Bloodbath was originally initiated back in 1999 by four Swedish friends who fancied to pay tribute to the pre-melodic version (i.e. Grave, Entombed, Dismember) of Swedish Death Metal in which they all grew up with. Mikael Åkerfeldt (Opeth), Anders Nystrom (Katatonia), Jonas Renkse (Katatonia) and Dan Swanö (Edge of Sanity) are the four friends in question and although this band was originally intended to be a one off project it eventually became a much more serious thing when it caught on. However before it did catch on the band simply recorded this three track thirteen minute EP called, 'Breeding Death,' which is a fast, furious and raging romp that recalls Sweden's mighty death metal scene between the years of '88-'93. We're not talking incredible amounts of innovation here, it's a tribute band, it's for the old school fans, but regardless of all these facts it is quite good. Mikael's low guttural vocals fit perfectly with this style of music, while Anders crunchy down tuned guitars sound totally vintage, Jonas' bass is decent, but not nearly vibrant enough and as expected Dan does a fine job pounding the drums.
As I'm sure you know, eventually the demand for more was too overwhelming from fans (probably a little bit of a cash in for the members too) and nowadays despite the addition and loss of members Bloodbath is a serious band with three full-length albums, two EPs and a live CD/DVD. They even occasionally perform live and having witnessed them this summer in England I can honestly say they are not a band to be missed.
The Breeding Death EP has been re-released no less than three times on various labels and different formats and certain pressings of their debut album, 'Resurrection Through Carnage' have these three songs as bonus tracks... but I'm hip and have the original Century Media pressing.
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