The Great Bludgeoning

The Great Bludgeoning
Studio album by
Released23 September 2011
GenresThrash metal, melodic death metal
Length36:58
LabelNapalm
Hatesphere chronology
To the Nines
(2009)
The Great Bludgeoning
(2011)
Murderlust
(2013)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Rock Hard9/10[1]
Metal.de7/10[2]
Scream Magazine4/6[3]
Heavymetal.dk9/10[4]
8/10[5]
Dead Rhetoric8/10 [6]

The Great Bludgeoning is the seventh studio album by the Danish melodeath/thrash metal band Hatesphere.

Track listing

  1. "The Killer" – 3:32
  2. "Venom" – 6:09
  3. "Smell of Death" – 3:43
  4. "Decayer" – 4:55
  5. "The Wail of My Threnode" – 1:17
  6. "Resurrect with a Vengeance" – 4:20
  7. "The Great Bludgeoning" – 4:34
  8. "Need to Kill" – 5:28
  9. "Devil in Your Own Hell" – 3:00

References

  1. ↑ "HATESPHERE - The Great Bludgeoning". Rock Hard (review) (in German). 21 September 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2026.
  2. ↑ Florian (8 September 2011). "Hatesphere - The Great Bludgeoning". Metal.de (review) (in German). Retrieved 27 May 2026.
  3. ↑ Oddsberg, Anders (2011). "HATESPHERE "The Great Bludgeoning"". Scream Magazine (review) (in Norwegian). No. 159. p. 43.
  4. ↑ "HateSphere The Great Bludgeoning". Heavymetal.dk (review) (in Danish). 16 September 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2026.
  5. ↑ Christiansen, Mikee (16 September 2011). "HateSphere The Great Bludgeoning". Heavymetal.dk (review) (in Danish). Retrieved 27 May 2026.
  6. ↑ Gehlke, David E. (23 March 2013). "Hatesphere – The Great Bludgeoning (Napalm Records)". Dead Rhetoric (review). Retrieved 27 May 2026.

Further reading

  • Review by Metal Temple
  • Review by Stormbringer.at (in German)
  • Review by Metalfan.nl (in Dutch)
  • Review by Lollipop Magazine
  • Review by PowerofMetal.dk
  • Review by DarkScene.at (in German)