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  [1] |
| Rock Hard (de) |
(8.5/10)[2] |
Wolverine Blues is the third studio album by Swedish death metal band Entombed, released on October 4, 1993 by Earache Records. The album marked a move away from their death metal roots to a more traditional hard rock and heavy metal style they produced from this album onward called death 'n' roll. The band also adopted a mid-tempo groove metal style for this release, similar to that of American heavy metal band Pantera.[3]
One version of the album was released with Marvel Comics character Wolverine on the cover, although Entombed never wanted their album to be associated with the superhero. Earache Records, without the band's permission, had made a deal with Marvel in order to use Wolverine to promote the album to a more mainstream audience. This edition included a Wolverine mini-comic inside the CD booklet. The Marvel edition was also heavily edited, with the track "Out of Hand" being removed entirely. A limited number of early pressings of the album contained audio samples taken from films (most notably Flatliners and Hellraiser III) which were subsequently removed from later pressing due to record label fears of potential legal action over their unlicensed use.[citation needed] The guitar magazine Guitar World labeled Wolverine Blues as "1994’s best death metal effort and quite possibly the finest death metal album of this decade."[citation needed]
Reception
In 2005, Wolverine Blues was ranked number 494 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.[4]
Track listing
| 1. |
"Eyemaster" (Andersson, Hellid) |
3:21 |
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"Rotten Soil" (Andersson, Cederlund) |
3:27 |
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"Wolverine Blues" (Andersson, Cederlund, Hellid) |
2:16 |
| 4. |
"Demon" (Cederlund, Hellid) |
3:22 |
| 5. |
"Contempt" (Hellid) |
4:34 |
| 6. |
"Full of Hell" (Hellid) |
3:24 |
| 7. |
"Blood Song" (Andersson, Cederlund, Hellid) |
3:25 |
| 8. |
"Hollowman" (Andersson) |
4:29 |
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"Heavens Die" (Andersson, Hakansson) |
4:17 |
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"Out of Hand" (Hellid) |
3:07 |
| 11. |
"State of Emergency" (Originally written by Stiff Little Fingers, 1979) (Remastered with Bonus Track) |
2:35 |
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35:10 |
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