Following the band’s break-up in 2014, a new group was born out of the ashes, taking shape around the legendary singer and co-founder of the Swedish group Lars-Gorän Petrov: Entombed A.D.! Let’s not forget that Entombed is none other than the band that introduced the world to the Swedish death metal scene with their famous record Left Hand Path recorded at Sunlight Studio in Stockholm in 1990. Petrov continues his work here surrounded by most of the core members from Entombed in 2007 until the fateful split. With two albums to their name already, the new group have released Bowels of Earth, an album which packs a punch. The sound is undoubtedly Swedish – full and fat – with a relatively clear lead guitar that gives the solos a rock’n’roll feel. It’s rather different from the sound on Dead Dawn (2016) which almost feels a little narrow-minded. We find here the original signature sound of Entombed post-Wolverine Blues (1993) on the death’n’roll side with very groovy passages, notably in the solos of Bourbon Nightmare and Worlds Apart. Rhythmically speaking, the group alternates between binary and ternary riffs, taking this to the extreme with a short shuffle passage on Hell Is My Home. This rock’n’roll side contrasts with the old-school death passages found on tracks such as Elimination or Through the Eyes of the Gods which will appeal to fans of the genre. © Clément Bruni/Qobuz