Editing Body Count (band) (section)

===Resurgence: ''Manslaughter'', ''Bloodlust'', ''Carnivore'' and ''Merciless'' (2013–present)===
[[File:Body Count Feat. Ice-T - Rock am Ring 2015-8831.jpg|thumb|Bodycount at [[Rock am Ring]] 2015]]
On December 9, 2012, Ice-T announced on [[Twitter]] that Body Count would begin production on a fifth studio album in January 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/FINALLEVEL/status/277873968701132800 |title=Twitter / FINALLEVEL: BodyCount Fans: BodyCount is |publisher=Twitter.com |access-date=February 18, 2013}}</ref> The following day, Ice-T revealed that Body Count has signed with [[Sumerian Records]].<ref name=Sumerian>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/FINALLEVEL/status/278109056772763648 |title=Twitter / FINALLEVEL: FYI: The BodyCount deal is |publisher=Twitter.com |access-date=February 18, 2013}}</ref> Ice-T suggested that the album was going to be titled ''Rise!''<ref name=Sumerian/> or ''Manslaughter''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/FINALLEVEL/status/279255464938721280 |title=Twitter / FINALLEVEL: BodyCount starts recording |publisher=Twitter.com |access-date=February 18, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/FINALLEVEL/status/281541286345986048 |title=Twitter / FINALLEVEL: BodyCount at 'Warpped Tour' |publisher=Twitter.com |access-date=February 18, 2013}}</ref> On May 10, 2013, Ice-T announced that work on the fifth studio album had begun and that it would be titled ''[[Manslaughter (album)|Manslaughter]]''. The album was released on June 10, 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/ice-t-says-new-body-count-album-manslaughter-is-brutal/ |title=Ice T Says New Body Count Album 'Manslaughter' Is 'Brutal' |work=Blabbermouth.net |date=May 5, 2014 |access-date=May 8, 2014}}</ref> On May 13, 2014, Ice-T played the song "Talk Shit, Get Shot" as a teaser for the new album.

Their sixth album, titled ''[[Bloodlust (Body Count album)|Bloodlust]]'', was released in March 2017 via [[Century Media Records]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metalsucks.net/2016/06/29/body-count-release-new-album-2017-cover-raining-blood-like-fucking-boss/ |title=Body Count to Release New Album in 2017, Cover "Raining Blood" Like a Fucking Boss |date=June 29, 2016 |access-date=July 12, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817111935/http://www.metalsucks.net/2016/06/29/body-count-release-new-album-2017-cover-raining-blood-like-fucking-boss/ |archive-date=August 17, 2016 }}</ref> On December 28, 2016, Ice-T posted a preview of the first single "No Lives Matter" to Twitter. Guest musicians confirmed to appear on the album were [[Max Cavalera]], [[Randy Blythe]] and [[Dave Mustaine]]. Upon the release of ''Bloodlust'', it was confirmed that Ice T's son Tracy Marrow Jr, aka Little Ice, is now a part of the band, performing backing vocals.

In May 2018, Ice-T revealed to ''[[Loudwire]]'' that Body Count would enter the studio around September to start recording tracks for their seventh studio album ''[[Carnivore (Body Count album)|Carnivore]]''. On the meaning of the album title, the rapper said, "It's basically: 'Fuck vegans.' We figure, anything carnivorous pretty much kicks ass. We're carnivorous! I'm not [really] saying 'Fuck vegans.' Everyone's so pussy right now, [so] we're carnivores".<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=https://www.theprp.com/2018/05/20/news/body-count-have-plans-to-work-on-their-new-album-carnivore/|title=Body Count Have Plans To Work On Their New Album "Carnivore"|publisher=theprp.com|access-date=May 20, 2018|date=May 20, 2018}}</ref> The recording sessions began in April 2019.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/FINALLEVEL/status/1115359153134948352|title=BodyCount News: We officially started writing and recording the new album 'Carnivore' today... This one is gonna be vicious! @BodyCountBandpic.twitter.com/cNk1SFk2cs|first=ICE|last=T|website=Twitter.com|date=April 8, 2019}}</ref> The title track was released as the first single on December 13.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://metalinjection.net/video/body-count-hits-hard-on-new-song-carnivore|title=BODY COUNT Hits Way Hard On New Song "Carnivore"|website=Metal Injection|date=December 13, 2019 }}</ref> The album was released on March 6, 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2019/12/body-count-new-song-carnivore/|title=Body Count unleash title track from upcoming album Carnivore: Stream|website=Consequenceofsound.net|date=December 13, 2019}}</ref>

On June 22, 2021, Body Count announced on their Facebook page that they had started work on their eighth studio album ''[[Merciless (Body Count album)|Merciless]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/body-count-begins-work-on-new-album-merciless/|title=BODY COUNT Begins Work On New Album, 'Merciless'|publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|date=June 22, 2021|access-date=June 23, 2021}}</ref> In 2022, it was ranked by ''[[Metal Hammer]]'' as the 46th most anticipated metal release of that year.<ref name="MH5022">{{cite web |last1= Hobson |first1=Rich |title=New metal albums 2022: The 50 most anticipated releases this year |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-50-most-anticipated-metal-albums-of-2022/5 |website=[[Metal Hammer]] |publisher=[[Future plc]] |access-date=9 September 2023 |date=21 September 2022}}</ref> After several delays, ''Merciless'' was finally released on November 22, 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/body-count-recruits-david-gilmour-for-cover-of-pink-floyds-comfortably-numb|title=BODY COUNT Recruits DAVID GILMOUR For Cover Of PINK FLOYD's 'Comfortably Numb'|publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|access-date=September 26, 2024|date=September 20, 2024}}</ref>