Entombed

With the release of 1990's Left Hand Path, Scandinavia's Entombed helped pioneer Europe's death metal uprising alongside other "big four" bands Dismember, Grave, and Unleashed. The band's trademark buzzsaw guitar sound was created using a Peavey amplifier and a Boss Heavy Metal distortion pedal. Entombed doubled down on the thrash-heavy Clandestine in 1991. Since then, Entombed have undergone many personnel changes and sonic evolutions. 1993's Wolverine Blues offered a riff- and groove-heavy approach that folded hard rock into heavy metal; the band called it "death 'n' roll." ...