History Music / Bloodbath

Bloodbath is a Swedish DeathMetal band formed in 1998. A main/"supergroup", the original lineup consisted of Mikael Akerfeldt of Music/{{Opeth}} (vocals), Dan Swano of Music/EdgeOfSanity (drums; later switched to guitar), and Anders Nystrom and Jonas Renske of Music/{{Katatonia}} (guitar and bass, respectively). The band was formed to celebrate the members' love of old-school death metal music, and since their inception, they've remained a favorite among death metal fans and are one of the most respected artists in the genre.

Bloodbath is a Swedish DeathMetal band formed in 1998. A "supergroup", the original lineup consisted of Mikael Akerfeldt of Music/{{Opeth}} (vocals), Dan Swano of Music/EdgeOfSanity (drums; later switched to guitar), and Anders Nystrom and Jonas Renske of Music/{{Katatonia}} (guitar and bass, respectively). The band was formed to celebrate the members' love of old-school death metal music, and since their inception, they've remained a favorite among death metal fans and are one of the most respected artists in the genre.

Bloodbath is a Swedish DeathMetal band formed in 1998. A supergroup, the original lineup consisted of Mikael Akerfeldt of Music/{{Opeth}} (vocals), Dan Swano of Music/EdgeOfSanity (drums; later switched to guitar), and Anders Nystrom and Jonas Renske of Music/{{Katatonia}} (guitar and bass, respectively). The band was formed to celebrate the members' love of old-school death metal music, and since their inception, they've remained a favorite among death metal fans and are one of the most respected artists in the genre.

* SpecialGuest: [[Music/ScarSymmetry Christian Alvestam]] contributed vocals to the song "Iesous", while [[Music/{{Autopsy}} Eric Cutler and Chris Reifert]] contributed guitar add vocals to several songs on ''Grand Morbid Funeral''. ''The Arrow of Satan Is Drawn'' features additional vocals from [[Music/BoltThrower Karl Willetts]], [[Music/{{Carcass}} Jeff Walker]], and John Walker (Cancer). ''Survival of the Sickest'' will feature [[Music/NapalmDeath Barney Greenway]], Marc Grewe (ex-Morgoth), and [[Music/{{Gorguts}} Luc Lemay]].

Taking a long time to find a new vocalist, the band finally announced their return in 2012, and while they had a new vocalist set, they did not reveal his identity right away. Giving clues over the course of 2013, everybody was debating who it was, and finally in 2014, they revealed their new singer to be Nick Holmes of Music/ParadiseLost. Their first album with Holmes, ''Grand Morbid Funeral'', was releaesd on November 17, 2014. The band's fifth album, ''The Arrow of Satan is Drawn'', will be released on October 26, 2018.

* SpecialGuest: [[Music/ScarSymmetry Christian Alvestam]] contributed vocals to the song "Iesous", while [[Music/{{Autopsy}} Eric Cutler and Chris Reifert]] contributed guitar add vocals to several songs on ''Grand Morbid Funeral''. ''The Arrow of Satan Is Drawn'' features additional vocals from [[Music/BoltThrower Karl Willetts]], [[Music/{{Carcass}} Jeff Walker]], and John Walker (Cancer).

''[=EPs=]''

''Studio Albums''

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: 10, par the course for classic death metal.

** DefiantToTheEnd: He's burned at the stake for his apostasy, but refuses to repent.

Taking a long time to find a new vocalist, the band finally announced their return in 2012, and while they had a new vocalist set, they did not reveal his identity right away. Giving clues over the course of 2013, everybody was debating who it was, and finally in 2014, they revealed their new singer to be Nick Holmes of Music/ParadiseLost. Their first album with Holmes, ''Grand Morbid Funeral'', was releaesd on November 17, 2014.

'''[=EPs=]''

'''Studio Albums''

* AndShowItToYou: Averted.

* ApocalypseHow: Pretty much all of The Fathomless Mastery is about the apocalypse as it was told in the Literature/BookOfRevelation, minus Satan losing. Besides that, many of their songs feature the annihilation of the world in various forms. To name a few: undead animals ("Year of the Cadaver Race"), a demonic spirit from the ocean ("The Ascension"), the return of [[EldritchAbomination ancient gods]] ("Stillborn Saviour"), and some sort of bacterial plague ("Draped In Disease").

* BlasphemousBoast: "Treasonous" is this trope in song form, about an apostate who renounced God and the church in favor his own carnal pleasures and knowledge of the truth.

* TitleDrop: "The Ascension" title-drops their first EP, Breeding Death, and their first full-length, Resurrection Through Carnage.

The band emerged with the EP ''Breeding Death'' in 2000, then their first album ''Resurrection Through Carnage'' was released in 2002, and payed homage to classic Swedish death metal with its clunky distorted guitar tone and creepy atmosphere. It was widely praised for its familiar yet interesting sound, as well as the vocal performance of Mikael Akerfeldt. To free up more time with Opeth, Akerfeldt left in 2004 and was temporarily replaced by Peter Tagtgren of Music/{{Hypocrisy}}. At the same time, Martin Axenrot (also of Opeth) was brought in on drums after Swano switched to guitar. These changes resulted in the band's second album ''Nightmares Made Flesh'', which has been regarded as a death metal classic and received rave reviews all across the metal press.

Taking a long time to find a new vocalist, the band finally announced their return in 2012, and while they had a new vocalist set, they did not reveal his identity right away. Giving clues over the course of 2013, everybody was debating who it was, and finally in 2014, they revealed their new singer to be Nick Holmes of Music/ParadiseLost. Their first album with Holmes, ''Grand Morbid Funeral'', will be released November 17, 2014.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: 10, par the course for classic death metal.
* BasedOnATrueStory: The song "Eaten" is about the Armin Meiwes case.