Entombed - Morning Star (Koch Records, 2002)

1. Chief Rebel Angel 4:41
2. I For an Eye 3:10
3. Bringer of Light 4:02
4. Ensemble of the Restless 2:38
5. Out of Heaven 3:39
6. Young Man Nihilist 2:46
7. Year One Now 1:56
8. Fractures 3:36
9. When it Hits Home 2:24
10. City of Ghosts 2:32
11. About to Die 2:14
12. Mental Twin 3:16
Total Running Time: 37:01

Entombed have finally returned to putting out damn good quality albums. After "Wolverine Blues" they sort have lost their ability to put out a decent album. This really isn't like the old early 90's Entombed style, which I know many fans wish they would return to. However, this album is still extremely good. "Morning Star" is heavily laden with a lot of old school thrash elements similar to early Slayer. You can tell the drummer which is no longer Nicke Andersson, Entombed's original drummer, is heavily influenced by Slayer. Just listen to "About to Die" and you will see that even the riffing is akin to Slayer. I honestly don't think this album is as technical as their earlier material, but rather it is just good music. I would actually highly recommend this to any metal fan and for those who live in the past of older Entombed I would suggest listening to a sample of the album. For it is quite different, but this album is some good quality Death Thrash. (Cleric Curst)

Overall Rating: 8.5

Line-Up
Lars-Goran Petrov - Vocals (see also: Black Satan, Comecon, Hypocrite, Infuriation, Leukemia and Seance)
Uffe Cederlund - Guitar and Tambourine (see also: The Clint Eastwood Experience, Daemom, Face Down, Haystack, Infuriation, Ledfoot, Murder Squad, Shubniggurath, and Morbid)
Alex Hellid - Guitars (see also: Brainwarp)
Jorgen Sandstrom - Bass (see also: Grave,Anguish, Corpse, Grinding Death, Leukemia, The Project Hate, Putrefaction and Toolshed) Peter Stjarnvind - Drums (see also: Damnation, Merciless, Murder Squad, Regurgitate, Unanimated and Face Down)