To everyone nagging on us (we understand…) to reveal the new singer, we will not do this until we have audio to go with it, so please be patient. To everyone asking when they can expect the new album to be released, we’ve set aside time in January to record it. So album title, cover artwork and release date will follow once that’s in motion. Thanks for your support and helping us recycle death metal, once again.

I'm enough of a sad fanboy to check their website periodically for news even though it gets updated like once a year. I love everything Bloodbath have done (albeit NMF is my least favourite) so I'll be looking forward to this.

I'm the complete opposite here; don't care much for their stuff, with the exception of NMF, which is bloody amazing. Still, consider me mildly interested in this.

It's a mystery to me why the prevailing opinion is so greatly in favour of NMF, not that it isn't great.

What I really don't get though is why Eaten is by far their most popular song when it's literally the only one from their entire discography I genuinely don't like. Yeah yeah, special snowflake etc.

No. Eaten is OSDM for little girls who haven't gotten out of their Behemoth phase yet. Its all groove and hooks, even squeezes in a little acoustic lick for no goddamned reason other than to make kids feel smart. Compared to the OSDM it most closely resembles, the midpaced rolling off stuff like Cianide and Rottrevore, it lacks the morbidity, the griminess and the aggressive edge, its ALL groove, its pop OSDM.

Dude, seriously?! I mean I think you're quite the knowledgeable guy and I usually respect your views, but... "pop OSDM"???

I won't beat the bush any longer though, I just don't see why is it that with a band that has three albums and two EPs, plus apparently a new one on the forge, people keep nagging about... one song! Get over it guys, it's one fucking song!

In terms of a new album, I have to say that I lack the excitement others have shown here. I also dislike everything they've done past NMF though, but that's another matter. If, and that's a big one, Dan and Matti would be on board then I would probably be interested. I guess we'll just have to wait and see who's playing what then.

I think the first Ep is good, RTC weak as shit and NMF easily the best material the band did. Does it sound like pure 100% OSDM? no, but has some influences for sure. The riffs are mostly catchy and memorable, the production is crushing, the overall performance is killer, especially the vocals that are utterly massive and brutal. From NMF I like the most Cancer of the Soul, Soul Evisceration, Eaten, Outnumbering the Day, Brave New Hell and Year of the Cadaver Race.

Pete did the performance of his life here (his vocals on Hypocrisy are also excellent) and he is a major factor for the album to be that good. While Mike is a good growler, he simply can't sound so menacing as Pete. Those high pitched screams he does are totally inhuman and Eaten? that chorus couldn't sound more ridiculously brutal.

I'm not very fond of the latter material, which is arguably of less quality in the songwriting department and has almost nothing on more old/mid era death metal.

I'm actually happy that Mike left but the band needs Swanö back.

I'm glad Mikael isn't coming back for this new Bloodbath album. His death vocals lately have been atrocious. Weak, hoarse, and just pathetic. He ruined Bloodbath's last live DVD (and Opeth's Royal Albert Hall DVD) because he sounded so terrible. It's a shame too, since he used to have some of the best growls in metal.

It'll be interesting to see who they pick to replace him. Dan Swano could probably do it for the album, but I'm not sure he could pull it off live. I can see it being Peter again, but who knows if he's interested.