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Iconic death-metal frontman passed following cancer battle
photograph by Gary Wolstenholme/Redferns March 8, 2021
Revered Swedish death-metal vocalist LG Petrov, best known for his work with Stockholm pioneers Entombed, has died following a hard-fought battle with bil duct cancer. He was 49. The news was confirmed on Facebook by Petrov s bandmates in his recent projects Entombed A.D. and Firespawn. We are devastated to announce that our beloved friend Lars-Göran Petrov has left us, wrote Entombed A.D., who last released their third and latest album,
Bowels of Earth, in 2019. Our brother, leader, vocalist, our Chief Rebel Angel went on another ride last night. It s with the deepest sadness that we have to announce that Lars-Göran Petrov has left us. He was (is!!!) an incredible friend, and a person that has touched so many people. He has changed so many lives with his voice, his music, his character and his unique personality. LG s smile is something that we w
Smile and the World Smiles With You (Self-released)
Gatecreeper isn’t the only Arizona band to unleash nastiness recently: on New Years’ Day, Phoenix trio Fluids dropped
Smile and the World Smiles With You, a three-track EP that cements them as the goregrind band to beat. While Mortician is an influence du jour in the underground now, their early efforts carried a “man discovers fire” energy, stumbling upon primitive brilliance that can’t be replicated by average dudes consciously dumbing themselves down. Fluids carry on what made Mortician enthralling – brickwalled, bass-heavy brutality and throbbing drum machine – and send it all into a smashing overdrive. This isn’t just lacking subtlety, this is beating subtlety into an unrecognizable pulp. Guitars are built thick and somehow get stretched into static, as in the case of “Gagged’s” slower moments. The trash can snares are deliberate, as no taste is worse than bad taste.