Sweden's masters of horror, Bloodbath, are set to release their fourth album of supreme death metal, Grand Morbid Funeral, on November 18th through Peaceville Records. The band has unveiled a new track, "Unite In Pain", featuring new vocalist Nick Holmes. 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."

 

 

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"

Pre-order Grand Morbid Funeral through the Peaceville Bloodbath store at this location.

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.

Bloodbath is set to appear on a string of festivals throughout 2015, including Inferno festival (Norway), Neurotic Deathfest (The Netherlands) and Maryland Deathfest (US) with more TBA.

Stay tuned for more info on Bloodbath and Grand Morbid Funeral.