Entombed
Uprising

THE REVIEW

 The sixth album by Entombed is certainly not the most significant of their career, but with it, the Swedish band has returned to more familiar territory, that of death metal, without erasing what they had acquired during their punk-rock detour in the second half of the '90s. As slaves as we are to naming music, the genre proposed here is defined as "death 'n' roll" (does it even exist? Who knows!), that is, a blend of scream-growl vocals and the musical aggressiveness of the former with the immediacy and catchiness of the latter. The result? As usual, it depends on your tastes; personally, I find it all highly enjoyable.

 In fact, Entombed offers us three-quarters of an hour of direct and incisive music, with the pedal to the metal: exemplary in this regard are the opener "Seeing Red," the breathless rush of "Wont Back Down," and the "rocking" "Come Clean," all very intense tracks where the above-mentioned mix of genres is remarkably successful.

 Alongside these are slower pieces like "Scottish Hell" and the very interesting closing track "In The Flesh," where a screeching organ that sounds very much like an old horror movie introduces us to doom-oriented sounds, creating atmospheres reminiscent of the '70s Black Sabbath.

 The production could perhaps have been a little more refined, given the relatively dirty and raw sounds, even though they don't clash; probably the aim was precisely to give everything a direct and authentic sound.

 The best track in the opinion of this writer is "Say It In Slugs," a true summa of everything contained in the album: incredibly angry riffs and vocals, a distinctive central break and conclusion, rarefied and therefore unexpected, truly a great piece.

 In conclusion, an album more than worthy, whose final rating would be 3 and a half stars, although I round down due to the excessive repetitiveness of some solutions.