Mr Petrov, chief growler from the buzzsaw assault of the 'Left Hand Path' debut, mysteriously doesn't show up on here, instead vocal duties are handled superbly by Johnny Dordevic, to produce the bands finest guttural record. That familiar fuzzing, stampeding, uncoiling riffage is present, but this record is far darker than 'Left...', Dordevic's vocals slightly more gothic, as is the deathly drone, a grooved mixture of sharp, chainsaw death metal and gloomy grind. The band reach classic status on the toxic 'Evilyn', the pummelling 'Blessed Be' and the arrogant 'Stranger Aeons' with its chugging catchiness. Drummer Nicke Anderson batters the skins, and apparently he wrote most of the tracks. This is classy death metal, Entombed created their sound long ago, often called death 'n' roll, and it was a joy to see them on the Gods Of Grind tour in '92, but even more remarkable when LG Petrov took the mic once again, and although the death metal fans were left frothing I was rather disappointed that Dordovic had been ousted, because 'Clandestine' is certainly a work of brutal art in the death metal world.
8/10
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