Clandestine is the second studio album by Swedish death metal band Entombed. It was released on November 12, 1991, in Europe, and on February 11, 1992, in North America. It helped establish a distinctively Swedish sound in the death metal genre. This is the only Entombed album on which original vocalist L.G. Petrov does not appear.
Reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
Allmusic gave Clandestine a rating of four and a half stars.[1] 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.[2]
Track listing
| 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
Clandestine 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
- 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.[3]
References
- ^ a b Birchmeier, Jason. "Clandestine - Entombed". Allmusic. Retrieved 6 February 2006.
- ^ Pratt, Greg. "Entombed – "Clandestine"". Decibel. Retrieved 2018-05-11.
- ^ Ekeroth, Daniel (2008). Swedish Death Metal. Bazillion Points. p. 189. ISBN 978-0-9796163-1-0.