Swedish death metal band Bloodbath recently announced their return after several years, unveiling a new album by the name of Grand Morbid Funeral, which will come out November 17th via Peaceville Records. But the question on everyone’s mind was, “Who is the new vocalist?” After all, Mikael Akerfeldt (Opeth) had left the band in 2012, four years after the release of The Fathomless Mastery.
Well, the answer to that question has been answered and the new vocalist for Bloodbath is none other that Paradise Lost‘s Nick Holmes!
Bassist Jonas Renkse (Katatonia) tells Metal Hammer:
Ever since I got into Lost Paradise back in 1990, Nick Holmes has been one of my favourite growling vocalists out there. He was always audible and articulate but still deep and definitely morbid. It is a great pleasure to work with him some 25 years later after I was introduced to his thunderous roar!
Lead guitarist Anders Nyström (Katatonia) adds:
Little did I expect to be working with the voice behind the death metal classic Lost Paradise, or the genre-defining Gothic and yet here we are decades later, fulfilling another death metal dream. With his sinister and ominous vocal delivery, it’s an absolute pleasure to make Old Nick the bell-ringer in Bloodbath’s grand morbid funeral!
This sounds like it’s going to be one massive record! I loved The Fathomless Mastery, so I’m definitely keeping close eyes on this one.
