Lars-Göran “L-G” Petrov of the Swedish death-metal pioneers Entombed sadly passed away on Sunday, after a battle with cancer, at the age of 49, Louder reports. Entombed formed in 1989 out of the ashes of their previous band Nihilist, to release their groundbreaking debut LP 'Left Hand Path' in 1990. They changed the trajectory of the genre once again with their third album, 1993's 'Wolverine Blues', which helped pioneer the subgenre of death 'n' roll. Petrov left the band in 2014 and formed the offshoot band Entombed A.D., who went on to release three albums.

Converge would be donating 100% of the earnings from their 2013 guest-filled Entombed covers EP to Entombed vocalist LG Petrov, who was diagnosed with incurable cancer, Metal Injection reports. The EP includes five covers of Entombed's 'Wolverine Blues' with a different vocalist on each one - Aaron Turner (Isis, Sumac, Old Man Gloom), Kevin Baker (All Pigs Must […]