Serpent Saints: The Ten Amendments

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Serpent Saints: The Ten Amendments
Entombed - Serpent Saints.jpg
Studio album by
Released25 June 2007
StudioSound Land Studios, Alta Studio Barn, Gomorrah Rehearsal Studio and Threeman HQ
Genre Death metal
Length41:24
Label Threeman Recordings
Producer Entombed
Entombed chronology
Unreal Estate
(2004)
Serpent Saints: The Ten Amendments
(2007)
Professional ratings
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Blabbermouth.net 7/10 [3]

Serpent Saints: The Ten Amendments is the ninth album by Swedish death metal band Entombed, released in June 2007. It was their last one before their two-year breakup from 2014 to 2016. It is the first album with bassist Nico Elgstrand and drummer Olle Dahlstedt, as well as the band's first without longtime guitarist Uffe Cederlund. The album marks the final time to feature original vocalist LG Petrov before the band's breakup in 2014 and his death in 2021.

Contents

Even more than Morning Star , the album was largely considered a throwback to the band's traditional death metal roots, with the hard rock-influenced sections being eschewed almost entirely.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Serpent Saints"5:04
2."Masters of Death"5:00
3."Amok"4:44
4."Thy Kingdom Coma"4:07
5."When in Sodom"5:40
6."In the Blood"4:39
7."Ministry"2:43
8."The Dead, the Dying and the Dying to Be Dead"3:01
9."Warfare, Plague, Famine, Death"3:20
10."Love Song for Lucifer"3:06
Total length:41:24

Personnel

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