- Symbolic (Death album)
Infobox Album |
Name = Symbolic
Type = studio
Artist = Death
Released =March 21 ,1995
Recorded =
Genre =Death metal ,progressive metal ,technical death metal
Length = 50:38
Label = Roadrunner
Producer = Jim Morris
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:2h9sa93gu23s link]
Last album = "Individual Thought Patterns " (1993)
This album = "Symbolic" (1995)
Next album = "The Sound of Perseverance " (1998)"Symbolic" is the sixth
album by American band Death. It was released onMarch 21 ,1995 throughRoadrunner Records . The album was remastered and reissued onApril 1 ,2008 with five bonus tracks. [http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=88622]Like its predecessors, the album is progressive and technically advanced. It is notable that the average song length on this album is around five minutes, while it was around four minutes on "Human" and "
Individual Thought Patterns ", perhaps due to slowed down song tempos closer to that of traditionaldeath metal . As a result, the album was not quite as "technical" as its predecessors but more straightforward, "progressive".No video was released for the album, but "Empty Words" was released as a single.
The song "Symbolic" was covered by
Scariot on their "Momentum Shift" album.Metal-Rules.com ranks the album as the seventh greatest
extreme metal album [http://www.metal-rules.com/polls/index.php?id=7] and the 58th greatest heavy metal album [http://www.metal-rules.com/polls/index.php?id=6] of all time.Track listing
# "Symbolic" – 6:33
# "Zero Tolerance" – 4:48
# "Empty Words" – 6:22
# "Sacred Serenity" – 4:27
# "1,000 Eyes" – 4:28
# "Without Judgement" – 5:28
# "Crystal Mountain" – 5:07
# "Misanthrope" – 5:03
# "Perennial Quest" – 8:21Track listing (Remastered)
# "Symbolic" – 6:33
# "Zero Tolerance" – 4:48
# "Empty Words" – 6:22
# "Sacred Serenity" – 4:27
# "1,000 Eyes" – 4:28
# "Without Judgement" – 5:28
# "Crystal Mountain" – 5:07
# "Misanthrope" – 5:03
# "Perennial Quest" – 8:21
# "Symbolic Acts" (Instrumental demo version of Symbolic)
# "Zero Tolerance" (Instrumental Demo)
# "Crystal Mountain" (Instrumental Demo)
# "Misanthrope" (Instrumental Demo)
# "Symbolic Acts" (Symphonic Demo version with vocals)Credits
*
Chuck Schuldiner – guitar, vocals, producer
*Gene Hoglan – drums
* Bobby Koelble – guitar
*Kelly Conlon – bass
* George Marino – mastering
* Jim Morris – producer, engineer
* Patricia Mooney – design
* Rene Miville – cover artReferences
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