DCLXVI: To Ride, Shoot Straight and Speak the Truth | |
Type: | Album |
Artist: | Entombed |
Cover: | Entombed - DCLXVI.jpg |
Released: | 3 March 1997 |
Recorded: | Mid-1996 at Sunlight Studio (Stockholm, Sweden) |
Length: | 39:45 |
Label: | Threeman Recordings |
Producer: | Tomas Skogsberg |
Prev Title: | Wolverine Blues |
Prev Year: | 1993 |
Next Title: | Entombed |
Next Year: | 1997 |
DCLXVI: To Ride, Shoot Straight and Speak the Truth is the fourth album by the Swedish metal band Entombed, released in 1997.
DCLXVI is 666 in Roman numerals. The cover art features a statuette of the Aztec god Mictlantecuhtli.
This album shows a continuation of the death 'n' roll sound previously established on 1993's "Wolverine Blues", but eschews most traces of hardcore punk and traditional death metal in favor of a stoner rock and garage rock influenced sound.
The album was Metal Hammer magazine's #2 album of 1997. It was beaten by UK band Feeder's debut album Polythene.
A limited digipak edition came with a bonus CD titled Family Favourites featuring four cover songs:
The song "To Ride, Shoot Straight and Speak the Truth" was featured in the 2003 skateboarding video game Tony Hawk's Underground.