Left Hand Path
by Entombed

Left Hand Path by Entombed
Year: 1990
Release date: 1990-06-04
Overall rank: 9,341st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 74 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1990 (125th)
Award Top albums of of the 1990s (1,486th)
Award Best albums of all time (9,341st)

Listen on Spotify SPOTIFY

Log in or create an account to rate this album, leave comments or join the discussion.

Listen & Collect

Complete your collection or upgrade your listening experience.

Entombed bestography

Left Hand Path is ranked as the best album by Entombed.

Entombed album bestography « Higher ranked
-
This album (9,341st)
Left Hand Path
Lower ranked (14,853rd) »
Clandestine

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

Listen to Left Hand Path on YouTube

Loading content from YouTube...

Left Hand Path rankings

Left Hand Path rankings summary
Overall rank: 9,341st | 1990s rank: 1,486th | 1990 rank: 125th  Overall chart history
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings).Help Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)

Left Hand Path collection

Left Hand Path ratings

Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 74 votes)
  Ratings distribution Help Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AV
where:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.

Showing latest 3 ratings for this album.  | Show all 74 ratings for this album.

Sort Sort by
RatingDate updatedMemberAlbum ratingsAvg. album rating
 
85/100
 !
06/09/2026 10:01 MetalMan67  Ratings distribution  6,25071/100
 
50/100
 !
11/24/2025 00:18 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  16,51870/100
 
95/100
 !
08/08/2025 04:54 HorribleClaus25  Ratings distribution  15885/100

Rating metrics: Help Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)

This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.7/100, a mean average of 74.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.6.


Please log in or create an account if you want to be able to leave a rating

Left Hand Path favourites

Showing all 9 members who have added this album as a favourite

Left Hand Path forum mentions

This album has been referenced 19 times on the forums, Explore the wider forum discussion to see what members have said about it.
“What album are you listening to right now?”
View topic (15 mentions) →

“1) Really wasn't into the vocals on this. There's no sense of any sort of melodic structure in the vocals, and the lyrics might as well be in Swedish because they're completely unintelligible. What I find interesting about this is that the singer neither wrote any of the lyrics or the music. So why…”
View topic (2 mentions) →

From NickVolos 12/04/2014 15:42 in Simular Album Art Game!
“Simular Album Art Game!”
View topic (2 mentions) →

Left Hand Path comments

Showing all 3 comments |
Top Comments First | Newest First | Positive Sentiment First | Longest Comments First
(Showing comments with any number of votes. Manage Profile)
Rating:  
55/100
Not bad for a death metal album. The music is good, it moves and it grooves, and it even rocks in places. Still, I can't get beyond the Cookie Monster vocals; hence, the three star rating.
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) · 1
Log in to reply
Rating:  
80/100
A real high point for death metal. Great musicianship, and it manages to sound evil as hell while still being pretty rockin' and even somewhat catchy at times. A really unique sound here.
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) · 0
Log in to reply
I could see myself doing things with this album. It's all adventure. Down hill or up.
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) · 0
Log in to reply
Anonymous
What do you think of this album? Join the conversation!.
The top-voted comments get featured on our charts, Album of the Day, and the site newsletter.

Log in or create an account to rate this album, leave comments or join the discussion.