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Uprising

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I hate to say this, and I do respect anyone who make old-school metal in the year 2000, but this is just average heavy music. There are some good tracks, and I'm very glad that REAL metal is being kept alive by bands like Entombed, but when albums like this are released I do get worried. Just compare this album to the likes of Clandestine or Wolverine Blues. Something tells me that lack of ex-drummer Nicke Anderson (now in Hellacopters and was in Super$hit666) is main reason for the fall in quality. And, as you can guess by the newer rock 'n' roll bands that he's in, he's not gonna be coming back to his old heavy metal band.

In theory, this contains almost everything that would make a good (if cliched) metal album, but it doesn't contain that little something that made previous Entombed albums so good. Neither does it try to do anything new. The only songs that grab me are Seeing Red and Won't Back Down - I found myself trying to like the others but while I don't hate them, I'm glad that I borrowed this of a friend instead of buying this. Hopefully, the next album will be better, but without Nicke (who was one of the main songwriters), I don't think that's gonna happen. Which is a great shame, as they could have offered so much more as a band.

After the amazingly brilliant "Same Difference" (No arguments please, just my opinion)was an unfortunate commercial bomb, L. G. Petrov and the boys turn tail and run back to their original, more brutal sound. The grinding crunch that was heard on "Wolverine Blues" and "Clandestine" is back on this album. Kind of a warped mixture of the two. Still, "Uprising" (stupid cover!) is different enough to keep you interested. The lyrics still may be out there in left field sometimes, but now that strangeness has become a key signature in the Entombed style. Head stomping and fist pumping throughout, this album may not be exactly defined as pure death, but more along the lines of the direction that say, In Flames is going, vocals far less guttural and more crunching than overpowering melodic muscle. Still, this album has intensity, talent and that muscle I was talking about. Crushing tunes mixed with mid-paced, deep thought burners. No filler, all killer here, and intelligent soloing and bombastic guitar riffs mix together with pure brilliance from beginning to end. It's unfortunate that this album wasn't released in the U.S. until now, but was worth the wait. Also includes 3 previously unreleased tracks recorded June 2000, which adds a nice touch and extends the album to that just right area of listenability, not too long and drawn out, not too short and disappointing. These guys freaking rule!

I bought this album a few weeks ago because it was at half price at some music store. I got introduced to Entombed in the summer of 2000 when they were touring along with Iron Maiden and Halford. This band surprised me live with their energy so I decided to buy Monkey Puss Live which is an o.k. album at its best. But Uprising from Entombed is a totally different ball game. After a few listens you will be hooked. I don`t really like Death metal music, but this Death `n` Roll style is quite amazing. I usually listen to groups such as AC/DC, Kiss, Megadeth, Maidain, Priest, Leppard, Exodus, Anthrax, etc. but this album is as good as anything else. I highly recommend it to anyone who loves metal un general. It may take a few listens, but believe me, it will grow on you. Highlites include: Scottish Hell, Say it in Slugs, and In the Flesh. Rock on!

Entombed haven't released anything this great since WolverineBlues. I highly recommend it if you love heavy ...catchy metal.. Almost all of the songs rip at a blinding pace and the music/mix is so brutal that you shouldn't take it all in one sitting. If Lemmy were 20 years younger this would be a....... Motorhead album. No its not a rip off of Motorhead, it has the classic Entombed Death and Roll sound. . Pick it up now!! Standout tracks are Seeing Red and Say It In Slugs.

The bonus tracks are forgettable since they were recorded a few months after the original release of this album.

Far and away Entombed's best Death-N-Roll album. It may even be a better overall effort than "Left Hand Path" (no kidding). More thrashing than "Wolverine Blues" album, at any rate! Great song-writing! Very consistent. It just keeps raging on an on like rolling thunder, with each track standing out pretty well. Some killer bass-playing (of course). Such a strong vocal presence, and beautiful guitar solos, and swinging drumming. Reminds me of Motorhead's "Sacrifice" album.
The way these guys keep belting out rage-rock album to album after so many years leads us to the conclusion, these guys are still really pissed off!
The best track on Uprising is their cover of Deadhorse's "Scottish Hell." Deadhorse were a local Houston, TX band. The odd-ball lyrics are a Houston thing.
I've got to give this 5 stars, though only because as an album, it dominates this genre. It makes bands like Hatebreed, Pro-pain, Cro-bar, Slipknot, Static X, Korn, and Mudvayne look pretty weak.

Entombed's previous cd, Same Difference, disappointed much of the band's fan base, as it discarded all elements of death metal and went for a mainstream heavy rock sound. The vocals were cleaned up, the riffs were mostly simple, modern radio-style hard rock, and only a few somewhat heavier tracks kept the album in the metal section of the record store. Since Same Difference failed to result in commercial success or even increased exposure, Entombed went back to a sound closer to their death n' roll of Wolverine Blues on Uprising, although still not quite as heavy.

Uprising is without question a metal album, a simple fact that will please fans turned off by Same Difference. In terms of heaviness, it doesn't measure up to Wolverine Blues or To Ride, but it doesn't really try to. They utilize a style of heavy on this album that is closer to that of Motorhead, which retains a certain rock flavor from Same Difference, but in more of a punk/speed metal context.

The songs on Uprising have a raw edge, and sometimes gallop along with a death metal speed and brutality not heard since To Ride. Highlights are Say It In Slugs (which would be at home on Wolverine Blues), Insanity's Contagious, and Something Out of Nothing (which breaks down mid-song into one of those Clandestine-like gallops). I also enjoy the Dead Horse cover, Scottish Hell, and the US release contains three above-average bonus tracks, Superior, The Only Ones, and Words.

This cd doesn't quite reach the heights of Entombed's five-star albums (their first four), hence the unofficial four-and-a-half in the review title, but it's a notch above four stars. I really wish Amazon offered half-stars as an option, but since they don't, I rounded up to five on the official rating.

Usually when a band shifts gears a la Entombed did with "Same Difference", they simply cannot come back (see Metallica). Well, Entombed has proven me wrong. On the heels of the aforementioned experimental opus, "Same Difference", it seems like Entombed just got ... and made a stellar, unrelentingly brutal death and roll masterpiece in "Uprising". From the opening cut, "Seeing Red", a perfect fusion of old school blues and death metal to "Won't Back Down", simply one of the most pummelling metal songs of all time, the Tombers came back with a vengeance and make no bones about it. "Say it In Slugs" slugs you in the gut and raps you over the head; "The Itch" seems like it could have been lifted from Sabbath's Vol. 4; "The Only Ones" is sludgy and mean; "Come Clean" is just nasty; and there's plenty more good cuts on there. Basically, Entombed have proven me wrong and in the process created one of the best metal albums I have ever heard. DEFINITELY BUY THIS DISC! And if you HAVEN'T heard the follow up, "Morning Star", BUY THAT TOO!

I personally think that the first two albums are the best, Uprising might be my third favorite with To Shoot... and Wolverine Blues trailing behind. An album showcasing the band's love for its influences;
Seeing Red - sounds like Motorhead
Say It in Slugs - Unsane
Year In Year Out - has a Cali hardcore meets death n' roll
The Itch - has that Black Sabbath with newer stoner rock of Down
Plus there is more than a few Slayer/Divine Intervention type riffs thrown here and there for good measure. I think that anyone who can appreciate some hardcore with a little death n' roll Entombed will be very pleased with this album.

I guess you can call me a fan of Entombed as I find some previous albums by them, such as "Clandestine", "Wolverine Blues" & "To Ride, Shoot Straight (...)", to be groundbreaking and standouts in their genre. Some longhaired ex-fans always complain that they don't play death metal anymore and that they never make the same album twice. Well, kids, that's what's called progression and development. Nowadays there's much more influences from Stooges than from Obituary and you should appreciate this fact if you're going to purchase this. That said, this new album seems to be a bit nostalgic in the sense that its rawer than its two predecessors and while it's not the second part of "Wolverine Blues" it certainly tries to copy the feeling on that album. The categorization of death n' roll still goes with this band and someone who heard it with me thought it was an old Unsane record.

Pure energy and the knowledge of experienced musicians has always been the bottomline in Entombed, and after "To Ride..." was released and drummer/songwriter Nicke Andersson left to reach even more stardom in The Hellacopters, Entombed were left with guitarists Cederlund and Hellid to pen their songs. What seems to be their problem so far is that they don't manage to come up with ten good riffs or melodies for one album. On the last full-length "Same Difference" there were about 5 totally killer tracks and the rest was total garbage and a waste of production money. "Uprising" has the same problem though the garbage doesn't smell as bad as last time. Catchy pieces like "Something out of nothing" and "Won't back down" makes up for more disappointing tracks where you try to believe that the guys at last will find the long-awaited killer refrain but where they just play the same line over and over again. I take it as a bad omen that the best song on here is the genius cover of Dead Horse's "Scottish Hell". **(*) on the barometer.

I won't say that Entombed's last album ('Same Difference') was bad... I'll just say that it was a departure. Terrorizer magazine said something like 'Uprising' was probably the benchmark to introduce us to the second half of Entombed's career. I agree! This CD (especially the US release with the new songs) is excellent by any standard. Check that cover - I know cover art may somrtimes have little to do with the tunes - but here it is a sign: They have dug up their roots (THAT logo and THAT demo cover from eons ago) from five to ten years ago and tossed them into a blender to concoct a death-n-roll masterpiece. The raw production (with THAT guitar sound) accentuates the brutality and the urgency of each and every song... and I guess those two words describe this CD the best - BRUTAL & URGENT. There is no filler here, either. It sounds like they just jumped into the studio and blasted out great riffs back to back with no second thought... and that's a good thing. If you were into 'Wolverine Blues' or 'To Ride...', then you will love this one. KILLER!