Clandestine is the second studio album by Swedish death metal band Entombed, released on 12 November 1991 in Europe and on 11 February 1992 in North America. Along with Entombed's preceding album, Clandestine helped establish a distinctively Swedish sound in the death metal genre.
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| Released | 12 November 1991 (Europe) 11 February 1992 (North America) | |||
| Recorded | 1991 | |||
| Genre | Death metal | |||
| Length | 43:41 | |||
| Label | Earache, Relativity | |||
| Producer | Tomas Skogsberg | |||
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This is the only Entombed album on which original vocalist L.G. Petrov does not appear. Petrov was fired from the band prior to the production of Clandestine due to personal disputes.[1] Drummer Nicke Andersson provided vocals on the album while Johnny Dordevic, formerly of Carnage, was hired as the band's vocalist for the ensuing tour.[2]
Reception
edit| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 9/10[4] |
AllMusic gave Clandestine a rating of four and a half stars.[3] In October 2016, Clandestine was inducted into the Decibel magazine Hall of Fame, becoming the second Entombed album to be featured in the Decibel Hall of Fame.[5]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Living Dead" | Nicke Andersson, Alex Hellid | 4:26 |
| 2. | "Sinners Bleed" | Andersson, Uffe Cederlund | 5:10 |
| 3. | "Evilyn" | Andersson, Cederlund, Lars Rosenberg | 5:05 |
| 4. | "Blessed Be" | Andersson, Cederlund, Hellid, Rosenberg | 4:46 |
| 5. | "Stranger Aeons" | Andersson, Cederlund, Kenny Håkansson | 3:25 |
| 6. | "Chaos Breed" | Andersson, Cederlund, Håkansson | 4:52 |
| 7. | "Crawl" | Andersson | 6:13 |
| 8. | "Severe Burns" | Andersson | 4:01 |
| 9. | "Through the Collonades" | Andersson, Håkansson | 5:39 |
| Total length: | 43:41 | ||
2008 re-issue
editClandestine was re-issued as part of the Earache Classic Series with a DVD. The DVD is identical to their Monkey Puss DVD.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Left Hand Path" (video clip) | |
| 2. | "Stranger Aeons" (video clip) | |
| 3. | "Hollowman" (video clip) | |
| 4. | "Wolverine Blues" (video clip) | |
| 5. | "Night of the Vampire" (video clip) | |
| 6. | "Living Dead" | |
| 7. | "Revel in Flesh" | |
| 8. | "Stranger Aeons" | |
| 9. | "Crawl" | |
| 10. | "But Life Goes On" | |
| 11. | "Sinners Bleed" | |
| 12. | "Evilyn" | |
| 13. | "The Truth Beyond" | |
| 14. | "Drowned" | |
| 15. | "Left Hand Path" |
Personnel
edit- Nicke Andersson – drums, vocals, art direction, logo, back cover
- Uffe Cederlund – guitar, backing vocals
- Lars Rosenberg – bass
- Alex Hellid – guitar
- Tomas Skogsberg – production, engineering
- Entombed – production, engineering
- Dan Seagrave – art direction, cover art
Johnny Dordevic is listed on the sleeve as the lead singer, but he does not appear on the album. All vocals were recorded by Nicke Andersson.[6]
References
edit- ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1999). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Heavy Rock (First ed.). Virgin Books. p. 149. ISBN 0-7535-0257-7.
- ^ "Johnny Đorđević - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives". Metal-archives.com.
- ^ a b Birchmeier, Jason. "Clandestine - Entombed". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 February 2006.
- ^ Popoff, Martin (2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 140. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
- ^ Pratt, Greg. "Entombed – "Clandestine"". Decibel. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
- ^ Ekeroth, Daniel (2008). Swedish Death Metal. Bazillion Points. p. 189. ISBN 978-0-9796163-1-0.