Entombed Interview

The Swedish band Entombed got together in the late ‘80s, and their debut full-length Left Hand Path was a groundbreaker in death metal. Over the years the band has gotten away from pure death metal and their style today is more death and roll. Serpent Saints: The Ten Amendments has been out for a while in Europe and was recently released in the U.S.

Chad Bowar: Entombed has been together for 20 years now. Has your songwriting process changed much over the years?
L.G. Petrov: Before it was mostly me, Alex and Uffe that did most of the writing. But now that we are a four piece everybody gets more involved. Before there was one or two people doing most of the songs, but now it is all four of us. Normally I just sing, but for this album I came up with a couple of riffs and even do one solo guitar part.

Is there a chance Entombed will come to the U.S. to tour in the near future?
We’ve been on our way a couple of times, but it always ends with broken contracts and people don’t keep promises that they make. But if we find somebody serious, we are happy to go over there. We just want to get over there and play. All the visas and work permits are difficult, but if we can find somebody that really wants to put on a proper tour, we would be glad to do it.

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(photo courtesy Candlelight Records)