| Morning Star | ||||
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| Studio album by Entombed | ||||
| Released | September 3, 2001 | |||
| Recorded | March 2001 | |||
| Genre | Death metal | |||
| Length | 36:53 | |||
| Label | Koch | |||
| Entombed chronology | ||||
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Morning Star is the seventh full-length album by Swedish metal band Entombed, and was released in September 13, 2001. The album marked a step away from the death 'n' roll sound of previous albums, and shows the band adopt a darker, more atmospheric approach. The album also contains a number of traditional thrash metal compositions (in the vein of early Slayer, a first for the band at the time.
The lyrics for the song "I For An Eye" were written by Orvar Säfström who was also stand-in vocalist for the band in 1991 on the EP Crawl.
The song "When It Hits Home" is influenced by the 1997 film The Devil's Advocate.
The lyrics to "Chief Rebel Angel" are in several cases based on quotes from The Devil's Advocate film:
All tracks written by Uffe Cederlund, except where noted.