THE FEROCIOUS DEATH METAL MINI-ALBUM MASTERCLASS FROM ONE OF THE CURRENT LEADERS OF THE DEATH METAL GENRE, FEATURING KATATONIA & OPETH MEMBERS – INCLUDES BONUS LIVE TRACKS FROM PARTY SAN FESTIVAL, 2008.

Bloodbath is a titan of death metal from Stockholm, Sweden, notable for the inclusion of Katatonia & Opeth members, with the band subsequently beckoning Nick Holmes of UK doom legends Paradise Lost to join in the brutality for 2014’s ‘Grand Morbid Funeral’ & beyond. Formed in 1998 with a mutual fascination for horror & the glory days of death metal from classic bands such as Entombed, Morbid Angel, Cancer & Autopsy, Bloodbath has remained a leading light of extreme metal since their ‘Breeding Death’ EP was unleashed back in 2000 & continue to spearhead the genre to this day.

Following years of inactivity after an initial run on Century Media, 2008 witnessed the glorious, gory return of Bloodbath, with the line-up of Mikael Akerfeldt, Martin ‘Axe’ Axenrot, Jonas Renkse, Anders ‘Blakkheim’ Nystrom & Per ‘Sodomizer’ Eriksson presenting a new masterwork of Swedish death metal with mini-album ‘Unblessing The Purity’, a taster of sorts, leading to the critically-acclaimed full “comeback” album, ‘The Fathomless Mastery’. An uncompromising full-on attack of brutality & blasphemy, ‘Unblessing The Purity’ displayed a fine blend of old-school influence & boundary-pushing extremity.

This CD edition of ‘Unblessing The Purity’ includes bonus live tracks from Party.San Festival 2008, featuring the same recording line-up.