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Horus bless 1998.
The mighty Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka.

Great album but Black Seeds will be their best in my eyes
 
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Given all the other great releases that came out this year, hearing these again just makes my list more difficult. For some, their strict liking for death and black metal may make picking 1998's ten best albums easy but as someone who likes prog and power metal, this is torturous.
 
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A true swan song. "After Forever" might be the best Pagan Altar "song" with it's simplicity. This is without a doubt the best thing I've heard all year.

After forever sure sounded to me like he knew he was going to die. Fucking emotional gutpunch right at the end. Definitely got me bad the first time I listened to the album.
 
Irrelevant for the 1998 thread
Which is why I didn't mention it in that thread.

In comparison to Chuck's previous forays into progressive death metal under the Death name, The Sound of Perseverance just sounds nowhere near as tight and focused to me in comparison to ITP, Symbolic or Human. I don't hate it at all but it's pretty underwhelming.
 
It doesn't sound as focused and tight? Really?
I think so. I'm definitely not slighting the musicianship. It's more from a composition perspective than anything else. Like, I could go through the previous albums in one session with no problem whatsoever but with TSOP, it feels like I hit a brick wall halfway through so I end up having to stop to listen to it later. Which sucks because I think some of the stuff on it is pretty excellent.