Grand Morbid Funeral is the fourth studio album by Swedish death metal band Bloodbath, released by Peaceville Records on 17 November 2014.
Background[]
Grand Morbid Funeral was recorded in 2014 at Ghost Ward and City of Glass in Stockholm, Sweden and self-produced by the band. It was released on 17 November 2014 by Peaceville Records.[1] This is the first Bloodbath album to feature vocalist Nick Holmes from UK metal band Paradise Lost after Mikael Åkerfeldt of Opeth left, having lost interest in performing death metal.[2] Anders ‘Blakkheim’ Nystrom of the band states that the album is “destructive, raw, heavy, organic and sludgy death metal.”[3]
The album features guest appearances from Chris Reifert and Eric Cutler from death metal band Autopsy.[3]
Critical reception[]
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Blabbermouth | 8.5/10[4] |
| MetalSucks |   [5]
|
| Exclaim! | 8/10[6] |
Blabbermouth describe the "unapologetic fury" of Grand Morbid Funeral and state that the album "brings the same old-school, brutalized death metal Bloodbath has been hailed for".[4] MetalSucks comment that new singer "Holmes’ voice is just the worm-gut-strewn axe-to-the-skull this music needs" and state that "if you’ve spent most of 2014 waiting around to get leveled by a death metal record with a little legacy heft, you might want to get out there and snatch up the new Bloodbath".[5] The review in Exclaim! state that "Bloodbath have upped the brutality ante with Grand Morbid Funeral" and claim that Holmes has "surpassed expectations with powerful and sinister throat-gurgling delivery".[6]
Track listing[]
All songs written and composed by Bloodbath.
| No. | Title | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Let the Stillborn Come to Me" | 4:37 | |
| 2. | "Total Death Exhumed" | 3:51 | |
| 3. | "Anne" | 3:43 | |
| 4. | "Church of Vastitas" | 3:37 | |
| 5. | "Famine of God's Word" | 4:56 | |
| 6. | "Mental Abortion" | 3:47 | |
| 7. | "Beyond Cremation" | 4:41 | |
| 8. | "His Infernal Necropsy" | 3:35 | |
| 9. | "Unite in Pain" | 3:52 | |
| 10. | "My Torturer" | 4:17 | |
| 11. | "Grand Morbid Funeral" | 5:35 | |
Total length: |
46:31 | ||
Personnel[]
Names given as credited in album credits (real names in brackets)
- Bloodbath
- Old Nick (Nick Holmes) - vocals
- Blakkheim (Anders Nyström) - lead guitars, backing vocals
- Sodomizer (Per Eriksson) - guitars
- Lord Seth (Jonas Renkse) - bass
- Axe (Martin Axenrot) - drums
- Guest musicians
- Chris Reifert - guest vocals on "Grand Morbid Funeral"
- Eric Cutler - guitar solos on "Total Death Exhumed, "Mental Abortion and "Unite in Pain"
- Jason William Walton - guest solo on "My Torturer"
- Production
- Matt Vickerstaff - Layout
- Thomas Eberger - Mastering
- Ester Segarra - Photography
- Néstor Ávalos - Artwork
- David Castillo - Mixing
References[]
- ↑ Horn, Ray (2014-11-17). "Grand Morbid Funeral". Blabbermouth (Blabbermouth.net). http://www.blabbermouth.net/cdreviews/grand-morbid-funeral/.
- ↑ Hartmann, Graham (12 April 2012). Opeth Frontman Mikael Akerfeldt No Longer a Member of Bloodbath. Loudwire.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Munro, Scott (11 September 2014). BLOODBATH RETURN WITH GRAND MORBID FUNERAL. Metal Hammer.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Horn, Jr, Ray Van. [http://www.blabbermouth.net/cdreviews/grand-morbid-funeral BLOODBATH "Grand Morbid Funeral"]. Blabbermouth.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Excretanko (6 November 2014). Bloodbath’s Grand Morbid Funeral: Brand New Singer, Same Killer Ride. MetalSucks.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Falzon, Denise (14 November 2014). [http://exclaim.ca/Music/article/bloodbath-grand_morbid_funeral Bloodbath Grand Morbid Funeral]. Exclaim!.
