Svartsyn safely managed to sound convincingly raw and grim without compromising the production quality: _Bloodline_ is rather neatly recorded, all the instruments sounding clear and loud. Another good thing about this album is that it's relatively varied, the riffs aren't impossibly fast and the tracks themselves aren't unbearably long. Sure, Svartsyn play it by the book and the material here has its limitations, starting to sound like the same song is being repeated after the middle of the album, but still, these Swedes never promised a grandiose rock opera either.

The bonuses from the _Tormentor_ EP I could have done without, for the quality of the recordings is very minimal and the tracks are way too necro, hardly comparable to _Bloodline_. All in all, a strong release.