Entombed

Clandestine

An all-time classic!

Review Score:

(10/10)
I haven't listened to this CD in years yet I feel compelled to review it. I remember seeing a review of Clandestine in Metal Maniacs when the album first came out. I was in the midst of a few year period during which death metal was all important to me, and during that period, this album stood out above all others, save for possibly Sepultura's Arise. Clandestine is such an intense listening experience - the music is so heavy and the production so perfect - it's THE prime example of early 1990s Swedish death metal. There were other classics out there at the time - Sepultura's Arise and Beneath the Remains out of Brazil, Obituary's Cause of Death out of Florida - and yet, this may just have been the best! I've always thought it odd that Wolverine Blues was such an acclaimed follow-up to Clandestine - I believe to this day that WB marked the end of Entombed as an innovative and compelling band. An unfortunate loss for those of us who loved bands like Entombed, Unleashed, and Desultory back in the early 90s...Fortunately, At the Gates' Slaughter of the Soul would later appear on the scene to make this loss a bit less difficult to bear.

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