Morning Star

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Editorial reviews

Amazon.co.uk Review
Despite being known as "pioneers of Rot & Roll", Entombed are not merely good-time necrophiles with low-slung guitars. Morning Star, the Swedes' seventh full-length studio album, proves this point immediately, opening with the complex, thoughtful and incredibly powerful "Chief Rebel Angel". Mixing subtle, tinkling piano with a crunching guitar and crashing drums, then cutting sudden choral stabs into a pained and hugely physical vocal, it mutates constantly, recalling the excellent Bathory while also explaining why Entombed were chosen to soundtrack the Swedish Royal Ballet's production Unreal Estate. Lyrically too, Morning Starrises above today's standard metal fare. Both "Young Man Nihilist" and "Year One Now" have clear socio-political leanings, while "Ensemble of The Restless" makes reference to the appropriately bleak work of Leonard Cohen. That's not to say Entombed always put brains before brawn, because the album races past at thrilling speed, with the vocal sometimes unashamedly descending to a simple shriek of "Die! Die! Die!" But the churning, menacing "I For An Eye" (an exploration of "true evil") and "When It Hits Home" (an almost gloating study of loneliness and alienation) more than make up for the occasional lapse into empty-headed thrashing. Not a masterpiece, but a rush nonetheless. --Dominic Wills

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Customer reviews

review by: jnbp date: 2007-10-13 rating:
An effing Monster
This is a balls out classic album; a ferocious and snarling beast. Entombed's first three albums are classics and will be fondly remembered and held in high regard by metal-ers the world over. Now, Seven albums in, they have their newest classic.
The album opens up with 'Chief Rebel Angle,' full of Devil's Advocate references, it opens up with an eerie acoustic twang and some keyboard... before bursting out into one of the coolest metal songs of the last twenty years.
The album doesn't let up their from the crushing 'I For an Eye,' to the explosive 'Young Man Nihilist,' and the slow but dangerous 'Mental Twin,' this album is a vicious collection of Well planned, Well produced Metal genius... full of catchy choruses, brilliant guitar solos and crunchy riffage, with a good mix of tempos to keep your attention the whole journey (and it also wins the prize for best produced Entombed album).
A brutal album, perfectly formed and as Heavy as they come. Buy this right bloody now!

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review by: date: 2002-02-23 rating:
Give it up again for the Swedish gods!
as always, the Swedish gods Entombed strike with the best release of 2001! A bit more Old School this time, this is their heaviest album since Wolverine Blues! pure aggression!
This album pretty much takes off where Uprising left, but takes a sharp turn to the heavy! buy or die!

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review by: pugler date: 2001-10-10 rating:
All hail the Swedish godheads!!
Morning Star lulls you into a false sense of security with its subtle piano led intro. Then it hits you. Riff after riff cascades out of the speakers, enveloping you in the awesome 'Swedish' guitar sound (back after a slight break). Every track on here is superb, from the brutal opener 'Chief Rebel Angel' the epic 'Bringer of Light', the sense of dynamics on this one is immense, 'Ensemble of the Restless' and 'About to Die', the band are faster on these two than they have been since 'Clandestine', right to the slow but extremely heavy closer 'Mental Twin'.
No fillers here.
If you're looking for comparisons then this is the closest thing to 'Wolverine Blues' that the band have released. That's not to say this recording is a regression, it boldly strides forward on it's with a true style and identity of it's own. If you liked 'Left Hand Path', 'Clandestine' and 'Wolverine Blues then you'll love this.
More please.

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review by: date: 2001-10-10 rating:
"A vulgar display of ENTOMBED"
huh, this piece of music is just superb. the best swedes in the world never cease to amaze us from album to album with a new sound. This album's basis still lies somewhere in Uprising, but it still is totally different.... It's powerful, it's fast, it's in your face!! jewels like Ensemble of the Restless, About to Die and Chief Rebel Angel help us understand the new direction in which Entombed is progressing, while classic pieces such as I for an Eye, Year one Now and When It Hits Home give us Entombed's well known excellent groove. This is really a superb piece, probably the best of 2001, though tracks 5 and 12 are not so good in my opinion.


review by: date: 2001-09-10 rating:
Phwoar!!!
just found this on my door mat when I got in from work tonight ... can't make up my mind if I like it more than Uprising yet, but it's certainly never been off my CD player yet!

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