Morning Star

Entombed | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 22, 2002)
• Original Release Date: 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Koch Records
• ASIN: B00005UF5E
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #99,013 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Limited Edition Japanese pressing of this album comes housed in a miniature LP sleeve. 2007. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Revitalized, Inspired, And Amazing, February 16, 2002

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Ken (Youngsville, LA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Morning Star (Audio CD)

Entombed's "Uprising" and "Morning Star" are two critically (criminally...) underrated releases that simply destroy all in their path when it comes to the band's trademark "death-n-roll" juggernaut. We fans (at least those of us who have stuck with the band) were treated to an uncompromisingly brutal and raw slugfest with "Uprising" in 2000. Basically, it was an answer of "we're right here and we're ready to kick your teeth in" to fans who wondered what happened after "Same Difference". As it turns out, "Uprising" was a wake-up call, while "Morning Star" was that very kick in the teeth to anyone who hadn't been paying attention. Sounds violent? So does "Morning Star".
"Uprising" wasn't the return to all things in the "Left Hand Path" like some persistent fans had been wanting, but it put the band back on the track they had laid out with "Wolverine Blues" and "To Ride...". There were tons of groove-heavy rock riffs specifically crafted to get heads a-banging, and the production was just about as rough as 80-grit sandpaper. In short, "Uprising" was one of my top 5 favorite albums of 2000. Well, how curious it was, then, that "Morning Star" became one of my top 5 albums of 2001!
The best way to begin is by saying that this album confirms Entombed's status as firmly back-on-track with definite Metal leanings. As much as I loved every single meaty, riff-bleeding track after track on "Uprising", the songs from this album are, quite unbelievably, just as memorable - quite frankly, something I wouldn't have thought possible. But what's so awesome is that these songs are just as unforgettable - but for entirely different reasons. There's a renewed sense of variety in the songwriting and a penchant for dynamics here among the tracks that had been lacking previously. "I For An Eye" (actually, the song's second half), "About To Die", and especially the unexpected warp-speed wildcard "Ensemble Of The Restless" (probably Entombed's fastest song EVER) pick up the pace, yet are interspersed between riff-heavy-as-ever chuggers "Bringer Of Light", "I For An Eye" (the song's first half), "Mental Twin", and the absolutely monstrous lead-off track "Chief Rebel Angel", among others.
But MUCH more importantly than all that, and what's undoubtedly the most noticeable aspect on "Morning Star" is how Entombed triumphantly belted out more infectious, violent, thrashing METAL here - yeah, you read that right - than on any album since "Wolverine Blues". You can immediately sense that these guys had been holding this aggression in (whether they realized it or not...) for a long, long time and that they had a blast releasing all that pent up sonic fury. But man, oh, man, when they opened the floodgates, the monstrous Alex/Uffe/Jorgen guitar/bass attack just got chunkier, albeit with less groove-rock tendencies in the riffs and more mad, thrashing brutality, and Peter's double-bass kick-drumming (yeah, you read that right! Finally!!!) just kept pounding away any doubts into oblivion.
As many have alluded to concerning the thrash-oriented tracks, there is definitely a Slayer influence present this time around, especially with the lead melodic riffing and drum fills on a few tracks. Still, they took that influence and made something all their own from it, which is also what they continued to occasionally do with that same early- to mid- period Neurosis vibe they utilized so effortlessly on "Uprising". And as usual, to round things out is their very own infamously rotten punk-ish sonic attitude, once again courtesy of those brutal guitars, that notoriously thick production, and L.G.'s tormented, far-beyond-[ticked]-off, gasoline soaked vocals. Who knows - maybe Murder Squad (an Autopsy/Repulsion worshipping side-project featuring Peter and Uffe) and some of the other bands Entombed toured with had simply aroused the Metal demons within them. Whatever the case, the results added up to an absolutely brilliant masterwork.

Without a doubt, this album is about as fierce as it gets. Listening to any of these tracks, it's plain to see that there's an insatiable creative hunger and a necessary drive that L.G. and company feel to do this at all costs. They don't have anything to prove, either, other than to say that this is what they do because this is what they love. To sense that within ANY band, especially this far into their career, is simply amazing. And while many followers seem to foolishly think that Entombed's best days are long gone, "Morning Star" fundamentally proves that this band is just as vital and essential in 2001 as they were in 1991.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Completely Original, March 12, 2005

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sadisticbastard (Okinawa Japan(originally Imperial MO)) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Morning Star (Audio CD)

I love this album it is like some where between Sabbath and death metal. I myself am a huge fan of the Death and Roll style that emtombed have created. I am also a fan of the old school death metal sound of the early entombed albums and think most of the fans of that era entombed are to hard on entombed for progressing beyond there earlier work. I sorry that there not Cannibal Corpse or Some other tire ass Death Metal band making the same album 15 times. In the case of Entombed musical growth is a good thing

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Shock and Awe, May 30, 2003

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D. Solomon "Ultimate Metalhead" (New Jersey) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Morning Star (Audio CD)

I had heard Entombed back in the day and found them good but not great. Then I came across an mp3 for "City of Ghosts" from this disc and thought it was phenomenal. So I decided to take the plunge and buy the CD; one of the best decisions I've ever made. It's absolutely brutal, intense and unrelenting. Top cuts are "I For and Eye", "About to Die" and "When It Hits Home" but all other cuts range from solid to sick. I give the CD an A+ not only for being ridiculously good but for coming out of nowhere at a time when nu metal is ruining the greatest genre in music history. PS - It's very remininscent of Slayer's South of Heaven...some slow, some rapid fire, all good.