Entombed
Morning Star


3.5
great

Review

by Systemunfolded USER (12 Reviews)
May 30th, 2012 | 30 replies


Release Date: 2001 | Tracklist

Review Summary: One lone star in all of space

Entombed since the beginning of their release, Left Hand Path, all the way through Wolverine Blues, have been carrying away quite smoothly in the field of death metal. At the time of Wolverine Blues , Entombed had started to take off on a new style of death n’ roll, a combination of hard rock and death metal. While this style presented a milestone in the career for Entombed, it is very apparent to see that the band wasn’t even beginning to compare to their old school death metal days. With the release of Morning Star, Entombed can be seen making a much needed walk down memory lane, and while it doesn’t completely portray their old days, the cross contamination of death n’ roll, and old school death metal really makes for a fun listen, but severely lacks in the good form of creativity the band became known for back in the day.

Morning Star carries off in ways far different than usual return to roots productions, for the most part; an ideal solution to the band’s slip into obscurity, and an explosion of ideas that just don’t fit together as well as it did in their heads. Of all people in this album, lead vocalist Petrov should’ve been the first to see where the band was making the slip. Rather, he seeps up all the creativity the band does manage to form, and overshadows it all with his reigning death n’ roll voice, going completely against the ideal terms of this album.

The real appraisal goes to guitarist Alex Hellid, who is clearly doing his best to perform to his best potential. In songs like Fractures, some very inspirational riffs can be seen pouring out of his strings, and a bass that adds mood to boot. Definitely coming out on the right side of the album, and the sphere of influence poured into this album, Hellid and bassist Jörgen Sandström make this album to be as great as it is. Building off on the climax presented by Petrov in City of Ghosts, more short solos make their way into the small tracks of this album. When it comes to beat, climax, sound, or D) all of the above, drummer Peter Stjarnvid keeps his pace well, but much like the vocalist, fails to cooperate with the intention of making this a return to roots album. His drumming style comes off as more along the lines of a death thrash group, and is far more technical than it used to be. Raw and simplistic production simply didn’t agree with him in Morning Star. don’t get me wrong, he is a phenomenal drummer, but for all intents and purposes of this album, there just isn’t much he can offer.

To put it simply, Morning Star is an album that gave way to little of the overall promise made by Entombed to be returning to their old style, which is considerably better than the neo-Entombed style that is still pushing the boundaries to this very day. I just feel rather conflicted that the band had made the decision to return to their better days, but still manage to fall short of the finish line. Perhaps I’m being a bit too harsh on the album, simply for not being what is was promised to be, because it is a good album, a great example of the band’s talent in the field they chose, but if a band decides to advertise the return of an old sound, than you can’t blame the audience for not reacting well when they get it. Overall, I decided to let a huge chunk of this slide, because like I said, this is a decent album, and doesn’t deserve to be belittled by society, but there is so much missing to it that it just can’t get up there with the rest of the band’s good performances.



Recent reviews by this author
Hideous Divinity Obeisance RisingVendetta Brain Damage
Disavowed Stagnated ExistenceAbhoth Forever to Be Vanished There In
Buckethead Balloon CementBurzum Belus
user ratings (207)
3.2
good


Comments:Add a Comment 
ThroneOfAgony
May 30th 2012


3485 Comments


Cool review. That album cover has peaked my interest so i'll give this a shot

pos'd

Tyrael
May 30th 2012


21108 Comments


looks like you're getting troll negged man

Tyrael
May 30th 2012


21108 Comments


:/

well okay, just trying to be nice here

SgtPepper
Emeritus
June 3rd 2012


4510 Comments


This is a really good review. Ive listened to these guys before but I could never really get into them. I'll try them out again.
POS'd

Insurrection
November 10th 2012


24844 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

never thought much of this one

Insurrection
November 10th 2012


24844 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

lol

pissbore
January 11th 2013


12778 Comments


evening star is better

DikkoZinner
June 26th 2013


5370 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Hits hard, solid album.

TheSonomaDude
April 13th 2014


9206 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I personally love the hell out of this album. "I For An Eye" is one of the most badass songs in Entombed's collection.

PiedradeLuna
July 24th 2014


233 Comments


This is much better than most people give it credit for. Really Entombed coming into their own with the whole death 'n' roll sound. Chief Rebel Angel, Out of Heaven, Young Man Nihilist all solid tunes that rock hard... and of course I for an Eye is a classic

oltnabrick
July 8th 2015


40765 Comments


YOUR DICK IS SORE AND YOU'RE ALL ALONE

BallsToTheWall
July 17th 2015


51592 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Album is truth.

Digging: Fulci - Tropical Sun

oltnabrick
April 6th 2019


40765 Comments


4th best entombed

y87arrow
May 15th 2020


717 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

this album should really have a higher average rating like 3.8 or so. Don't get why it's that underrated on here, on allmusic for example it has 4.5 of 5.0 (even if I wouldn't rate it that high)



To me there are many amazing songs on it, favourites are Fractures, I For An Eye, Bringer Of Light, Young Man Nihilist, Out Of Heaven, Ensemble Of The Restless and When It Hits Home.

Digging: Xentrifuge - Light Extinguished

Allergist
July 24th 2020


1081 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Severly underrated. I remember hearing this when it came out and thinking "Entombed are back baby!!!" This is pretty much the only website that has the album rated so low.

Dewinged
Staff Reviewer
September 13th 2021


32179 Comments


Uprising did the death'n'roll thingy wonderfully, let's see this one.

Digging: Kelly Lee Owens - Dreamstate

parksungjoon
September 13th 2021


47231 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

same difference is better than either of these

Dewinged
Staff Reviewer
September 13th 2021


32179 Comments


It has an avg of 2 with 175 ratings, I don't believe you park

parksungjoon
September 13th 2021


47231 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

check my ratings lol, the average can suck deez nuts

parksungjoon
September 13th 2021


47231 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

"to ride..." is the best of their post-wolverine stuff tho



You have to be logged in to post a comment. Login | Create a Profile





STAFF & CONTRIBUTORS // CONTACT US

Bands: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z


Site Copyright 2005-2023 Sputnikmusic.com
All Album Reviews Displayed With Permission of Authors | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy