Album Rating: 3.0
It's good to know I'm not alone. In some ways I really wish I'd discovered the heavy stuff earlier, spent way too long trying to like various indie rubbish & only a small portion of it has stuck. I don't think this would've even been on my radar, no-one I knew was listening to it & the whole idea would've felt alien, scary & unappealing.
Ah well, I've still got plenty of time (hopefully).
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Album Rating: 3.0
Definitely, when I was 13 Sepultura were the ones who I dug, there was something there that seemed to be a lot more grounded and 'real.' Bands like Slayer were just unfathomable....and scary lol.
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Album Rating: 3.5
My intro to metal was Heaven Shall Burn when I was about probably about 12 years old. Then I found August Burns Red and Misery Signals and the rest was history. Tbh I never took a pit stop at thrash metal like most people which is probably why I hate literally every single metallica album.
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Album Rating: 3.0
I'm with you on Metallica, completely. It probably didn't help that my perception of metal at a young age was heavily influenced by them, thought they sucked back then & recently found out that I was right, although it's probably just a coincidence (the being right bit).
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Album Rating: 4.5
"Tbh I never took a pit stop at thrash metal like most people which is probably why I hate literally every single metallica album"
I cry for you, friend.
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Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off
a sad existence indeed
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Album Rating: 4.5
A life devoid of classic Slayer and Testament is not worth living.
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Album Rating: 4.0
Atleast check out Coroner, since they and Death are the best things in metal.
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Album Rating: 4.0
"A life devoid of classic Slayer and Testament is not worth living."
Lives not worth living are more fun than I would have guessed I see
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Album Rating: 3.0
Instrumentally this is really enjoyable, Spirit Crusher through to 'Flesh' is especially awesome & the opener is amazing too but the vox aren't super-appealing, high-pitched screams aren't really my thing & this leans more in that direction. I don't hate them, just could be better... maybe they'll grow on me in time.
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Album Rating: 3.0
They won't
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Album Rating: 3.0
We'll see, I still have hope.
Where next then guys? Start at the beginning I guess, now that I've heard all 4 of Death's 'progressive era'.
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Album Rating: 4.0
I'd say Spiritual Healing, then Scream Bloody Gore and Leprosy last
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Album Rating: 3.0
Thanks.
Any particular reason? I feel like SBG is an important part of music history & doing the 3 albums chronologically seems to make sense (even though I haven't done that thus far).
It's not like I won't listen to them all regardless, so probably not a question that needed asking, just curious.
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Album Rating: 4.0
It's mostly because Spiritual Healing has some foreshadowing of Human's style, even if it's not as fully developed. At the same time, it has some traces of the sound before it. As a side-note, I think it's kiinda overlooked as well (as far as a Death album can be overlooked, that is). Then Scream Bloody Gore to have an example of their full-on old school sound that Spiritual Healing has more or less prepared you for, so Spriritual Healing could be seen as some kind of gateway. Then Leprosy as the last one because it picks up on the style of Scream Bloody Gore and evolves it, so it's neat to see how they expanded on what they did on their debut and added some depth in some of the tracks while maintaining the single-minded brutality that dominated that one.
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Album Rating: 3.0
I understand your thinking now, a much better reasoning than my initial plan which was essentially 'it's important/the first one' - I'll reconsider. Spiritual Healing does seem to be the least loved & I'm intrigued to hear it, if there are progressive elements which set the template for Human it sounds like an interesting listen.
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Album Rating: 4.0
It's kind of a bridge between their first two albums and the three after it. It's definitely not as progressive as the latter and not as brutal and slower in general than the former. That makes it kinda hard to fit into a clear category, which is why it isn't as well received I guess. I'm not necessarily saying it's better than its two precursors (even though it has one of my favorite Death songs), but I feel like it's a good way to get into their more streamlined sound.
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Album Rating: 4.5
Guitar work here is pure magic.
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Chronological is always best imo, doesn't matter the artist.
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Album Rating: 4.0
But some artists (not Death) have done a lot of shit before they became good, so it would only be discouraging to go chronologically.
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