Album
Left Hand Path
Left Hand Path is the debut studio album by the Swedish death metal band Entombed. It came out in 1990, and it opens the band's run of studio albums that stretches through Clandestine in 1991 and Wolverine Blues in 1993 and on to Serpent Saints: The Ten Amendments in 2007.
It is now regarded as a landmark of death metal, and it is often credited with putting the Swedish scene on the map. If you want to hear where that sound began to take shape, this is the place to start. The story of how it was made is told in Riffology's article, The Making of Left Hand Path – Entombed's Death Metal Icon.
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Left Hand Path: tracklist and credits
10 tracks · 39:43Tracklist
- 1Left Hand PathNicke Andersson and Alex Hellid6:39
- 2DrownedNicke Andersson and Uffe Cederlund3:59
- 3Revel in FleshNicke Andersson3:42
- 4When Life Has CeasedAndersson, Cederlund, Hellid, Petrov4:11
- 5Supposed to RotNicke Andersson and Uffe Cederlund2:03
- 6But Life Goes OnNicke Andersson2:59
- 7Bitter LossNicke Andersson and Uffe Cederlund4:22
- 8Morbid DevourmentNicke Andersson5:25
- 9Abnormally DeceasedNicke Andersson2:58
- 10The Truth BeyondAndersson, Cederlund, Hellid3:25
- Produced by
- Entombed, Tomas Skogsberg
- Recorded at
- Sunlight Studios, Sunlight Studio (Stockholm, Sweden)
- Recorded
- December 1989
- Mixed at
- Sunlight Studios
- Engineered by
- Tomas Skogsberg
- Artwork
- Dan Seagrave
- Labels
- Combat, Earache, Combat (US)
- Length
- 39:43
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How we know the release date sources disagree on the year (1989, 1990)
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | June 1990 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 4 June 1990 (GB) | |
| Wikidata | 1989 | |
| Wikipedia (other date) | 7 December 1990 (US) | |
| US release | 7 December 1990 | earliest US date |
| UK / Europe release | 4 June 1990 | earliest UK or European date |
13 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | US | Combat | 088561202125 | other |
| June 1990 | GB | Earache Records | original | |
| June 1990 | GB | Earache Records | 5018615102120 | original |
| June 1990 | GB | Earache Records | 5055006502152 | original |
| 21 May 1992 | JP | TOY’S FACTORY | other | |
| 28 June 1994 | US | Earache Records | 745316002125 | other |
| 1999 | GB | Earache Records | 5018615102199 | other |
| 23 April 2009 | XW | Earache Records | 5018615102199 | other |
| 19 November 2012 | XW | Earache Records | 5055006502176 | other |
| 18 November 2013 | XW | Earache Records | 5055006502176 | other |
| 30 June 2017 | US | Earache Records | 817195020481 | other |
| 21 February 2019 | XW | Earache Records | 817195020924 | other |
| 5 September 2025 | GB | Earache Records | 5055006502107 | other |
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coverartarchive · native: native 1500x1500
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| coverartarchive ✓ | 1500×1500 | native: native 1500x1500 |
| deezer | 1200×1200 | upscaled |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |