Recorded December 1989 Release date 4 June 1990 Producer Tomas Skogsberg | Length 46:38 | |
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Released June 4, 1990 (1990-06-04) Similar Entombed albums, Death metal albums | ||
Left Hand Path is the debut studio album by Swedish Death metal band Entombed, released on June 4, 1990 by Earache Records.
Contents
Background
The title of the album refers to the Left-Hand Path belief system. Guitarist Alex Hellid found the term in Anton LaVey's book The Satanic Bible.
The more melodic, ambient section that comes in at 3:54 of the title track is a cover of the theme from the 1979 horror film Phantasm.
Influence
The album is known for defining the style of Swedish death metal by being the first recording to use the "buzzsaw" guitar tone. The tone was created by heavily detuned electric guitars (To B) used with a maxed out Boss HM-2 Heavy Metal Pedal and the DS-1 Distortion pedal into a Peavey amp. The originator of this guitar tone was Nihilist guitarist Leif "Leffe" Cuzner.
Cover versions
Two songs from the album were covered by Belgian death metal band Aborted, "Drowned" for the re-release of The Archaic Abattoir and "Left Hand Path" for the EP Coronary Reconstruction.
In popular media
"Drowned" was featured in the 2009 video game Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned on the radio station Liberty City Hardcore.
Track listing
All lyrics written by Nicke Andersson, Alex Hellid; all music composed by Andersson, Uffe Cederlund, Leif Cuzner.
Entombed
Technical personnel
Songs
1Left Hand Path6:39
2Drowned4:00
3Revel in Flesh3:42