Time for the second letter in the "Metal-ABC".
The band:
This is a pretty obvious choice , if you know me. I talked about Bloodbath before in the Level Up! Lounge and propably elsewhere on this site before.
Bloodbath is a so called "Supergroup", which means that their members are active in other (succesful) bands.
The band was founded in 1998 by Mikael Åkerfeldt (Opeth), Dan Swanö (Nightingale), Anders Nyström and Jonas Renkse (both Katatonia). In 2000 their first full length album with the name "Ressurection Through Carnage" was released. In 2005 Åkerfeldt left the band to have more time for Opeth. He was replaced by Peter Tägtgren (Hyprocrisy). With Tägtgren on lead vocals the band released their second full album "Nightmares Made Flesh".
Shortly after that the lead vocals where changed again. This time it was Tägtgtren who had "conflicting schedules" with his primary band. He was replaced by his predecessor Åkerfeldt. He was meant to stay for only one live show in Wacken, but since no suitable singer could be found, Åkerfeldt stayed with the band.
A few more lineup changes followed. Åkerfeldt, Nyström, Renkse, Martin Axentrot (Opeth) and Per Eriksson (Katatonia) recorded the third full album "The Fathomless Mastery", which was released in 2008.
Because of their status as "Supergroup" live gigs are a very rare thing. I was lucky enough to see them at last years Rock Hard Festival. It was the band's 4th live gig ever!
The song:
This is "So you die" the second track from their first album "Ressurection Through Carnage", enjoy!
Album cover:
