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Album Review: Bloodbath - Grand Morbid Funeral

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Triumphantly evil through and through.

Reinvigorated by the arrival of metal legend Nick Holmes on vocals, Bloodbath have delved even further into their depraved, infanticide-worshipping brand of doom-laden death metal.

Grand Morbid Funeral features sludgy, slamming guitars and tremolo picked riffs. Holmes’ vicious growls remain articulate throughout, never leaving the listener questioning what deranged acts he’s grunting about. While there isn’t too much special going on in the rhythm section, it’s for the best. With ghastly dive-bombs and vomit-strewn vocals, a steady helping of double kicks and death metal D-beats is exactly what the album needs. Triumphantly evil through and through.