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 | Death Spiritual Healing
If any death metal album can be overlooked, it's this one. Chuck started to break away from repetitive gore influenced death metal and began writing insightful and more meaningful lyrics, i.e. Altering the Future, the highlight of this album. I would say there is a bit of a thrash feel here that really adds to the album. Vocally, this is my favorite for Death. Chuck's vocals are raw, angry, and I prefer them to the later screechy vocals of The Sound of Perseverance (an excellent album). James Murphy contributes a balance of tasteful and shredding solos that send this album over the top. As far as drums go, the fills and rhythm work is great. | 5
04.02.08 |  | Meshuggah obZen
| 4.5
03.18.08 |  | Possessed Seven Churches
| 5
03.18.08 |  | Pestilence Spheres
Ah, Spheres. The most despised Pestilence album, and it\'s really no wonder the band broke up after releasing such a lackluster effort as this (at least compared to previous masterworks of death metal which bear the Pestilence namesake). The keyboard interludes from Testimony of the Ancients got fruitier, and the band took on a more \"progressive\" direction as their peers Atheist and Cynic had found success in. Unfortunately it\'s almost as if the band didn\'t do their research and the music leaves much to be desired. The production doesn\'t help either; the guitar tone is one of the weakest I\'ve heard from a death metal band of Pestilence\ | 3
03.17.08 |  | Jag Panzer Casting the Stones
| 4.5
03.17.08 |  | Faith No More Angel Dust
| 4
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