Fourteen years on from the ground breaking release of "Left Hand Path", a great deal has changed in the world of Entombed. Once hailed as one of the Gods of Grind, which was no idol jest, the band have seen the rise and fall of the death metal explosion and have lived to tell the tale. It is to their eternal credit that today they appear as eager to push back boundaries as they did all those years ago.

A ground breaking concept, is just that, a concept unless the intent is followed by action. One thing Unreal Estate does deliver is action. Not content, like many of their contemporaries, to release a run of the mill live album, Entombed bring their offering complete with the Royal Ballet Company, live from Stockholm's Royal Opera House. The concept aside, what does the album offer? This is were opinion will be divided. The majority of the songs featured on the album come from the "Morning Star" and "Uprising" releases, and while good albums, much of the bands trademark material does not make the final cut. As such it is difficult to call "Unreal Estate" a definitive Entombed live album. Knowing, however that songs were selected with the dancers in mind one can see why such songs as "Wolverine Blues" or "Revel in Flesh" could pose one or two problems to classically trained dancers in timing jumps.

Production is note perfect throughout the album, making the whole listening experience pass in the blink of an eye. Which only reinforces what many of us have known for years, Entombed are a ferocious and all to fluid live unit. With such songs as "Night of the Vampire", it is not difficult to imagine what an epic, if somewhat surreal, evening it would have been to witness first hand. The inclusion of a bonus DVD footage would have been a nice touch, but with the imminent release of the full length DVD in the offing this omission can be forgiven. I don't believe this release will win the band any new fans, but a night at the opera never sounded so evil!