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Last Updated on 08:48 PM by Giorgos Tsekas
Wolverine Blues is the third studio album by Swedish Death Metal legends Entombed, released on 4 October 1993 by Earache Records. The album displays a completely different sound from previous releases, combining elements of traditional Heavy Metal, and Hardcore Punk while still retaining much of their origins -which is pure Death Metal roots-, in a mid-tempo groovy style that would later be known as Death ‘n’ Roll.
Ten years ago (May 2013) celebrating the 20th anniversary of “Wolverine Blues” Converge recorded “Pound For Pound: The Wolverine Blues Sessions”. A Digital EP featuring Converge’s members rendition of “Wolverine Blues” presented as five different tracks.
The EP features the band performing Entombed’s “Wolverine Blues” with a number of different vocalists, including Aaron Turner (Old Man Gloom, Isis), Jacob Bannon (Converge), Kevin Baker (All Pigs Must Die, The Hope Conspiracy), Nate Newton (Converge, Old Man Gloom), and Tompa (At the Gates). Each vocalist recorded their own take on the track, and they were compiled together for the recording found on Converge’s split with Napalm Death.
Each vocalist recorded a full version of the song which we used to compile into the final version included on the Converge and Napalm Death Split 7″EP. This Digital EP is the complete mixes of each guest vocalist who contributed to the final track, presented as five unique versions of the song.
Trivia: One version of Wolverine Blues was released with Marvel Comics’ character Wolverine on the cover, despite Entombed never wanting their album to be associated with the superhero. Earache Records, without the band’s permission, had made a deal with Marvel in order to use Wolverine to promote the album to a more mainstream audience, with the music video for the title track prominently featuring illustrations of the character. This edition included a Wolverine mini-comic inside the CD booklet. The Marvel edition was also heavily edited, with the track “Out of Hand” being removed entirely. A limited number of early pressings of the album contained audio samples taken from films (most notably Flatliners and Hellraiser III) which were subsequently removed from later pressing due to record label fears of potential legal action over their unlicensed use.
