My money is also on Sandström! I am really looking forward to this now!
I'm excited! Dark gloomy melodies certainly appeals to me, maybe a bit of an old Asphyx sound..? I'm also still thinking Sandström is the new vocalist.
How come nobody posted this
Metalhammer said they will announce a new singer on 16th september.
And for the lazy...
Recorded once again at Ghost Ward Studios and the City of Glass Studios in Stockholm, and mixed by David Castillo, Grand Morbid Funeral, Bloodbaths fourth full-length studio release will be released on 17th November 2014 through Peaceville Records and is undoubtedly the bands darkest and dirtiest opus yet; an organic collection of filth-ridden tracks straight from the grave, boldly eschewing the approach of somewhat over-produced modern death metal in favour of something altogether more rotten to the bone. With eerie doom-like melodies mixed with raw and savage riffing, and featuring a number of guest appearances including Chris Reifert and Eric Cutler from US gore-masters Autopsy, Grand Morbid Funeral is a new high-point of brutality for Bloodbath. The first album since the departure of Opeth vocalist Mikael Åkerfeldt, this new Bloodbath album will feature an as yet unnamed new frontman. Metal Hammer magazine (UK) (http://metalhammer.teamrock.com) are set to reveal the replacement on 16th September.
Blakkheim (guitars): Were proud of all these different styled releases and we loved doing each and every one of them, but the objective was never to settle with a certain style, so our time has come to shift once more. It was already decided right after the last album that the next record would not become a Fathomless part 2″, but in certain aspects it would actually to become its antithesis! So prepare yourselves for an ultimate blueprint of destructive, raw, heavy, organic and sludgy death metal! The time has come to stomp those HM-2 pedals once more and close the circle of the death metal archives with our Grand Morbid Funeral!
Bloodbath is set to appear on a string of festivals throughout 2015, including Inferno festival (Norway), Neurotic Deathfest (The Netherlands) and Maryland Deathfest (USA) with more tba.
I'm very very very confident that it's Nick Holmes. Makes the most sense out of all potential candidates.
I'm a huge PL fan and I know all their stuff (except the 'Depeche Mode' albums), but he hasn't growled properly in about 2 decades, so it would really surprise me if he suddenly started growling again on a Bloodbath album.Listen to The first Paradise Lost album, he had a really good growl back then at least!