11/11/02

ENTOMBED / SONS OF SATAN PRAISE THE LORD

These Swedish guys have been around for quite a while now and where once the kings of Grindcore, (anyone remember that!) this is a double CD of covers of various bands recorded between 1993 and 1999.

The songs that are covered are very varied but all have been given a swift kicking down a dark alley and have come out with Entombed all over them. There is everything here from Bob Dylan "Ballad Of Hollis Brown" to Motorhead "One Track Mind", King Crimson "20th Century Schizoid Man" and MC5's "Kick Out The Jams".

There are lesser know one's like "Albino Flogged In Black" originally done by a band called Stillborn, who I have never heard of before but from this cover it sounds like I should investigate them and this is the strongpoint of compilations like this. Other covers of note include, Venom, Black Sabbath, Stiff Little Fingers and Bad Brains but this doesn't mean that the rest are bad because they are not, they are all good covers.

TOTAL PLAYING TIME = DISC 1, 45 mins + 13 TRACKS, DISC 2 = 46 mins + 14 TRACKS