Mikael Åkerfeldt - lead vocals (Opeth)
"Breeding Death" was recorded during a weekend just for
fun and was not ment to be released at all. On the debut
album though, they have spent more time on both lyrics and
music, and on the recording as well.
More info on the band:
www.bloodbath.biz
Bloodbath
After two years
of waiting for an album, the fans got what they were waiting
for. In 2000 came Bloodbath's EP "Breeding Death", and it
has become really huge in the heavy metal scene. Now
Bloodbath's debut album has finally been released, it’s
called "Resurrection Through Carnage". Bloodbath is a
project with some major Swedish metal artists involved.
Anders Nyström - guitar (Katatonia, Diabolical Masquerade)
Jonas Renkse - bass (Katatonia, October Tide)
Dan Swanö - drums (Edge of Sanity, Nightingale)
Music-wise Bloodbath is nothing new. It’s brutal Swedish
death metal. It sounds like something from the early 90's
and similar to Swedish groups like Entombed, Grave, and
Dismember. Bloodbath continues and take over were those
groups ended, or walked in a different musical path. I’ve
been a big fan of death metal since back in the day, and
for an old fan like me this sounds incredibly good, indeed.
On "Resurrection Of Carnage" Bloodbath has put 10
incredible strong tracks, everyone of them is brilliant.
The production are also really strong. You can hear what
Mikael sings, Anders impresses big time, and Dan has
managed to create an amazing drum sound.
As usual when it comes to death metal, the lyrics are
mostly about death, darkness, and evil. And Bloodbath's
lyrics are no exception to that. A few of the brilliant
songs are "Ways To The Grave", "So You Die", "Death
Delirium" and "Bath In Blood".
This is early 90's Swedish death metal at it’s best, the
debut is a masterpiece. I hope that they are going on
tour with this so everybody can catch them live!
Album Rating: Rating 9/10
Reviewed by: Anders Sandvall