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* ORIGINALLY FEATURED IN SCRAWLSHOP ZINE YES, METAL WARRIORS THE LONG WAIT IS FINALLY OVER BECAUSE DEATH'S LATEST ALBUM HAS ARRIVED. CHUCKY BOY'S NEW ALBUM IS CALLED "THE SOUND OF PERSEVERANCE" AND HE IS BACK WITH A TOTALLY NEW LINE UP WITH VIRTUALLY UNKNOWN MEMBERS BUT ARE STILL AS TIGHT AS HIS FORMER LINE-UP. PICKING UP WHERE "SYMBOLIC" LEFT OFF. DEATH IS STILL VENTURING ON THE PROGRESSIVE REALM AND IS MORE TECHNICAL THAN BEFORE. THEY SHOULD CHANGE THEIR NAME TO DEATH THEATER. YES!! THAT'S HOW TECHNICAL IT IS!! BUT IT IS STILL 100% DEATH METAL. CHUCK SCHULDINER'S VOCALS ARE FIERCER HERE THAN ON PAST RECORDINGS. IT'S SNARLING AND MUCH HIGHER. DONE WITH FULL CONVICTION LEAVING OUT THE HUMAN ELEMENT ON HIS GROWLS. 8 SONGS ARE FEATURED IN THE ALBUM PLUS ONE AWESOME JUDAS PRIEST COVER TRACK [PAINKILLER] EXECUTED FLAWLESSLY. THE SONGS ARE LONGER THAN BEFORE. MORE THAN HALF OF THE ALBUM IS 6+ MIN. LONG SONGS. COVERING A VARIETY OF RIFFS AND UNKNOWN TERRITORIES. MOST OF THE SONGS ARE FAST AND BURSTING WITH DOUBLE BASS ATTACKS WITH STELLAR SOUNDING RIFFS GUARANTEED TO LEAVE YOU SPEECHLESS. LOTS OF MUTED CHUNKY DRILLING RIFFS, HIGH NOTES AND SPACEY FILLED ATMOSPHERES. AND OF COURSE, THE EXCELLENT SOLOS THAT WE'VE COME TO EXPECT FROM THIS GROUNDBREAKING BAND. NOTABLE TRACKS ARE "SCAVENGER OF HUMAN SORROW", "SPIRIT CRUSHER", "FLESH AND THE POWER IT HOLDS", THE INSTRUMENTAL "VOICE OF THE SOUL" AND MORE. A BAND THAT HAS NEVER LET US DOWN, AMIDST ALL THE TRENDS IN METAL TODAY. DEATH HAS STAYED TRUE TO WHAT THEY BELIEVE IN AND WE CAN EASILY SAY THAT THE SOUND OF PERSEVERANCE IS A TRIUMPH.
Death - The Sound Of Perseverance (no rating)
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