Sweden’s Entrails are back with their third length release of early Entombed-worshipping death metal, the aptly titled ‘Raging Death.’ Their previous two efforts, ‘Tales from the Morgue’ and ‘The Tomb Awaits’ were pretty satisfying doses of blasting, raw old school Swedish styled death metal, blending some nasty and vicious buzzsaw riffage with some bone-crushing rhythms and caveman growls, and this new work is simply a continuation of that style and approach. No surprises here then, die hard death metal fans will surely rejoice at the pulverising rawness and crushing brutality that emanates from tracks like ‘In Pieces,’ ‘Carved to the Bone’ and ‘Cadaverous Stench.’ That chainsaw, gut-wrenching guitar tone is one of the hallmarks of this album and truly sounds like it was committed to tape by the legendary Tomas Skogsberg at his infamous Sunlight Studios. I simply love it when the riffs literally threaten to rip off the flesh from the bones, and here you almost taste the stench of torsos getting chainsawed in half. ‘Raging Death’ recaptures that Sunlight rancid style perfectly, without trying to innovate or alter it in any way. Entrails simply want to carry on a very worthy legacy started by Entombed and Dismember years ago, and having said that, ‘Raging Death’ is a commendable work that any old school death metal enthusiast must have.

Band info: www.facebook.com/Entrails666
Label info: www.metalblade.com

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Evoking the dirty, pestilent atmosphere of early Dismember and Entombed, Sweden’s Entrails are old-school death metal way down to the bone, but they cannot be seen as another bunch of new kids trying to emulate the crusty and infectious sounds of old-school Swedish death-metal as Entrails’ origins go way back to the early nineties.

The band has just released their crushing sophomore album, “The Tombs Awaits”, and we caught up with guitarist Jimmy Lundqvist to discuss this new record, and why has taken Entrails almost two decades to put forth their debut record.

It took almost 19 years for Swedish death metallers Entrails to put forth their debut album, yet only a year has passed since the release of “Tales from the Morgue” and the band already issued their sophomore record entitled “The Tomb Awaits”. Does this mean you’re determined to recover some the lost ground?

“Yeah, it was a long time for the debut to come out but things finally worked out turned and it feels great to finally have something released… so to your question I would say yeah, sort of…”

I understand that most of the material featured in “Tales from the Morgue” had been lying around for years, waiting to be recorded. What about this new record, is it all recent stuff or you had been digging through your old archives one again?

“That's right! The material was made in the 90´s on ‘Tales’ and like 80% of ‘The Tomb Awaits’ is from that time as well. Since we became a complete band for this album we also wanted to do something new, but still do it in the old way. And it worked out real good so I am not afraid to let them help on every song, plus there is more stuff in my tape collections that could fit in some songs in future releases.”

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If you know Entrails fantastic “Tales from the Morgue” debut issued last year and the old-school Swedish death-metal they play, then you know exactly what you're getting with the new album “The Tomb Awaits”.

Still evoking the dirty, pestilent atmosphere of early Dismember and Entombed, “The Tombs Awaits” is a crushing slab of guttural and vicious death-metal with a dash of groove and melody thrown in to balance out all the chaotic madness.

First proper track “Unleashed Wrath” sets the tone of the record with crushing, dirty and chainsaw guitar riffs, thunderous drumming, and Jocke Svensson's deep death growls. The buzz saw riffs sound straight out of “Left Hand Path”, yet I’d say it’s amazing to hear this classic sound harkening back to a time when recreating the fetid stench and brutality of death were way more important than shredding like some Guitar World fanatic or mosh-pit breakdowns. Sure, it’s nothing overly unique, but when you’re getting strong tunes akin to any of your favourite death albums, it really doesn’t matter.

The production value and musicianship are not to be ignored, this is far from sloppy underground old-school death metal as the Swedes deliver their brutal onslaughts with amazing precision and intent.

“The Tombs Awaits” is definitely a must-listen for fans of classic Swedish death-metal in the vein of Dismember, Entombed and Grave. (7.4/10)

David Alexandre

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