Bloodbound

Infobox musical artist
Name = bloodbound


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Origin = Bollnäs, Sweden
Genre = Heavy metal
Years_active = 2004–present
Label = Marquee/Avalon, Metal Heaven
URL = [http://www.bloodbound.se bloodbound.se]
Current_members = Urban breed Tomas Olsson Fredrik Bergh Pelle Åkerlind Henrik Olsson Johan Sohlberg
Past_members = Michael Bormann Jörgen Andersson Oskar Belin Markus Albertson Kristan Andrén|

Bloodbound is a Swedish heavy metal band formed in 2004. They released their first album, "Nosferatu", in 2005 and their second, Book of the Dead, in May 2007. The brainchild of former Street Talk members Fredrik Bergh and Tomas Olsson, the band has also included Michael Bormann (Jaded Heart), Urban breed (Tad Morose) and Pelle Åkerlind (Morgana Lefay). Their debut album "Nosferatu" featured former Tad Morose singer Urban breed on vocals. Released on December 16, 2005 (in Japan; European release date February 24, 2006), "Nosferatu" features artwork by Mark Wilkinson (Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Marillion) and received an early rave review from the Swedish rock magazine "Power Play". Based solely on the strength of their debut album, the band opened for Evergrey and headlined day one of the Gothenburg Metal Festival.

After Urban breed announced his departure from Bloodbound in fall 2006, former Tad Morose singer Kristian Andrèn briefly joined the band for some live dates. In March 2007, they announced their new singer, German Michael Bormann, who laid down vocals on the band's second album "Book of the Dead". Bormann, however, played no live shows with Bloodbound: for their first performance after releasing Book of the Dead (June 9, 2007 at Sweden Rock Festival), Urban breed handled the vocal duties. Urban also performed with the band at subsequent shows, including Bollnäs Festivalen, July 21, 2007. Bloodbound played two sets, both backed up by a symphony orchestra. For the second set they backed Paul DiAnno of Iron Maiden fame. In October 2007, they announced that original singer Urban breed had officially re-joined and would sing during the band's tour in support of Hammerfall.

Despite the band's apparent black metal image (the band members have worn make-up in the "corpse paint" style in the promotional photos on their albums and Web site, and during some live shows), Bloodbound's music does not fit into the black metal category. Instead, it is more similar in style to power metal bands such as Helloween and Iron Maiden, although the lyrics sometimes approach darker subjects.

Members

*Urban breed - Lead Vocals
*Tomas Olsson - Lead and rhythm guitars
*Fredrik Bergh - Keyboards and backing vocals
*Henrik Olsson - Rhythm guitars
*Pelle Åkerlind - Drums and percussion
*Johan Sohlberg - Bass

Former members

*Oskar Belin - Drums and percussion
*Jörgen "Poe" Andersson - Bass
*Markus Albertson - Guitars
*Kristian Andrèn - Lead vocals
*Michael Bormann - Lead vocals

Discography

*"Nosferatu" (2005)
*"Book Of The Dead" (2007)

External links

* [http://www.bloodbound.se Official website]
* [http://urbanbreed.com Urban breed's website]