Death - Human (Relativity Records/Sony Records)
Another great release from the now defunct Death (RIP Chuck Schuldiner).
This release is filled with melodic pieces to it but it does not lose the
heaviness because it's pretty much a mix of melodic and death metal parts. 8
tracks of mind blowing riffs and uniqueness of Chuck's writings. If you are
looking for melodic pieces along with death metal mixed in with it then this
release is for you.
Chuck's vocals don't really change much throughout the release they are
pretty much just low-bellowing vox over the awesome music of the record.
Paul Masvidal contributes nothing but amazingly clean lead guitar. Such
talent on this release it's simply awesome. Plus another awesome
production/mixing by the now retired Scott Burns. Everything on this
recording seems to flow there's also variety to it as well.
Not just distorted guitar but there's also clean guitar (check out the intro
to "Lack Of Comprehension"). Lyrically I'm still in favor of "Individual
Thought Patterns" but "Human" makes up for that with just awesome talent in
the songwriting and entire execution.
If you have never heard "Human" check out these tracks to begin with:
"Vacant Planets", "Lack Of Comprehension" and "Suicide Machine". If these
aren't enough to please you then you sure as hell are missing out of one
damn awesome release of an album.
I'd have to conclude that "Spiritual Healing", "Human", "Individual Thought
Patterns" and "Symbolic" are my personally favorite Death releases. It
seemed as though Chuck kept getting better after each succeeding recording.
Also, on pretty much all Death albums have a different lineup (with some
exceptions).
Rating: 9/10.