Morning Star (Entombed album)

Morning Star
Studio album by Entombed
Released September 3, 2001
Recorded March 2001
Genre Death metal
Length 36:53
Label Koch
Entombed chronology
Uprising
(2000)
Morning Star
(2001)
Sons of Satan Praise the Lord
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Blabbermouth.net[2]

Morning Star is the seventh full-length album by Swedish metal band Entombed, and was released in September 13, 2001. The album marked a step away from the death 'n' roll sound of previous albums, and shows the band adopt a darker, more atmospheric approach. The album also contains a number of traditional thrash metal compositions (in the vein of early Slayer, a first for the band at the time.

Contents notes

The lyrics for the song "I For An Eye" were written by Orvar Säfström who was also stand-in vocalist for the band in 1991 on the EP Crawl.[3]

The song "When It Hits Home" is influenced by the 1997 film The Devil's Advocate.

The lyrics to "Chief Rebel Angel" are in several cases based on quotes from The Devil's Advocate film:

Track listing

All tracks written by Uffe Cederlund, except where noted. 

No.TitleLength
1."Chief Rebel Angel" (Jörgen Sandström, Cederlund, Alex Hellid)4:40
2."I for an Eye" (Cederlund, ORvar Säfström)3:10
3."Bringer of Light" (Hellid)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" (Sandström, Hellid)1:56
8."Fractures"  3:36
9."When It Hits Home" (Hellid)2:24
10."City of Ghosts"  2:32
11."About to Die"  2:14
12."Mental Twin"  3:16
Total length:36:53

Personnel

References

  1. Torreano, Bradley. "Morning Star - Entombed". Allmusic. Retrieved 25 February 2007.
  2. Krgin, Borivoj. "ENTOMBED Morning Star (Music for Nations)". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 25 February 2007.
  3. "Entombed - I For An Eye Lyrics - MetroLyrics".
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