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Incredibly consistent all around (just like the pace of the songs themselves.)

Death's "Spiritual Healing" (1990) exemplifies a significant shift in direction for this legendary group of musicians. Unlike literally every other major studio LP released from this band, their 1990 release oversees a slower, groovier, and more collected sound and tempo in contrast to the blistering fast speeds of "typical" death metal. If I had to use one word to describe this project, it ... read more

Hard af.

One of the most (that I've heard so far) brutal, unhinged, and psychotic albums to combine harsh-noise, deathcore, and grind core to create an experimental, avant-garde project of extreme metal.

What makes this such an interesting and enjoyable listen in terms of extreme metal I think are a few significant elements:

The very loose structure and avant-garde elements. While for some this might be a negative, I find it enhances the sheer unhinged sound and themes of the project. ... read more

One of the pioneers of death metal, eh?

The record has blistering speed, tenacity, and gore-filled lyricism. I find it kind of difficult to put into into words on what makes this a solid start to death metal as a subgenre--since like a lot of debut albums for many other metal bands that would go on to release incredible projects--the record lacks the identity that Death as a band would go on to master. The production and mix is handily the most prominent issues with the album as the distorted ... read more

If Death's later albums are a testament to their progressive elements and poetic lyricism, and those before are significant in popularizing and experimenting with more of the pure heaviness of death metal, then Death's "Human" (1991) demonstrates the liminality in transitioning from one to the other; that is where this record sits in its throne of being of one the most influential and quality death metal albums ever.

The production and mix of a record that is classified as ... read more