Wolverine Blues
Encyclopedia
Wolverine Blues is the third album by Entombed
, released in 1993 on Earache Records
. The album marked a move away from their death metal
roots to the more traditional hard rock and metal style they produced from this album onward called death 'n' roll .
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. Beavis and Butt-head
gave Wolverine Bluess music video a negative, and overall ignored, review. 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."
Entombed (band)
Entombed is a Swedish death metal band which formed in 1987 under the name of Nihilist. Though Entombed began their career as an early pioneer of Scandinavian death metal which initially differed itself from its American counterpart with its distinct guitar tone, by the early 1990s their sound had...
, released in 1993 on Earache Records
Earache Records
Earache Records is a heavy metal-oriented record label based in Nottingham, UK and New York, USA. It helped to pioneer extreme metal by releasing many of the earliest grindcore and death metal records in the period 1988-1994.-History:...
. The album marked a move away from their death metal
Death metal
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....
roots to the more traditional hard rock and metal style they produced from this album onward called death 'n' roll .
One version of the album was released with Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics
Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
character Wolverine
Wolverine (comics)
Wolverine is a fictional character, a superhero that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. Born as James Howlett and commonly known as Logan, Wolverine is a mutant, possessing animal-keen senses, enhanced physical capabilities, three retracting bone claws on each hand and a healing...
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
Flatliners
Flatliners is a 1990 American thriller film starring Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts, Kevin Bacon, William Baldwin and Oliver Platt as medical students using physical science in an attempt to find out if there's anything out there beyond death by conducting clandestine experiments with near-death...
and Hellraiser III) which were subsequently removed from later pressing due to record label fears of potential legal action over their unlicensed use. Beavis and Butt-head
Beavis and Butt-Head
Beavis and Butt-head is an American animated television series created by Mike Judge. The series originated from Frog Baseball, a 1992 short film by Judge. After seeing the short, MTV signed Judge to develop the concept. Beavis and Butt-head originally aired from March 8, 1993 to November 28, 1997...
gave Wolverine Bluess music video a negative, and overall ignored, review. Guitar Magazine Guitar World
Guitar World
Guitar World is a monthly music magazine devoted to guitarists. It contains original interviews, album and gear reviews and guitar and bass tablature of approximately five songs each month. The magazine is published 13 times per year...
labeled Wolverine Blues as "1994’s best death metal effort and quite possibly the finest death metal album of this decade."
Track listing
Credits
- Lars-Göran Petrov - Vocals
- Nicke AnderssonNicke AnderssonNicke Andersson , born 1 August 1972 is a singer, guitarist, drummer, songwriter and composer most known for his work as the singer and guitarist of the successful Grammy award winning rock band The Hellacopters as well as the former drummer for Swedish death metal band Entombed...
- Guitar, Design, Artwork, Drums - Uffe Cederlund - Guitar, Tambourine
- Lars RosenbergLars RosenbergLars Rosenberg is a bass guitarist in several musical bands: Therion , Entombed , Taura Serpent, Roachpowder, Carbonized, Mental Distortion, Monastery and Furcas. He is also a vocalist in Carbonized and Monastery....
- Bass - Alex Hellid - Guitar
- Tomas Skogsberg - Producer, Engineer
- Z. Benny Rehn - Photography