Entombed

Same Difference (Threeman Recordings - Music For Nations 1998 - RoadRunner 1999)

Album Review

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Most people hear "Entombed" and think "death metal band", but the band's last 3 albums have taken another direction... Their 1993 masterpiece Wolverine Blues, was much more groove-oriented than their previous albums, with slower crushing riffs...1997's To Ride...Shoot Straight and Speak the Truth was heading towards a more hard rock sound...now with the departure of drummer and main songwriter Nicke Andersson, (to the Helicopters) the bands sounds a bit different.
If there's a form of music called "good ole' Swedish sludge rock" then this album is it. The heavy grooves seen on the last 2 Entombed albums are still here, but there's a more "rock and roll" feel now. The sometimes strange and always vauge lyrics tackle a few subjects new to Entombed albums...There are no references to drinking blood, or being "full of hell" on here *editor pouts*. But every band has to evolve or become extinct...
The opening riff to "The Supreme Good" is just...bizzare, it's so unlike any Entombed riff I've heard...and the vocals...L.G. is still yelling, but where are the growls? Something is different here...his voice sounds...cleaner. "Kick In The Head" is another surprise...
Overall this is very different from any other Entombed album I've ever heard...
This album makes me wonder, how many bands can try something totally different, change their style around, have the new style sound good.. but still retain their "sound" that makes them instantly recognizeable to fans? Not many...but Metallica comes to mind...