After months of teases Bloodbath‘s new vocalist has been revealed to be Paradise Lost frontman Nick Holmes. The bands Jonas Renkse (also of Katatonia) said of Holmes‘ addition:
“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!”
Guitarist Anders “Blakkheim” Nyström also offered:
“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!”
Holmes fills the spot vacated by Opeth‘s Mikael Åkerfeldt. Bloodbath‘s first album with Holmes at the head has been titled “Grand Morbid Funeral” and is due in stores November 18th.
