Felicity HallofGetYourRockOutconducted an interview withENTOMBED A.D.guitaristNico Elgstrandat this year's edition of theBloodstock Open Airfestival, which was held August 7-10 at Catton Hall, Walton-On-Trent, West Midlands, United Kingdom. You can now watch the chat below.

"Back To The Front", the album that was recorded last year by four members of the most recent lineup of the legendary Swedish metal actENTOMBED-Lars Göran Petrov(vocals),Olle Dahlstedt(drums),Nico Elgstrand(guitar) andVictor Brandt(bass) - was released on August 5 viaCentury Media Recordsunder the band nameENTOMBED A.D.The CD was recorded atStudio Bohus(ABBA,EUROPE) in Kungälv, Sweden with producerRoberto Laghi (IN FLAMES,HARDCORE SUPERSTAR). The cover artwork was painted byZbigniew Bielak(WATAIN,VADER).

In a recent interview withMetal Underground,Elgstrandstated about the addition of "A.D." to theENTOMBEDname: "We've had some internal turmoil that resulted in a separation ofAlex[Hellid, guitar] from the band. [It]turns out he didn't wanna make music and tour on it. [We're] still not sure what the hell he wants to do! When we were about to release the album, he started bringing in lawyers and claimed that the nameENTOMBEDbelongs to him. Which, of course, it doesn't, but instead of getting into a lawsuit that would've gone on for a long time and wouldn't have made anyone happy except a bunch of lawyers, we decided to add 'A.D.' to the name and get on with what were supposed to do, which is making music and touring as a band. As of now, the nameENTOMBEDis on hold for anyone to use until people involved come to a solution. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to happen in the near future."

"Back To The Front"track listing:
01.Kill To Live
02.Bedlam Attack
03.The Underminer
04.Second To None
05.Allegiance
06.Waiting For Death
07.Eternal Woe
08.Digitus Medius
09.Vulture And The Traitor
10.Pandemic Rage
11.Soldier Of No Fortune
ENTOMBED A.D.is:
Lars Göran Petrov- Vocals
Nico Elgstrand- Guitar
Victor Brandt- Bass
Olle Dahlstedt- Drums

OriginalENTOMBEDmembersAlex Hellid(guitar) andUlf "Uffe" Cederlund(guitar) joined forces with formerENTOMBEDfrontmanOrvar Säfströmto perform the band's classic second album,"Clandestine"(1991), on February 1 at Gävle Konserthus in Gävle, Sweden. They were backed by the 65-pieceGävle Symphonic Orchestraand a 40-piece choir.
Helliddid not participate in the writing and recording of"Back To The Front".
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