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The Dream Calls for Blood is the seventh studio album by American thrash metal band Death Angel.[1] It was released on October 11, 2013, via Nuclear Blast.[1] The album sold 5,400 copies in the U.S in its first week of release and reached number 72 on the Billboard 200, marking the first time in Death Angel's history that they cracked the Top 100 on the American charts.[2]

The Dream Calls for Blood
Studio album by Death Angel
Released	October 11, 2013 (2013-10-11)
Recorded	Audiohammer Studios in Sanford, Florida, April–May 2013
Genre	Thrash metal
Length	47:25
Label	Nuclear Blast
Producer	Jason Suecof
Death Angel chronology
Relentless Retribution (2010) The Dream Calls for Blood (2013) The Evil Divide (2016)

Background

Guitarist Rob Cavestany described the album's title as "basically our motto"[2] and further explained that:

In our point of view the dream being our band and keeping the band going and making music for your life. The blood is all the sacrifice and all hard work that goes into it and that's the metaphor for that. It's not only meant for music. It's also meant for other people to relate in their own life and goals that they're trying to achieve and the sacrifices that it takes to achieve these goals. And along with that, there's also a tinge of aggression in there about other people that cut corners and don't quite go through all the steps it takes to achieve the goal the right way. So there's a little bit of a middle finger to those people that go about it that way and don't fully respect what it takes.[2]

The album features a guest guitar solo by the album's producer, Jason Suecof.[3]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	[4]
All About the Rock	10/10[5]
AllMusic	[6]
Exclaim!	8/10[7]
Metal Forces	8.5/10[8]

The Dream Calls for Blood has been well received by critics. Writing for About.com, Neil Pretorius praised the album as "another triumph for a band that clearly still has a lot of gas left in the tank" and for "throw[ing] down the gauntlet to the thrash scene at large".[4] AllMusic's Fred Thomas also praised the band for remaining a "powerhouse of tight and shiny thrash metal" this late in its career, observing that Death Angel "still sound visceral and hungry decades into their work, a rare case of a band getting sharper as it goes instead of mellowing".[6] While Greg Pratt suggested in Exclaim! that the album's length was too long, he applauded the album's "super-tight rhythm section, killer guitar work and excellent vocals".[7] Metal Forces' Neil Arnold noted that the album is a more "straight-laced" thrash album in contrast with the band's more experimental fare, which he claimed stands as "simple proof that Death Angel rules the thrash scene".[8] Rich Dodgin from All About The Rock claimed the album is "An essential purchase for fans of thrash metal."[5]

Track listing

All music by Rob Cavestany, all lyrics by Mark Osegueda, except "Territorial Instinct / Bloodlust" music and lyrics by Rob Cavestany.[3]

Personnel

Death Angel

• Mark Osegueda – lead vocals
• Rob Cavestany – lead guitar, backing vocals
• Ted Aguilar – rhythm guitar, co-lead guitar on track 6, backing vocals
• Damien Sisson – bass
• Will Carroll – drums

Guest musicians

• Jason Suecof – guitar solo on "Empty"

Production and art

• Jason Suecof – production
• Jason Suecof and Rob Cavestany – engineering
• Ronn Miller – assistant engineering
• Eyal Levi and Rob Cavestany – additional engineering
• Ted Jensen – mastering
• Brent Elliot White – cover art
• Rob Kimura – CD layout design
• Nick Koljian – band photography

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format
Europe	October 11, 2013	Nuclear Blast	CD, digital
United Kingdom	October 14, 2013
North America	October 15, 2013

Charts

Chart (2013)	Peak position
Billboard 200[2]	72

References

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The Dream Calls For Blood — седьмой студийный альбом американской трэш-метал группы Death Angel. Альбом был выпущен 11 октября 2013 года на лейбле Nuclear Blast. В первый уикенд в США альбом разошелся тиражом в 5400 копий и занял 72 место в Billboard 200. За всю историю группы, это был первый раз, когда Death Angel попали в Top 100 в американских чартах.

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