Grand Morbid Funeral is the fourth studio album by Swedish death metal band Bloodbath. It was released by Peaceville Records on 17 November 2014.
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| Released | 17 November 2014 | |||
| Recorded | March–September 2014 | |||
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| Genre | Death metal | |||
| Length | 46:31 | |||
| Label | Peaceville | |||
| Producer | Bloodbath | |||
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Background
editGrand 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
edit| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Blabbermouth | 8.5/10[4] |
| MetalSucks |   [5] |
| Exclaim! | 8/10[6] |
Blabbermouth described the "unapologetic fury" of Grand Morbid Funeral and stated that the album "brings the same old-school, brutalized death metal Bloodbath has been hailed for".[4] MetalSucks commented that new singer "Holmes' voice is just the worm-gut-strewn axe-to-the-skull this music needs" and stated 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! stated that "Bloodbath have upped the brutality ante with Grand Morbid Funeral" and claimed that Holmes has "surpassed expectations with powerful and sinister throat-gurgling delivery".[6]
Track listing
editAll tracks are written by Bloodbath
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Let the Stillborn Come to Me" | Jonas Renkse | 4:37 |
| 2. | "Total Death Exhumed" | Anders Nyström | 3:51 |
| 3. | "Anne" | Per Eriksson | 3:43 |
| 4. | "Church of Vastitas" | Renkse | 3:37 |
| 5. | "Famine of God's Word" | Eriksson | 4:56 |
| 6. | "Mental Abortion" | Renkse | 3:47 |
| 7. | "Beyond Cremation" | Nick Holmes, Nyström | 4:41 |
| 8. | "His Infernal Necropsy" | Renkse | 3:35 |
| 9. | "Unite in Pain" | Holmes, Nyström | 3:52 |
| 10. | "My Torturer" | Eriksson | 4:17 |
| 11. | "Grand Morbid Funeral" | Nyström | 5:35 |
| Total length: | 46:31 | ||
Personnel
editNames given as credited in album credits (real names in brackets).
Bloodbath
edit- Old Nick – vocals
- Blakkheim – guitars, backing vocals
- Sodomizer – guitars
- Lord Seth – bass guitar
- Axe – drums
Guest musicians
edit- Chris Reifert – guest vocals on "Grand Morbid Funeral"
- Eric Cutler – guitar solos on "Total Death Exhumed", "Mental Abortion" and "Unite in Pain"
- Nothing – guest solo on "My Torturer"
Additional credits
editReferences
edit- ^ Horn, Ray (2014-11-17). "Grand Morbid Funeral". Blabbermouth. Blabbermouth.net.
- ^ Hartmann, Graham (12 April 2012). "Opeth Frontman Mikael Akerfeldt No Longer a Member of Bloodbath". Loudwire. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
- ^ a b Munro, Scott (11 September 2014). "BLOODBATH RETURN WITH GRAND MORBID FUNERAL". Metal Hammer. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
- ^ a b Horn, Jr, Ray Van. "BLOODBATH "Grand Morbid Funeral"". Blabbermouth. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
- ^ a b Excretanko (6 November 2014). "Bloodbath's Grand Morbid Funeral: Brand New Singer, Same Killer Ride". MetalSucks. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
- ^ a b Falzon, Denise (14 November 2014). "Bloodbath Grand Morbid Funeral". Exclaim!. Retrieved 13 May 2015.