Country of origin: Sweden
Location: Stockholm
Status: Active
Formed in: 1998
Genre: Death Metal
Lyrical themes: Blasphemy, Death, Gore, Supernaturalism, Violence
Current label: Peaceville Records
Years active: 1998-present
Bloodbath formed in 1998 during one evening when friends Mikael Åkerfeldt, Anders Nyström, Jonas Renkse, and Dan Swanö, had the idea to play death metal in the realm of Entombed mixed with some of the US Florida death metal scene bands. Quite simply, Bloodbath was born out of this shared admiration for quality death metal in its old fashion combined with a new sound.
Mikael Åkerfeldt left Bloodbath about a year after the release of Resurrection Through Carnage because he wanted to focus on his more serious group, Opeth, but he still performed with the band for their Wacken 2005 set. He then returned to the band in 2008 and left again in 2012.
Breeding Death EP 2000
Resurrection Through Carnage Full-length 2002
Nightmares Made Flesh Full-length 2004 Unblessing the Purity EP 2008
The Wacken Carnage Live album 2008
The Fathomless Mastery Full-length 2008 Bloodbath over Bloodstock Video 2011
Beyond Cremation (Underground Mix) Single 2014
Grand Morbid Funeral Full-length 2014Autopsy vs Bloodbath Split 2017
The Arrow of Satan Is Drawn Full-length 2018Current
Jonas Renkse Bass, Vocals (backing) (1998-present), Guitars (2004)
See also: Katatonia, Wisdom of Crowds, ex-October Tide
Anders "Blakkheim" Nyström Guitars, Vocals (backing) (1998-present), Bass (2004)
See also: Katatonia, ex-Diabolical Masquerade, ex-Bewitched
Martin Axenrot Drums (2004-present)
See also: Opeth, ex-Blasphemous, ex-Morgue, ex-Nephenzy Chaos Order, ex-Decay, ex-Nifelheim, ex-Witchery, ex-Triumphator, ex-Satanic Slaughter, ex-Funeral Frost
Nick Holmes Vocals (2014-present)
See also: Paradise Lost
Joakim Karlsson Guitars (2018-present)
See also: Craft, The Eternal Void
Past
Dan Swanö Drums, Vocals (backing) (1998-2004), Keyboards (1999), Bass (2004), Guitars, Vocals (backing) (2004-2006)
See also: Dan Swanö, Frameshift, Nightingale, Odyssey, Unicorn, Witherscape, Star One, ex-Cryptic Death, ex-Demiurg, ex-Diabolical Masquerade, ex-Edge of Sanity, ex-Godsend, ex-Incision, ex-Infestdead, ex-Karaboudjan, ex-Masticate, ex-Pan.Thy.Monium, ex-Steel, ex-Stygg Död, ex-Total Terror, ex-Darkcide, ex-Route Nine, Obliterhate, ex-Another Life, ex-Overflash, ex-Ribspreader, ex-Brejn Dedd, ex-Maceration, ex-Ghost, ex-Sörskogen
Mikael Åkerfeldt Vocals (1998-2003, 2005, 2008-2012)
See also: Opeth, Storm Corrosion, ex-Steel, ex-Katatonia (live), ex-Eruption, ex-Sörskogen
Peter Tägtgren Vocals (2004-2005)
See also: Hypocrisy, Pain, ex-The Abyss, Lindemann, ex-Lock Up, ex-Malevolent Creation (live), ex-Marduk (live), ex-War, ex-Conquest, ex-Roadhouse Diet, ex-Seditious, ex-E-Type (live)
Per "Sodomizer" Eriksson Guitars (2008-2017)
See also: Ghost (live), ex-21 Lucifers, ex-Genocrush Ferox, ex-Komotio, ex-Katatonia
Past (Live)
Tomas Åkvik Guitars (2017-2018)
See also: Lik, Nale, ex-Chaosys, ex-Katatonia (live), ex-The Resistance (live)
http://www.bloodbath.biz/ http://www.facebook.com/bloodbathband http://myspace.com/bloodbathband https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Bloodbath/233 Bloodbath - Hades Rising - 2008 The Fathomless Mastery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OfUVmfNk4E