Clandestine

Clandestine is an album by Scandinavian death metal band Entombed, released in 1991 (see 1991 in music). One of the pioneering recordings of early death metal, Clandestine helped establish a distinctively Swedish sound in the musical genre. More accessible than its predecessor, the atonal debut Left Hand Path[?], Clandestine was hailed upon its first release as the future of death metal. While Entombed's later influence is enormous, many critics and fans feel that the follow-up, Wolverine Blues[?], was too mainstream and cite Clandestine as the best LP by the group. Largely written by drummer Nicke Andersson[?], the album's slowed-down speed metal rhythms have remained perhaps the most important innovation on the album.

Track listing

1. "Living Dead" (Andersson/Hellid) - 4:26
2. "Sinners Bleed" (Andersson/Cederlund) - 5:10
3. "Evilyn" (Andersson/Cederlund/Rosenberg) - 5:05
4. "Blessed Be" (Andersson/Cederlund/Hellid/Rosenberg) - 4:46
5. "Stranger Aeons" (Andersson/Cederlund/Hakansson) - 3:25
6. "Chaos Breed" (Andersson/Cederlund/Hakansson) - 4:52
7. "Crawl" (Andersson) - 6:13
8. "Severe Burns" (Andersson) - 4:01
9. "Through the Collonades" (Andersson/Hakansson) - 5:39

Personnel

• Entombed - Producer, Engineer
• Tomas Skogsberg - Producer, Engineer
• Nicke Andersson - Drums, Vocals (bckgr), Art Direction, Logo, Back Cover, Cover Art Direction
• Dan SeaGrave - Art Direction, Cover Art
• Uffe Cederlund - Guitar, Vocals (bckgr)
• Lars Rosenberg - Bass
• Alex Hellid - Guitar