Entombed - Black Juju

Few metal bands underwent a more radical evolution in the 1990s than Entombed, who entered the decade as an amelodic, high-speed death metal/ thrash/grindcore band, but who evolved into a slower, more accessible outfit with Metallica leanings and a strong appreciation of Motorhead. While singer Lars-goran Petrov once favored the type of choked, grunting vocals for which grindcore is known, he is easy to understand on 1998's Black Juju. And while the Entombed of the late 1980s/early 1990s appealed primarily to the Deicide/Cannibal Corpse/Carcass crowd, Black Juju is far from grindcore; it contains honest-to-God song structures. Read More