Entombed were not the first Swedish band to be signed to Earache - that honour goes to Falun's first and indeed, finest, grindcore band- Filthy Christians.
Formed in 1987 by noted tape trader and original hardcore scenester, Per Thunell, the band played with Heresy on their earliest Swedish dates and also shared the stage with Napalm Death many times on their first forays into Scandinavia.
Per himself was instrumental in the birth of the grindcore scene as we know it -being previously the singer in the seminal "Protes Bengt" - a project formed with members of Mob 47.

Read more about Filthy Christians on Last.fm.