The third episode of the unholy Peaceville podcast is now upon us, and who better to serve up some rancid platters from the vaults of horror this Halloween than Anders ‘Blakkheim’ Nyström from Swedish deathlords, Bloodbath.

Taking us through a nightmare of brutality, blasphemy and sickness, and delving into the influential delights of death metal’s glorious past which contributed towards creating the monster that became Bloodbath, Blakkheim also blesses us with an exclusive Halloween treat in the form of a new track lifted from forthcoming album Grand Morbid Funeral, set for release on November 17th on Peaceville Records.

Listen to the podcast below:

Bloodbath are set to release their fourth album of supreme death metal, Grand Morbid Funeral, on November 18th through Peaceville Records.

 

 

Grand Morbid Funeral tracklisting:

"Let The Stillborn Come To Me"
"Total Death Exhumed"
"Anne"
"Church Of Vastitas"
"Famine Of God`s Word"
"Mental Abortion"
"Beyond Cremation"
"His Infernal Necropsy"
"Unite In Pain"
"My Torturer"
"Grand Morbid Funeral"
"Famine Of God`s Word" lyric video:

The band recently unveiled a new track, "Unite In Pain", featuring new vocalist Nick Holmes (Paradise Lost). Stream "Unite In Pain" here.

Blakkheim (guitar) commented, "'Unite In Pain' is a very 'straight to the death metal bone' kinda song. A morbid cry out to the old school past when things were kept simple but effective. Take the legs of Slayer, the feet of Entombed, the arms of Bathory, the hands of Death and piece them together with the severed head of Bloodbath, shovel a HM-2 pedal down its throat and face the gore, once more!"
"The original lyrical content for 'Unite In Pain' was about the human need to wish for a peaceful death without suffering, so I tried to reverse this where only a painful end would suffice," added Nick Holmes. "The lyrics were sent to me direct from His Unholyness, and some of the words got lost in translation from ancient Latin to American English."

Bloodbath is a titan of death metal from Stockholm, Sweden, notable for the inclusion of Katatonia, Opeth and now Paradise Lost members. Following the departure of Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt and months of speculation and rumor, Nick Holmes was announced as the new vocalist of Bloodbath earlier this month.

Recorded once again at Ghost Ward Studios and the City of Glass Studios in Stockholm, and mixed by David Castillo, Grand Morbid Funeral is undoubtedly the the band's darkest and dirtiest opus yet; an organic collection of filth-ridden tracks straight from the grave, boldly eschewing the approach of somewhat over-produced modern death metal in favor of something altogether more rotten to the bone.

With eerie, doom-like melodies mixed with raw and savage riffing, and featuring a number of guest appearances including Chris Reifert and Eric Cutler from US gore-master, Autopsy, Grand Morbid Funeral is a new high-point of brutality for Bloodbath.

Formed in 1998 with a mutual fascination for horror and the glory days of death metal (especially the old Florida & Stockholm 'Sunlight' scenes), the band has remained a leading light of extreme metal since its 'Breeding Death' EP was unleashed back in 2000, and a formidable force for 15 years, further cemented by the devastating - and most successful album to date - The Fathomless Mastery in 2008.

Pre-order Grand Morbid Funeral below:

Century Media Records present a morbid triple threat of quintessential death metal with proper vinyl re-editions of Bloodbath’s Breeding Death (2000), Resurrection Through Carnage (2002) and Nightmares Made Flesh (2004), set for release on November 17th.

 

 

All titles come on heavy 180g vinyl with printed innersleeves and feature the original artwork (Nightmares Made Flesh comes with the stunning Wes Benscoter art of the US edition). European and US preorder via CMDistro.com has kicked off now, so preorder your copy via the following links:

- CM Distro EU
- CM Distro USA

 

 

Bloodbath - Breeding Death (Reissue plus bonus tracks 2014)

- 12” MLP containing the original 3-track EP on Side A and 2 demo versions on Side B
- black LP – limited to 500 copies
- solid red LP – limited to 200 copies (exclusive to CM Distro Europe)
- silver LP – limited to 300 copies (exclusive to CM Distro US)

 

 

Bloodbath - Resurrection Through Carnage

- black LP – limited to 500 copies
- silver LP – limited to 200 copies (exclusive to CM Distro Europe)
- transparent blue LP – limited to 300 copies (exclusive to CM Distro US)

 

 

Bloodbath - Nightmares Made Flesh

- black LP - limited to 500 copies
- gold LP – limited to 200 copies (exclusive to CM Distro Europe)
- transparent red LP – limited to 300 copies (exclusive to CM Distro US)