In the last update, we directed customers to The Omega order (The End record’s mailorder) as a temporary solution, but now the Bloodbath merchandise has finally found a new permanent home with the Omerch company based in UK.

All upcoming merchandise will be printed and sold exclusively via the new official Bloodbath online store, but some of you will also be happy to know that several designs will also go retail and distributed worldwide. Eventually, there will be a separate European, North American as well as a Nordic store for customers of each territory, but as for now all worldwide orders can be placed by clicking the banner below.

Bloodbath Merchandise (t-shirts, hoodies, tank tops and more) is finally back online after a longer than anticipated delay. Sorry for the wait.

As of now, the merchandise is being sold by The Omega Order (The End Records mail order) at this location.

Unblessing The Purity – the last missing piece in Bloodbath’s discography is finally also coming to vinyl. Set for June 29th as a gatefold release on bloodred 10″ vinyl, & limited to 2000 numbered copies, it can be pre-ordered HERE.

The video for Hades Rising has finally been delivered and can be viewed below.

Unfortunately, we’ve to announce that Bloodbath must pass this summer’s festival season. Mike and Axe have both confirmed they’re too occupied with Opeth and can not commit to any live shows with Bloodbath until 2010, the earliest. Recruiting live replacements for Mike and Axe have been considered, but is right now not going to be possible for technical aspects and neither appropriate for obvious reasons. So for now, we simply have to hope for more luck and better timing next year if Bloodbath shall return to the stage. With that said, we would like to thank all promoters who’s shown a great interest in Bloodbath performing at their shows and we’d also like to send our apologies to our fans for not meeting your expectations this time.

MetalSucks is teaming up Bloodbath to give away a really fucking sweet Per ‘Sodomizer’ Eriksson signature model Mayones guitar. To win, all you have to do is:

• Take a picture of yourself making your most metal face (if you don’t know what a “metal face” is, congratulations, you’re disqualified from the contest and probably should not even be reading this website).

• Send in that picture using the form below, and fill out the rest of the required information.

• Live in the U.S. Sorry international folks, but shipping a guitar across the world is muy costoso.

The winner will be selected on Monday, January 19th. This oughtta be fun; last time we did a “Metal Face” contest we got some hilarious entries. The signup form is after the jump, and only those who fill out the entire form will be considered. Have fun, and good luck.

To enter the competition click HERE.

Together with director Owe Lingwall and Village Road Film we just shot the first official promo video in the band’s history for ‘Hades Rising’ taken off The Fathomless Mastery. The footage of the band’s performance was shot on location in Vallentuna outside Stockholm and can be summoned up as some serious headbanging with lots of blood, real messy and death metal dandy! The rest of the plot/storyline is currently filmed in Umeå where the footage will also be edited within the next 4 weeks. Stay tuned for a synopsis of this very devilish manuscript. It’s gonna crush the souls of thousands!

BEST ALBUM

#1 Bloodbath ‘The Fathomless Mastery’

BEST VOCALIST
#3 Mikael Åkerfeldt

BEST DRUMMER
#2 Martin Axenrot

BEST BAND
#2 Bloodbath

BEST COVER ART
#2 Bloodbath ‘The Fathomless Mastery’

PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR
#1 Mikael Åkerfeldt

The days are cold and will remain so a long while for many of us. We decided to revive the zipper hoodie and go beyond the simple Bloodbath logo this time around. We have striking original artwork by Alex Norman printed on a high quality black 100% cotton American Apparel zipper hoodie. Artwork features the Bloodbath logo with a vicious skull and snake design beneath, dripping in blood. See the design in closer detail. American Apparel hoodies are generally a little smaller than other brands, view this size chart to choose the proper size for you. Printed on the left side of the hoodie.

PRE-ORDER NOW. This item will begin shipping week of January 12th

To all our christian fans worldwide!

“All of those new deathcore bands you’ve been reading about have gone to their rooms to practise because Daddy is home.” – Rocksound (UK)

“Ein heißer Kandidat für die beste Death-Metal-Platte des Jahres!” – Metal Hammer (Germany)

“Att ens försöka krysta fram någon kritik av “The Fathomless Mastery” blir dödfött. Det enda raka är att hålla käften och dyrka skiten” – SwedenRock Magazine (Sweden)

 Different languages, but all sentiments we won’t argue with! So what did the rest of the press have to say about the new Bloodbath album? Well, if we posted all the reviews you’d have to scroll all down south of heaven, so for a briefer summary we just leave you with some of the review scores.

• DECIBEL (USA) – 8/10
• CHRONICLES OF CHAOS (USA) 8,5/10
• METAL BITE (USA) 9/10
• BLISTERING (USA) 8,5/10
• METAL UNDERGROUND (USA) 4,5/5
• ROCK HARD (GERMANY) – 8,5/10 | SOUNDCHECK# 8/56
• METAL HAMMER (GERMANY) – 6/7 | SOUNDCHECK# 7/30
• LEGACY (GERMANY) – 13/15 | SOUNDCHECK# 5/67
• HEAVY (GERMANY) – 11/12
• BLOODCHAMBER (GERMANY) – 9.5/10
• METAL-DISTRICT (GERMANY) – 9/10
• ANCIENT SPIRIT (GERMANY) 11/12
• METAL.DE (GERMANY) 8/10
• METAL1.INFO (GERMANY) – 9,5/10
• METALNEWS (GERMANY) – 6,5/7
• TINNITUS (GERMANY) 9/10
• BURN YOUR EARS (GERMANY) – 8/10
• METAL PORTAL (POLAND) – 10/12
• DAGENS NYHETER (SWEDEN) 4/5
• AFTONBLADET (SWEDEN) 4/5
• SWEDENROCK MAGAZINE (SWEDEN) 9/10
• CLOSE-UP (SWEDEN) – 8/10 | SOUNDCHECK# 2
• GLOBALDOMINATION (SWEDEN) – 8.5/10
• AGONYZONE (SWEDEN) – 8/10
• SWEDENMETAL (SWEDEN) 10/10
• GÖTEBORGS-POSTEN (SWEDEN) 3/5
• METAL HAMMER (UK) – 8/10
• ROCKSOUND (UK) – 9/10
• SUBBA-CULTCH (UK) – 4/5
• LORDS OF METAL (NETHERLANDS) – 89/100
• ANTENNA (DENMARK) – 8/10
• IMHOTEP (NORWAY) – 5/6
• AFTENBLADET (NORWAY) – 5/6
• NORWAY ROCK MAG (NORWAY) – 5/6
• PAVILLON 666 (FRANCE) 9/10
• METAL FRANCE (FRANCE) 4/5
• METALSTORM (ESTONIA) – 8.8/10
• IMPERIUMI (FINLAND) – 8/10
• INFERNO (FINLAND) – 4/5
• ROCKTOTAL.COM (SPAIN) – 9.5/10
• THE METAL FORGE (AUSTRALIA) 9/10
• KOGAIONON (ROMANIA) 0,88/1.0
• BW&BK (CANADA) – 9/10