ENTOMBED: Left Hand Path (1990). LP. Death Metal.

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Mar 11, 2011 Sold Date

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‘Left Hand Path,’ in fact, is possibly one of the greatest and most important death metal albums ever yet laid down.

Having captivated and influenced an innumerable myriad of bands with its unpretentious and fearsomely direct driving power, the record has become legendary in death metal circles for its flawlessly powerful coupling of stripped down grime and an innate ability to conjure atmosphere on a whim, absorb the listener in its nightmarish world, and send them howling down The Left Hand Path with loathsome creatures out of hell clawing at them on all sides. Few are able to achieve that transcendent state whereby they send a listener headfirst into a world summoned to the imagination by music – that Entombed achieved it with music of such an uncomplicated nature has to be heard to be truly understood.

What first hits about the album is that infamous guitar sound. Now a staple of many a death metal band from Sweden and beyond, here it is at the moment of birth, a demon-possessed chainsaw grinding out gruesomely distorted chord progressions at a fantastic pace, persisting it’s single minded goal of mutilation. What sets this apart from the slimy sounds already exhibited by Repulsion and Napalm Death is that the production here is extraordinarily professional, clear as a bell but never polished, free of clutter but never absent of that feral edge. As players the band are exceptional considering their youth at the time – guitarists Alex Hellid and Uffe Cederlund turn out superb riffs and blistering solos left, right, and centre, backed up solidly by Nicke Andersson’s exceptional and extremely powerful drumming, with everything topped off with L.G. Petrov’s uniquely gravelly death metal roar.

Quite one of the most cult releases ever, this release made Entombed one of the most famous bands in Europe.

dimension: 10 track album

label: Earache

extras, comments: This is the ORIGINAL RELEASE from 1990, not the re-released version.

Lyrics: Earache didn´t include them, which is a real pity. Just the first four lines:

I am my own God, master, slave

And I will be beyond the grave

No one will take my soul away

I carry my own will and make my day

Condition of the LP: absolutely perfect. Not a single scratch. It has been listened many times, but it has been always treated with a mix of love and awe.

Condition of the sleeve: used. Very used. The cover and the looks perfect though.

style: Swedish Brutal Death Metal, old style (fast and aggressive). Together with Carnage, they created this style.

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