Karl Willetts

Karl Willetts is the roaring voice behind Bolt Thrower and Memoriam, and what fascinates me is the contrast. Here's an Englishman, born in 1966 and educated at the University of Birmingham, who chose the most ferocious music imaginable as his medium. I find genuine conviction in an articulate man channeling everything into that thunderous death-metal bellow. People dismiss the genre as noise, but I hear it as an epic of rage and grief, hammered out from the gut. Whatever your taste, there's something to respect in an artist who sings from the very bottom of himself. A real voice needs no justification.

Name (English)

Karl Willetts

Name (Japanese)

カール・ウィレッツ

Reading

かーる・うぃれっつ

Born

September 21, 1966 (age 59)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Horse

Origin

England, United Kingdom

Blood type

Private

Height

Private

Agency

Private

Occupation

singer

Elementary school

Private

Junior high

Private

High school

Private

University

University of Birmingham

Spouse

Private

Children

Private

Parents

Private

Siblings

Private

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%83%84

Tags

• singer

Last updated

2026-06-24

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.