''Left Hand Pathology'' is a debut full-length album by Swedish
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General Surgery
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after seventeen years forming. The title is a reference to the
Entombed's album ''
Left Hand Path''. The cover illustrations was taken from "
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Andreas Vesalius
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(Brussels, 1514-1564).
Track listing
Personnel
;General Surgery
*Andreas Mitroulis - Drums, Backing Vocals
*Joacim Carlsson - Guitars
*Glenn Sykes - Bass, Backing Vocals
*Grant McWilliams - Vocals
*Johan Wallin - Guitars, Backing Vocals
;Guest musician
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Matti Kärki
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- Vocals
;Production
*Emelie Helldén - Photography
*Glenn Sykes - Artwork, Layout, Cover concept
*Linus Nirbrant - Engineering, Mixing
*Anders Eriksson - Engineering, Mixing
*Peter in de Betou - Mastering
*K SST - Vinyl Mastering
References
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2006 debut albums
General Surgery (band) albums