By Vinnie Apicella

"Seeing Red" flashes right through my listening zone here and not more than half a minute in I'm already thinking, "comeback of the year!" Yes the new Entombed record is out and with "Uprising" I believe the message is quite clear! This sounds like "Kick out the Jams" for the year 2000! Whatever it is they did wrong with "Same Difference," and though I never heard it, all the negative backlash seemed to suggest a sell-out of some sort, none's to be found here-in fact it's just the opposite as they seem to be going out of their way to prove that everyone's due for a poor outing every once in a while. Second song in, "Say it in Slugs" and it's there they are peppering the target, firing off round after round of brutal aggression in the finest HC/doom tradition! I hear quite a bit of Sick of it All and Napalm Death going on here as well-only with tons more groove and not even the slightest degree of a drop in intensity! "Won't Back Down" is a thrash ridden flare up that offers a two finger salute to inexcusable liars who just need to get a life and get off their backs! When Entombed's been at their best, there's no one who grinds out a guitar riff better than they… there's an actual chilliness in the background that you can feel-call it haunting, call it frightening, but it's there. And I'm feeling it now, five songs in and not a weak link in the bunch! As if on cue, their version of "Scottish Hell" comes on and is unlike any song I've ever heard them do. We're still talking edgy and dark here but much slower and led by a piercing guitar lick that echoes melody in the distance… but the lyrics are the best part! I don't know exactly where the group Dead Horse came from but any song that begins with "Satan Kissed my Dog…" is okay in my book! You know what, fuck it. We could go on and on here, but this is without question comeback of the year, hands down! It's everything an Entombed album was ever meant to be and I'm inclined to say even a bit more. The doom-driven demons have returned with a purpose! "Uprising" has that early Slayer vibe with a hard-core edge and punk delivery that only gets nastier as time goes on… Lookout all you newly glorified sludge-rock pretenders and shallow defenders of the doomed throne, the original kings of sting are rising up fast to take back what's rightfully theirs!

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