Doctrine (album)

Doctrine is the sixth studio album by Dutch death metal band Pestilence, which was released on April 24, 2011.^[1] The album was recorded and mixed at Woodshed Studio in southern Germany with engineer Victor "V.Santura" Bullok. The artwork was designed by Marko Saarelainen. The album represents a second release by the reformed Pestilence, with two new members: Yuma van Eekelen and Jeroen Paul Thesseling, who was a member of the band during the Spheres era. Technically, the album is an experimentation with very low tunings, with Mameli and Uterwijk playing on 8-string guitars with standard tuning, and Thesseling playing a 7-string fretless bass tuned in F#.

Doctrine
Studio album by Pestilence
Released	April 24, 2011
Recorded	Woodshed Studio in southern Germany
Genre	Death metal
Length	39:22
Label	Mascot Records
Producer	Victor "V.Santura" Bullok
Pestilence chronology
Resurrection Macabre (2009) Doctrine (2011) Obsideo (2013)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Thrash Magazine	[2]
Heavy Blog is Heavy	[3]
Metal Hammer	[4]
Metal Review	[5]

The album has received mixed reviews, with much of the criticism pointed to the album's down tuned guitar sound, as well as Patrick Mameli's vocals.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Patrick Mameli; all music is composed by Mameli, except "Doctrine" by Mameli and Patrick Uterwijk.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Predication"	2:00
2.	"Amgod"	3:33
3.	"Doctrine"	3:07
4.	"Salvation"	3:40
5.	"Dissolve"	3:39
6.	"Absolution"	3:38
7.	"Sinister"	3:58
8.	"Divinity"	4:06
9.	"Deception"	3:57
10.	"Malignant"	3:49
11.	"Confusion"	3:55
Total length:		39:22

Credits

Personnel

• Patrick Mameli – vocals, lead & rhythm guitar
• Patrick Uterwijk – lead & rhythm guitar
• Jeroen Paul Thesseling – fretless bass
• Yuma Van Eekelen – drums

Production

• Victor "V.Santura" Bullok - mixing, mastering
• Victor Bullok - engineering, production
• Marko Saarelainen - artwork, layout