Blissful Stream is a one-person Doom Metal project from Sweden. At the end of April 2024, Blissful Stream will release his latest studio album, Fighting For The Cross, through Journey’s End Records.
Introduction:
Blissful Stream, Fighting For The Cross: This review will evaluate every aspect of the album, from its intricate musical composition to its production. Our analysis will provide valuable insights to help you determine if this album is worth adding to your collection.
The First Three Sins of Fighting For The Cross
Let’s start by discussing the first three sins of Blissful Stream and their Fighting For The Cross album.
The First Sin, The Strings/Keys: Sharp reverb and rolling guitar work are the backbone of the music, creating an emotional/doom-bluesy tone with chugging riffs/sluggish rhythms, haunting melodies, and soaring solos. Bass work adds depth and groove that bridges rhythm and melody, grounding the music with pulsating heartbeats. The Second Sin, The Vocals: Combines wails and singing with the melancholic and reflective qualities of Ian Curtis from Joy Division with the raw and intense vocal work reminiscent of Bathory. The Third Sin—The Percussions: Sharp and Straightforward, thunderous drumming fills, production, and beats keep the music flowing effortlessly, perfectly complementing the guitar work.
The Fourth Sin: Overall Discussion: A journey that’s heavy, gloom, doom and epic, wrapped in a darkness of beauty
As soon as the listener presses the play button, the opening song, Fighting For The Cross, greets the listener with a nine-minute opening of clean instrumentation and vocals.
As you continue your musical journey with the second song, Chimaera, and the five remaining tracks, you will notice the distinct blend of epic heavy metal, slow and heavy tempos of doom metal, and straightforward hard rock. This unique fusion creates something fresh (unplugged) and captivating, wrapped in a gloomy atmosphere.
Fighting For The Cross is an exemplary display of musical perfection that affects the listener’s psyche. The talented artist MARTIN has meticulously crafted every aspect of the production, from the music Sällström. His exceptional skill and artistry are evident in the instrumentation of each track, which features a perfect slow/mid-tempo that takes the listener on a captivating sound journey.
Martin Sällström provides the listener’s ears with devilmanship that delivers the fruit of art instrumentation and singing.
Martin Sällström vocal style is unique. His approach to singing is a captivating blend of slower, more emotive moments and heavier, more abrasive sections that truly display Sällström‘s versatility and range as a vocalist.
The album comes to an end with the last song, The Devil’s Will. We want to give a shoutout to Blissful Stream for letting us review his album Fighting For The Cross. Now, we’re going to wrap it up by talking about the final three sins and concluding the review.
The last Three Sins
Let’s discuss the last three sins, our thoughts on Blissful Stream and their Fighting For The Cross album.
The Fifth Sin, The Memorabilia: Fighting For The Cross is something else, with its waving tapestry combining heavy metal, doom metal, and hard rock. Its stripped-down, raw, and bluesy-doom tone makes for an enjoyable listen and creates this gloom-and-doom atmosphere in my ears and mind—perfect from start to finish.
Blissful Stream’s music is not to be missed—it is a heavy, gloomy, doom-laden epic journey wrapped in dark beauty.
The Sixth Sin, The Artwork:
The artwork cover art is by Hans Wikström, which adds visual mystique.
The Seventh Sin, Disrelish:
Nothing to disrelish within the musical spectrum of Blissful Stream, and their album Fighting For The Cross.
This concludes the Blissful Stream, Fighting For The Cross review.
Track-Listing:
- Fighting For The Cross
- Chimaera
- Baptized By Fire
- The Longest Road
- Our Final Hour
- The Devil’s Will
Blissful Stream is:
- Martin Sällström – vocals, guitars, bass, drums
