Grand Morbid Funeral
| Grand Morbid Funeral | ||||
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| Studio album by Bloodbath | ||||
| Released | November 17, 2014 | |||
| Recorded |
Ghost Ward Studio City of Glass Studio March to September 2014 | |||
| Genre | Death metal | |||
| Length | 46:31 | |||
| Label | Peaceville | |||
| Producer | Bloodbath | |||
| Bloodbath chronology | ||||
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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 tracks written 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 guitar
- 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"
- Nothing – guest solo on "My Torturer"
Additional credits
References
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 Munro, Scott (11 September 2014). "BLOODBATH RETURN WITH GRAND MORBID FUNERAL". Metal Hammer. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
- 1 2 Horn, Jr, Ray Van. "BLOODBATH "Grand Morbid Funeral"". Blabbermouth. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
- 1 2 Excretanko (6 November 2014). "Bloodbath's Grand Morbid Funeral: Brand New Singer, Same Killer Ride". MetalSucks. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
- 1 2 Falzon, Denise (14 November 2014). "Bloodbath Grand Morbid Funeral". Exclaim!. Retrieved 13 May 2015.