''Clandestine'' is the second studio album by Swedish

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band Entombed, released on 12 November 1991 in Europe and on 11 February 1992 in North America. Along with Entombed's preceding album, ''Clandestine'' helped establish a distinctively Swedish sound in the death metal genre. This is the only Entombed album on which original vocalist L.G. Petrov does not appear.

Reception

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gave ''Clandestine'' a rating of four and a half stars. In October 2016, ''Clandestine'' was inducted into the ''Decibel'' magazine Hall of Fame, becoming the second Entombed album to be featured in the Decibel Hall of Fame.

Track listing

2008 re-issue

''Clandestine'' was re-issued as part of the Earache Classic Series with a DVD. The DVD is identical to their ''Monkey Puss'' DVD.

Personnel

Nicke Andersson Nicke Andersson (born 1 August 1972), also known as Nick Royale, is a Swedish musician best known for his work as the singer and guitarist for the rock band The Hellacopters and drummer for the death metal band Entombed. He was also briefly the ...

– drums, vocals, art direction, logo, back cover *Uffe Cederlund – guitar, backing vocals *

Lars Rosenberg Lars Rosenberg (born 2 February 1971) was a bass guitarist in several musical bands: Therion (1994–1996), Entombed (1990–1995), Taura (2000–2002) Serpent, Roachpowder, Carbonized Carbonized were a Sweden, Swedish avant-garde metal ba ...

– bass *Alex Hellid – guitar *Tomas Skogsberg – production, engineering *Entombed – production, engineering *

Dan Seagrave Daniel Seagrave (born 1970) is a British artist, who created many record covers for death metal bands especially in the early 1990s. He lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He grew up in Ravenshead, near Nottingham. Seagrave's works are typically ...

– art direction, cover art Johnny Dordevic is listed on the sleeve as the lead singer, but he does not appear on the album. All vocals were recorded by Nicke Andersson.

References

{{Authority control Entombed (band) albums 1991 albums Earache Records albums Albums with cover art by Dan Seagrave