Album Rating:
Reviewed by: Anders Sandvall
Entombed
Entombed has
been playing for a real long time now, their debut
came out as early as '90. This is a compilation-
cd with only covers. They have put this album
together for the hardcore fans and the collectors of
Entombed stuff. A lot of the material on the album
has already been released on CD and on different
tribute albums, the material has mostly been released
in the U.S and only some stuff has been released in
Europe. All of the covers the band have done so far
are on this album, and they do covers of some really
various artists and bands like Bob Dylan, Alice Cooper,
Motörhead, Lee Hazelwood, Kiss, MC5, and S.O.D
amongst others. Some of the covers feel a bit odd to
me, but I guess those are the artists the guys in the
band like.
There are 28 tracks on this double cd, and as an
extra bonus all of the members, even the original
drummer and founder Nicke Andersson, have written
some comments and liner notes to each song, (some
are really funny too). Even all the info about where
and when each song was recorded, by whom, the line-up
is included.
I have not heard every original song on the album but
it sure sounds Entombed, the early covers sound like
hard, heavy death metal that the band use to play.
The later covers sound more like Entombed does today,
more death’n’roll, it also sounds like they are the
band's own songs and not covers.
This is an absolutely necessary album for all the
Entombed collectors out there. It’s also fun to hear
what the members like to listen to. It’s a really
strong album!