"Entombed are rooted in the band Nihilist who were formed by drummer Nicke Andersson, guitarist Alex Hellid and bassist Leif Cuzner, who formed the band in 1987. After using a number of temporary vocalists for their initial shows, the band eventually recruited L.G. Petrov, who was the drummer for the band Morbid, which featured Mayhem vocalist Dead. The band also recruited Morbid's session guitarist Uffe Cederlund as a second guitarist, and recorded a number of demos with tracks that would eventually appear on Entombed's debut album. Following increased tensions between band members, the majority of the band decided to [fake breaking up and] rename themselves 'Entombed' rather than force these members out."
"Back in the days when Metal still was real, three young Death Metal bands were touring Europe, one Swedish named ENTOMBED, one Dutch named SINISTER and one Austrian named DISHARMONIC ORCHESTRA. During the tour, two of the Dutchmen and one of the Swedes got a great idea, to get together and play some grindcore infested death metal [not "grinding" to ME. --S], and that was how MONASTERY was born. Ron Van Den Polder, Aad Kloosterwaard and Lars Rosenberg met up, wrote some tunes and recorded them during the tour, in Eindhoven, and hence the legendary "Ripping Terror" demo tape."
