I just listen to "The sound of perseverence"...

[Metaltastic]

Andy Sneap doesn't due Death Metal.

Hahahahahahahahahaha, nice one dude

Is Arch Enemy power pop ?

Melodic death metal dude, that first word makes ALL the difference

 

[Felix Neumann]

Hahahahahahahahahaha, nice one dude



Melodic death metal dude, that first word makes ALL the difference

lol okay... I´m not a friend of this whole different names in the metal genre..I would like to call it just rock´n roll. But I know this isn´t possible.
I just listen to a piratcore(!) band..i´m not joking

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=201120353

Oh my fuckin´ god:zombie:

 

[ProjectHamsterdam]

I like TSOP a lot, but for me it comes second to "Symbolic" and "Individual Thought Patterns". Come to think of it, "Leprosy" is the only Death album I do not dig (I know it's a classic, but I heard it much later than both formerly mentioned albums, so it didn't do much for me, I guess I was already spoilt). Also I think TSOP is a bit too loud and dry, as Moonlapse put it. Other than that, it's one of my favourite heavy metal albums (I'm not saying death metal, because for me Death were not pure death metal only, they were just a band filled with crunchy heavy metal goodness).

When it comes to my favourite death metal albums in general, I pretty much adore everything Morbid Angel have done, the first few Deicide albums were great too, I like Dismember from Sweden, I like Kataklysm a lot (The Prophecy is a great album IMHO - not too brutal and not too catchy), and great stuff has been coming out of Poland recently - the aforementioned Decapitated and Vader are really very good.
Edit: Oooops, forgot to mention Obituary's 'Cause of Death' . . . I think it deserves special mention among my faves.

But if I had to mention only one album as my favourite, it would be this one:

1995 was a trendy time for death metal, but for me this is one of the best death metal efforts ever made and that cover art still gives me goosebumps. Sinister rule, I am glad they are finally coming out of their 'gay' period and rocking hard again!

 

[Mancha]

I can`t believe only two people mentioned Individual Thought Patterns.
For me, that album (except production wise) makes everything else look silly.
Hoglan went nuts on that one (nuts as he already was ), and DiGiorgio
Just 40 minutes of perfection.

 

[Felix Neumann]

I can`t believe only two people mentioned Individual Thought Patterns.
For me, that album (except production wise) makes everything else look silly.
Hoglan went nuts on that one (nuts as he already was ), and DiGiorgio
Just 40 minutes of perfection.

I know, the performance on "individual thought patterns" is outstanding..(especially drums & bass) BUT the "magic" on this album for me isn´t as strong as the other 2 God records, Symbolic and TSOP.

 

[viggen666]

love that album, great crunchy sounds on the guitars, good natural drumsound.

can't think of anything i would like to hear different.

who did that production btw ?

 

[Ermz]

Andy Laroque, wasn't it?

 

[ProjectHamsterdam]

If you mean TSOP, on my CD it says:

"Produced by Jim Morris & Chuck Schuldiner at Morrisound Studios, Tampa FL.
Engineered, Mixed and Mastered by Jim Morris."

If you're speaking about ITP, I think it was Scott Burns.

 

[Felix Neumann]

If you mean TSOP, on my CD it says:

"Produced by Jim Morris & Chuck Schuldiner at Morrisound Studios, Tampa FL.
Engineered, Mixed and Mastered by Jim Morris."

If you're speaking about ITP, I think it was Scott Burns.

Yeah, I just read it here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_of_Perseverance

 

[Felix Neumann]

loool nice played


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[iekobrid]

Also, Richard Christy is a great drummer, but his style is just too off the wall for me. His fills just are too "rushed" and "random" sounding to me.

+10

I really love some of the songs on TSOP -- despite Christy sounding like he recorded his kit falling down a flight of stairs.

 

[_Brutalism_]

I don't know about you guys but I love the ITP production, Some people I spoke too weren't too keen on the bass sound but I think its awesome. No doubt, Symbolic's production was more refined but I'd still pick ITP over it. Its more natural sounding and raw compared to Symbolic.

I can't really pick a favourite but Human has a special place inside me. Maybe because it was the epiphany of truely awesome drumming in my life after I heard Sean Reinert. From that day on I knew who I wanted to aspire to.

 

[ProjectHamsterdam]

That Wikipedia article reminded me of TSOP's distant cousin, Control Denied's "The Fragile Art of Existence". I remember hearing some demo stuff once, where Chuck was doing a medley of Control Denied and some TSOP Death riffs (of course, technically they were not Death riffs yet, as there were no plans for a next Death album then). So what do you think about Control Denied? I think it is pretty neat, once you get over the power metal vocals.

PS: That 12-year old guy's great.

 

[HatewerK]

ITP has the most amazing drums/bass parts of any metal record ever, imho. Symbolic is the easiest listening of the three, and some of its songs are carved in history forever (1,000 eyes, symbolic, without judgment... etc) - but I remember buying TSOP and giving it the first spin, hearing my jaw drop to the floor and think "ok, so this is it. The record to end all records ". That was a bit driven by the emotions of the moment, but still I can remember that day. Oh, and to get to track n°6 took me a couple of days, cause I kept on listening "flesh and the power it holds" over and over and over...

Chuck was still far from his sad passing, but you could already say that his sorrow and sadness were flowing thoughout the whole record.. While "Painkiller" did what usually can't be done: take a legendary song and make it DOZENS OF TIMES better. Something that just Chuck could do.

To sum it up, however, I could not choose a better record off the three - I'd take a bit here and a bit there.

And as soon as Muhammad Suicmez starts singing a bit higher than his deep growl, we'll welcome Necrophagist as the one and only heir to Chuck's legacy, I can bet my house on it.

 

[Chryst Krispies]

Chuck was still far from his sad passing, but you could already say that his sorrow and sadness were flowing thoughout the whole record.. While "Painkiller" did what usually can't be done: take a legendary song and make it DOZENS OF TIMES better. Something that just Chuck could do.

To sum it up, however, I could not choose a better record off the three - I'd take a bit here and a bit there.

And as soon as Muhammad Suicmez starts singing a bit higher than his deep growl, we'll welcome Necrophagist as the one and only heir to Chuck's legacy, I can bet my house on it.

Ageeeeeeeed/

 

[HatewerK]

And as for the "best death record" thingie, I think I'd throw Morbid Angel's "Covenant" and "Domination" into the dispute, along with the three Death records named above, and Necrophagist's "Epitaph" as well - that record is amazing, worth to be named alongside those all-time classics.

 

[STINNETT]

And as soon as Muhammad Suicmez starts singing a bit higher than his deep growl, we'll welcome Necrophagist as the one and only heir to Chuck's legacy, I can bet my house on it.

Have you heard "Art Bleeds" by Gory Blister?

When I first heard that, I felt like I was hearing Chuck again. The vocals are killer.

 

[lordcthulhu]

TSoP is just magical for all the same reasons as Symbolic and Human. One thing of note though is Scott Clendenin's picked bass which is suprisingly awesome, and stands tall with Death's other bassists (esp. Steve freakin DiGiorgio). I don't usually like drums this dry, but it works in this album.

 

[EerieVon]

My favorite death metal record is Carcass "Heartwork"--just a great album

 

[Kazrog]

But I speak about the huge

I speak only of The Huge.