dead" | 1:55 |
| 3. | "Bleed for Me" | 3:20 |
| 4. | "And So Is Life" | 3:11 |
| 5. | "Dismembered" | 5:54 |
| 6. | "Skin Her Alive" | 2:15 |
| 7. | "Sickening Art" | 3:55 |
| 8. | "In Death's Sleep" | 5:21 |
| Total length: | 31:06 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 9. | "Deathevocation" | 4:45 |
| 10. | "Defective Decay" | 4:03 |
| Total length: | 39:54 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 9. | "Deathevocation" | 4:45 |
| 10. | "Defective Decay" | 4:03 |
| 11. | "Torn Apart" | 4:43 |
| 12. | "Justifiable Homicide" | 3:17 |
| Total length: | 47:45 | |
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| Chart (2023) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[8] | 50 |
| Polish Albums (ZPAV)[9] | 76 |
