Richard Christy never gets the credit he deserves for this album. One of the most complete drummers in metal. Prog, death, thrash, jazzy at time, his drumming here is simply innovative. Modern death metal super-technical, super-fast, blast-machine drummers should give a careful listen to this album. Oh and also props to Scott Clendenin (RIP) for his amazing bass lines and tone.
@@ItsNotaTuhmah Yeah he did most of the fills but it's not only the basic structure that Chuck made, couse the structure itself is not basic, for example the part that was obviously not composed by a drummer is from Spirit Crusher at 13:28
@@eugene8827 Christy joined Death in 96. He was present when the album was being composed and he came up with all that crazy stuff. Chuck wrote the songs but the details on drums are all Richard. He was determined to impress Chuck and get the gig, so he went with a "drum solo" mentality and Chuck liked it. I found something: SDM: How did you come up with the drum pattern for “Scavenger of Human Sorrow” off Death’s Sound of Perseverance”?
Richard: From what I remember, Chuck played me the opening riff for the song and just told me to go crazy and come up with a technical drum pattern to fit the riff. I can’t remember exactly how I came up with the drum pattern for that song, but usually I just listen to a riff and start playing along with it until I find something that fits musically with it. Chuck was very open about all of my drumming ideas and he loved when I would come up with crazy drum patterns that would fit his riffs. I remember when we were working on Spirit Crusher, we were laughing at how crazy the drumming stuff was in the drum and bass break on that song, it was always fun writing music with Chuck and we had a lot of laughs writing and rehearsing together. sickdrummermagazine.com/the-drummers/sick-drummer-hall-of-fame/richard-christy-talks-all-about-death/
@@ItsNotaTuhmah The part that I linked is completely random and irrational for a drummer's point of view, now there are only 2 options, it was either composed by a non drummer composer (Chuck) or it was composed by drummer who is also a mental madman (Perhaps Christy is one, I don't know)...
He speaks so well through his music and the technical genius is not overlooked by any means. What a blessing for us all that he decided to pursue his passion rather than give up and become a burger flipper at age 16..
I still can't give Richard Christie enough credit for the work he did on this album. There was a famous drummer who once said "the best drum parts are the ones that sound like they are about to fall completely apart at any moment but somehow stay together" and that's exactly what Richard Christie achieved on this album
Fucking true. This album has all the best riffs that would love to listen on an electric guitar 🎸🤘 Im not a fan of this kind of vocals but the guitar riffs are heavenly.
Morningrise and Still Life by far the better Opeth albums If I was going to recommend a good Death metal band with a touch of prog I'd say Carbonized myself
For android phone users (timestamps): 1. "Scavenger of Human Sorrow" - 0:00 2. "Bite the Pain" - 6:56 3. "Spirit Crusher" - 11:26 4. "Story to Tell" - 18:13 5. "Flesh and the Power It Holds" - 24:48 6. "Voice of the Soul" (instrumental) - 33:15 7. "To Forgive Is to Suffer" - 36:59 8. "A Moment of Clarity" - 42:54 9. "Painkiller" (Judas Priest cover) - 50:20
Chuck was so desperate to end Death and move on to Control Denied, that this album's lyrics and themes, all the way down to the title represent his anger and disappointment. He felt that Symbolic wasn't marketed well, and he hated being strictly associated with Death Metal. But I have to say, this album is the bomb. It was a blast to listen to, and a perfect finale for Death. Symbolic was supposed to be the final album, and Perennial Quest did a great job and kicks a ton of ass, but A Moment of Clarity is a beautiful ending for probably the most dramatic Death album ever. This album was an awesome goodbye from Death and I can't overstate just how great a job they did with this unique, powerful, aggressive, and dramatic album.
Most of the songs and lyrics were written for Control Denied. Was originally recorded (demo) with clean vocals -,not Chuck singing. However record company wouldn't release it unless was a Death record, hence Chuck did the vocals - this album is essentially the first Control Denied record.
@@tomobrien4965 Do you know if this album's lineup was always meant to be Death, or do you think they were supposed to be Control Denied with Chuck? What an awesome lineup; Shanon Hamm and Richard Christy are so awesome, and I also love Scott Clendenin's bass playing on this album.
Thanks for vocalizing the thought process - it is amazing that the lyrics make much more sense understanding his personal turmoil. True artist. Wrapping up this album on Sound of Perseverance - damn. 10 years ago it was the music hitting hard, now it is the lyrics combined with the music - timeless masterpiece.
THE SOUND OF PERSEVERANCE [Lyrics] All songs written by DEATH, except 9 by JUDAS PRIEST Produced by Jim Morris & Chuck Schuldiner Recorded and mixed at Morrisound Studio, Tampa, FL in April - May 1998. Shannon Hamm - Guitars Richard Christy - Drums Scott Clendenin - Bass Chuck Schuldiner - Guitars and Vocals "For anyone with a dream, this album is for you!". - Chuck Schuldiner 1998 (c) NUCLEAR BLAST Records 01 - SCAVENGER OF HUMAN SORROW What pain will it take to satisfy Your sick appetite, go in for the kill Always in sight-prey The time always right-feast Feed on the pain-taste Sorrow made flesh-sweet Live how you want, just don't feed on me If you doubt what I say, I will make you believe Shallow are words from those who starve For a dream, not their own to slash and scar Big words, small mind behind the pain, you will find A scavenger of human sorrow, scavenger Abstract theory, the weapon of choice used by scavenger Of human sorrow, scavenger So, you have traveled far across the sea To spread your written brand of misery Always in sight-prey The time always right-feast Feed on the pain-taste Sorrow made flesh-sweet Live how you want, just don't feed on me If you doubt what I say, I will make you believe Shallow are words from those who starve For a dream, not their own to slash and scar Big words, small mind, behind the pain, you will find A scavenger of human sorrow, scavenger Abstract theory, the weapon of choice used by a scavenger Of human sorrow, scavenger 02 - BITE THE PAIN Look down at the body You may see no trace of wounds But in the eye, the eye of the beholder One cannot assume Not a drop of blood is drawn, but you know how it bleeds Beware of the sharp edged weapon called human being It is a shield of passion and strong will From this, I am the victor instead of the kill I will not feed your hunger, instead I bite the pain Looking not back, but forward, I bite down hard Try to cover up the trail of deceit And daggers spawned from your soul Acid, the tears of remorse flow in vain Too late for regrets save it for the next ill fated game It is a shield of passion and strong will From this, I am the victor instead of the kill I will not feed your hunger, instead I bite the pain Looking not back, but forward, I bite down hard 03 - SPIRIT CRUSHER It comes from the depths of a place Unknown to the keeper of dreams If it could then it would steal the sun and the moon From the sky, beware Human at sight, monster at heart Don't let it inside it could tear you right apart No guilt, it feeds in plain sight, spirit crusher Stay strong and hold on tight, spirit crusher Speaking in killing words The vicious kind that crush and kill No mercy, its pleasure to taste The blood that it bled When it's time to feed, to fulfill the need to Consume a breath, some will rise standing tall Breathing out all the breath from The voice of a soul Human at sight, monster at heart Don't let it inside it could tear you right apart No guilt, it feeds in plain sight, spirit crusher Stay strong and hold on tight, spirit crusher Speaking in killing words The vicious kind that crush and kill 04 - STORY TO TELL Drifting into the lives seep into the soul Where emotions hide Dark skies were beating me down with shadows Of deceit slashing at trust till it forever bleeds With doubt, with pain, with trust is pain When you think of me in your multidimensional mind Try and wash the "evil" from your mind and open it When you taste the truth, you will see like others before me To you, I am past, a story to tell, tell it You may think you own the end Take another close look at the script Of sadness etched in the book Dark skies were beating me down with shadows Of deceit slashing at trust till it forever bleeds With doubt, with pain, with trust is pain When you think of me in your multidimensional mind Try and wash the "evil" from your mind and open it When you taste the truth, you will see like others before me To you, I am past, a story to tell, tell it 05 - FLESH AND THE POWER IT HOLDS I told you once, but I will say it again When you live the flesh, it’s the beginning of the end It will take you in, it will spit you out Behold the flesh and the power it holds Passion is a poison laced with pleasure bitter sweet One of many faces that hide deep beneath It will take you in, it will spit you out Behold the flesh and the power it holds Touch, taste, breathe, consumed Deja-vu, already knew from the first encounter But know I know to let go of words to speak no more Like a wind upon your face, you can't see it, but you know it's there When beauty shows its ugly face, just be prepared Passion burns like fire carried by the wind The end of a time, a time to begin It will take you in, it will spit you out Behold the flesh and the power it holds It builds you up one way and tears You right back down, a time to begin the end of a time It will take you in, it will spit you out Behold the flesh and the power it holds Touch, taste, breathe, consumed Deja-vu, already knew from the first encounter But know I know to let go of words to speak no more Like a wind upon your face, you can't see it, but you know it's there When beauty shows its ugly face, just be prepared 06 - VOICE OF THE SOUL Instrumental 07 - TO FORGIVE IS TO SUFFER Throughout our time, a thought escapes us To enforce a word, no Holding on to pain, it may seem to some The easy way to say o.k., twist your knife a little deeper Words so sharp, actions dark hide the blade of the deceiver Enforce the words no more, be free Alone you might just find serenity To accept another day we choose To give away another piece of life To forgive is to suffer Once or twice is kind, three or four is blind It is not the end yet a way to begin The power of words, both good and bad The easy way to say o.k., twist your knife a little deeper Words so sharp, actions dark hide the blade of the deceiver Enforce the words no more, be free Alone you might just find serenity To accept another day we choose To give away another piece of life To forgive is to suffer 08 - A MOMENT OF CLARITY I would describe it as an invisible darkness Casting a shadow, a blinding black Guarded by hope, my soul is kept safe from the bloody claws Look to beyond, what vision lets me see Time after time, unneeded misery My dreams I own, no price for you I grip them tight and hope for sight Open my eyes wide to see a moment of clarity Confusion gone, it's in your hands, your turn to ask why Life is like a mystery with many clues, but with few answers To tell us what it is That we can do to look ror messages that keep us from the truth Look to beyond, what vision lets me see Time after time, unneeded misery My dreams I own. no price for you I grip them tight and hope for sight Open my eyes wide to see a moment of clarity Confusion gone, it's in your hands, your turn to ask why 09 - PAINKILLER [Judas Priest Cover] Faster than a bullet, terrifying scream Enraged and full of anger, he's half man and half machine Rides the Metal Monster, breathing smoke and fire Closing in with vengeance soaring high He is the Painkiller This is the Painkiller Planets devastated, mankind's on its knees A saviour comes from out the skies in answer to their pleas Through boiling clouds of thunder, blasting bolts of steel Evils going under deadly wheels He is the Painkiller This is the Painkiller Faster than a lazer bullet, louder than an atom bomb Chromium plated boiling metal, brighter than a thousand suns Flying high on rapture, stronger free and brave Nevermore encaptured, they've been brought back from the grave With mankind resurrected, forever to survive Returns from Armageddon to the skies He is the Painkiller This is the Painkiller Wings of steel Painkiller Deadly wheels Painkiller
1. "Scavenger of Human Sorrow" - 0:00 2. "Bite the Pain" - 6:56 3. "Spirit Crusher" - 11:26 4. "Story to Tell" - 18:13 5. "Flesh and the Power It Holds" - 24:48 6. "Voice of the Soul" (instrumental) - 33:15 7. "To Forgive Is to Suffer" - 36:59 8. "A Moment of Clarity" - 42:54 9. "Painkiller" (Judas Priest cover) - 50:20
Despite the name of the genre, death metal doesn't have to be gorey and shocking. There's plenty of bands that take death-elements to create beauty out of it.
I’ve talked shit about death metal for years but this I can actually fuck with. My apologies death metal fans I just don’t like the other bands that be way too heavy for way to fucken long and gets boring as hell.
@@Iceypatek Please listen to Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness, Obituary - Slowly We Rot, Bolt Thrower - Realm of Chaos: Slaves to Darkness, as well as the rest of Death’s discography (I presume that you already have), because you will not regret it, and please consider checking out Vader, Krisiun, Entombed, Kataklysm, Pestilence, and Malevolent Creation while you are at it. Also, while not quite death metal (these are either thrash metal on the extreme side or death thrash), I highly recommend checking out Dark Angel, Possessed, Sadus, Demolition Hammer, Morbid Saint, Opprobrium, Messiah, Master, Protector, and Necrodeath, they are really good, they kick a lot of ass, and they will help ease you into the more extreme stuff.
It transcends most of his music. It's truly a Magnum Opus if there was ever one to be taken from Chuck. It's a massive evolution for Chuck. He evolved so much over the years, it's really incredible when you get his first album he did at age 17 and then listen to this album. Dude really is next level. He never sold out, he never compromised. A real warrior.
That was the song I got to play at my little sister's wedding. Nobody else in the family listens to heavy music, but they're mostly pro musicians & when that one finished my mom just went "Wow."
@@trichinosis333 Did you play strings and vocals, or with a band? Excellent choice, btw, when my mom doubted my former karaoke habit (3 nights a week), I chose Johnny Cash "Hey Good Lookin'" to prove it.
* Band : DEATH * Album : "The Sound Of Perseverance" * Label : 1998 Nuclear Blast Records * Genre : Death Metal * Origin : USA (Altamonte Springs, Florida) * Years Active : 1983 - 2001 (DISBANDED) * Producers : Jim Morris & Charles Michael Schuldiner * Recording, Engineering & Mixing : Jim Morris * Mastering : Tom Morris * Executive Producer : Markus Staiger * Cover Art & Album Artwork : Travis Smith * Art Direction & Designs : Maria Abril & Gabe Mera * Band's Photography : Alec McKnight * Band's Logo : Chuck Schuldiner * Logo Re-design : Stream * Recorded, Engineered, Mixed & Mastered at Morrisound Sound Studios, Tampa, FL. USA * DEATH are : 1. Chuck Schuldiner (Vox & Rhythm Guitars) RIP 2. Shannon Hamm (Lead & Rhythm Guitars) 3. Scott Clendenin (Bass) RIP 4. Richard Christy (Drums)
One of the funniest things about this album for me is that Chuck came from working with legends like Gene Hoglan, Steve DiGiorgio, Andy LaRocque, etc. And for his last Death album he picked up 3 guys literally no one knew about and made one of the best metal albums ever (and the best Death album, in my opinion)
Even if Chuck would have lived, this would have been his last death metal album. He said so himself, he was tired of the harsh vocals. I loved how he progressed not only as a musician and a song writer, but as a human too. R.I.P. Chuck :(
drummerdude0515 yes but his mom said in a interview I read that she believes he would’ve went back to death after a little while, he just needed a break she said
Yeah chuck wanted symbolic to be the last death album and had written the majority of this album to be control denied stuff but relapse records said one last death album was owed to them . This album changed my life as a young dude. Can’t say I feel the same about any of the control denied stuff. Rip chuck .
This is absolutely the best Death album. Makes me even more sad and mad that Chuck is gone. He perfected his art in this album, who knows how amazing his later work could have been. Rest in peace.
I do prefer Human, ITP, and Symbolic. Great album though. Chuck kinda took the Death sound as far as he could which is why he wanted a different vocalist and more progressive song structures. It would've been interesting to see what he came up with next.
Right? My favorite spacecraft is the one they're planning to send to Uranus called 'Erections at an Animal Autopsy'-- Or Erections for short. They're running out of album names! Thousands of good extreme metal albums, billions of stars.
It gives me goosebumps every time I play it with my friend. It gets so much more intense meaning when you study the rhythm and everything and then try to play it yourself. So awesome track!
This album will continue to rule and reign throughout the time. it's simply beyond humanity. not every ear is blessed enough to capture the sound and not every mind is capable to comprehend what is actually happening there, beyond and below the insane riffage and drum play. Kudos to the ones who could understand this madness. who can pry the riffs open and access the soul of the music. if you do that you'll have an undying companion which you can rely on, for the rest of your days. DEATH rules! 🤘🎸🤘
@@nithrakfiranahk3342 Ever heard of Forced Entry? Bludgeon is an awesome song to start No one remembers them Or is you want more melodic Old Aussie band Pathogen album bloodline Welcome to death metal
@@georgejohnson5904 He wanted a label for Control Denied. The label said "Sure, if you make one more Death album". That's why there's an overlap in songs.
Chuck's glorious voice will be remembered on every rift so finely crafted on every album, and his philosophy is something we won't see in any other contemporary band.
This is one of the 12/10 albums, every second is packed with emotion, inspiration and invention, plus, of course, impeccable technique from all the players involved.
same here man. a friend of mine played crystal mountain for me once and I looked up death a few days later, clicked on this album and it opened up my musical world to death metal, black metal, and to some extent thrash as well
This album is my favorite of all bands that I've heard in my life. Chuck is the a monster of a guitar and a composer as well. All his trajectory as a musician you can really understand the true meaning of musical evolution. The day I read in an old metal magazine that I signed called Rock Brigade (brazil) that he had died was a very painful impact, I imagined what would come after the Sound of Perseverance or even a new Control Denied album. R.I.P Chuck - thank you for letting us so much masterpieces. And Richard Christy is a F** Monster!
This album is my favourite Death album. It really helped me through some tough times this year, 3 emergency surgeries- it pushed me to keep going. 'Voice of the Soul' was the first thing I listened to once I woke from the first op, because I knew it would calm me. Thank you, Chuck.
I was a late comer to DEATH and something in the fine mix of agressive bu not over the top vocals + guitar riffs + instrumental sequences + mixing choices + go figure what else made me an instant fan. My first listen was "Humans", with its tracks "The flesh and the power it holds" and most of all "Lack of comprehension". My face melted. Sucks that he died so young.
It's because it's not your typical Deathmetal album. Some parts actually have strung together major cords and other parts could fit right into a Rentals album. I like it but I can see where a true DM guy would not
I’ve been slowly becoming a fan for a while now, I think this solidifies it. First symbolic, then individual thought patterns, yeah this album is getting downloaded next. Edit 8 Months later: I own all 7 Death albums on unplayed vinyl! Some of them colored, some just black. This band is beyond perfection, RIP Chuck.
If you love he technical feel and timing changes, I highly suggest you check out Carcass; Descanting the Insalubrious. Also, upon first listen; read the lyrics along with the music and you'll experience true theatrical horror music as it was intended; later named Heavy Metal. Carcass, much like Death created a subculture within the metal industry and forged an entire legion of bands that laid themselves bare by offering tribute, plagiarism and straight out copying. Carcass belongs on the same shelf as Death.
@@zysis Oh man you’d be happy to know I’m a major Carcass fan! Somehow I haven’t heard Swansong yet, but the rest of their material is on my phone, and I bought Torn Arteries on vinyl recently. I love all their different styles, Descanting got me into the band, and within the last month I’ve found a major appreciation for Reek of Putrefaction. Funny that the band themselves don’t even like that record at this point haha.
@@MetaKarpp Yes, you can trust they’ve all been played a handful of times. Honestly between the two Death eras, I think Leprosy and Human are my most played. Everything they created was amazing though!
chuck is the only person i haven't met that i feel sad about passing away. his music is the most meaningful thing i've heard. people describe him as an optimistic person but themes and lyrics of his songs are very dark and real. he's ultimate bloomer. thank you chuck for your philosophical music
This album completely changed my life when it came out back in highschool. Never heard music like chucks before and never will. When Painkiller comes on, it’s bittersweet. I get sad because it means the album is wrapping up. What a way to do it though. Every song is a journey with a capital J, every riff puts pictures in my head, the musicianship and clarity in this recording make it stand out for me as an absolute #1. If I could only hear one album for the rest of my life, I’d gladly pick TSOP and be content.
João Correia, I would not go as far as to say this particular Death album is the most influential death metal album. However, Death's first 3-4 albums were factually profoundly inspirational.
"When you think of me in your multidimensional mind, try and wash the "evil" from your mind and open it. When you taste the truth you will see like others before me, to you I am past, a story to tell tell it." Let's tell the story!
This is the only metal album that brings tears to my eyes... I may be wrong, but I feel that this album is based on Chuck's fight with the cancer that finally killed him... he deserves as much as any other to be in the rock n roll hall of fame... a great American artist that was a pioneer of a generation...
Yeah Voice of the Soul... It's just... I sometimes get teary with both happiness and sadness. It's a really strange feeling but my god, if anyone has reached immortality in the very souls of other beings, this man has engraved his name on my heart. I can't begin to describe how Chuck has made me feel over the years.
Hahahahaha I'm a drummer and jezz I don't know one that would not want to cover Sound of Perseverance album. It's just amazing! Great, fun and tec music.
Zamek2004 My band doesn’t have a drummer. Which is lame. But, we can just spend a couple hours programming a drum machine. Which sucks, because as a bassist, I love changing tempo
Haven't listened to Death in ages. This sounds so so much better now as an adult with a different perspective. I have so much more of an appreciation for Chuck's work as an older man. 🤘🏽
Ocean Sage That's true, but also a lot of commercial crap. And I noticed that some good bands that joined Nuclear Blast have changed their sound in favour of a more commercial one (easy-listening chorus, less complex songs, cliché videos). I think Nuclear Blast is the "pop" side of metal. Of course this doesn't apply to all bands in Nuclear Blast.
onewithmyself But he hasnt had a stable lineup... And i believe it involved different musicians I mean the second band. Maybe im wrong lol. The only thing I read is their whole wikipedia page
onewithmyself Oh ok. I will have to check out their early stuff too, cause 7 albums in that amount of time is indeed very good... But I believe the early albums aren't so good. Also, persuming you're a death metal fan, what do you think of a band called Manokin?
I think people don't talk enough about how awesome chuck's vocals are on this, because of how awesome the rest is. The vocals sound much better than most extreme metal bands'.
Chuck's vocals are at their all-time best on the Painkiller cover. I think he finally reached the zenith of his love for traditional heavy metal, blended with his extreme style. This is straight metal perfection. RIP Chuck Schuldiner.
BEHOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLD THE FLESHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH AND THE POWER IT HOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLDSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
I dont get it ? So the more your listen to extrême metal the more is good? Same logic for mayonnaise and you have à disaster. Is this a contest ? How old are you ? 9 ?
I almost deliberately avoided death metal as a genre (preferred metal with clean vocal), but came across this masterpiece and it is such an unexpected sensation.
I would suggest Opeth, I think you will like it. It's considered death/prog metal with both clean and growl vocals, a truly amazing band. Although Death will always be king ! RIP Chuck
It's like written on my DNA with thousands of riffs and with all those magical endless notes! If someone would pause the play, it continues in my head. And don't click play man -i can't stop listening until entire album is over! Even the most powerfull and hardest part of a Chuck tune, there is always a BLUE feeling which never gets old. It's like when you think that you are just standing (listening metal), but when there is also river of emotions flowing under your knees... So, it's not just metal. It's never just a genre. It's tender, deep, soulful piece of art. It's CHUCK's hearth! It's ours...
Listening to this masterpiece in the middle of 2022 directly from Brazil!! A work of metal art!! Sounds like the first time I've heard it!! This album still excites me to this day! Chuck genius!!!!
Realmente esse trabalho do Chuck é notavelmente impecável, som cadenciado Aki no Brasil tem milhares de fans escondidos, pois nós do metal vivemos nas sombras....!
musical genius, lyrical genius, it astonishes me how people think metal is just screaming and hitting a guitar, yet 90% of the time they listen to people who can't sing, and use digital "instruments" to make up for a lack of talent, while guys like Death are given only a fraction of their credit when they could easily blow them out of the water through their technical ability on actual instruments. these guys fucking rule, Chuck may be gone but his impact on extreme metal will be felt for the rest of time
FUCKING A! If guys like Chuck, Dimebag, Peter Steele, among other influential artists, we probably wouldn't have all this kind of mainstream shit nowadays.
today's music doesn't take talent and it sucks. they all sing about the same shit. pop sings about casual shit and love while hip hop sings about whores money and trap is basically just pure shit...
@HazyMan yeah, while most of death metal sings about gore and problems of the world and shit like that.Sincerely, lately I'd much rather prefer listening to some Migos than the ever complaining metal bands. And for the original comment, "actual instruments" are overrated and technical ability means shit when you can't write a catchy riff or a memorable hook. Stop being so goddamn stubborn and close minded in your singular musical cavity named metal and widen your horizons, even the top 40 has some pretty groovy stuff in it. That's why people can't stand metalheads, we're a bunch of arrogant ingrates who think music is something more than just fucking music, and metal is the one genre to rule them all, cause to be fair, metal stopped being relevant a couple of years ago.
My personal fav Death album, after Human (for its harmonic undertones) and Spiritual Healing (for its raw heaviness). Loved the technical direction the crew went with on this title. I can only imagine how much more technical their work would have evolved, had Chuck not passed.
Ren well the problem is that this was going to be their last album regardless. Actually Symbolic was supposed to be their last album, but due to contractual obligations with their record company they had to made one more album with the name “Death”. All these songs from this album were supposed to be used on Chuck’s new project, Control Denied. There are even a couple demos of chuck singing some songs with clean vocals. If you want to listen more stuff similar to this check out The Fragile Art of Existence from Control Denied, actual last album Chuck ever made. It basically the same lineup as this album plus Tim Aymar on vocals.
@@landinization First impressions: The music is undeniably Mr. Schuldiner, and I completely appreciate and respect Tim's vocal talent, but I'll have to give 'er a few runs and see if I can get used to it. Just doesn't fit the musical style at all for me, but neither did Confessor, until I listened to the album 'Condemned' a few times...now I'm in love with it. Hope same happens with Fragile . Thanks again for the info, man.
Ren It is hard to adjust since it is pretty much Chuck’s music but without the vocals, so it takes away the death metal side, and it is 100% a progressive metal album. It will grow on you, the album has some bangers. Glad that you were able to listen to it, you’re welcome man!
The production of this album is insanely good. The guitar tone is so crunchy and clear. The opening of Story To Tell kicks me in the teeth every time and I love it.
Chuck was the nicest guy too, I only met him once, guy just loved metal and everyone around him - was super cool to everyone even the loners at parties
Chuck changed somehow around 91-92. He was quite the asshole before that and then something changed, maybe he matured and became a pretty cool guy. He also changed the lyric subjects around that time.
This album continues to sound ahead of this time! And it was released 22 years ago! Chuck has to be the best heavy music composer of all time! An honorable salvation for Thomas Forsberg \m/
Every Death album was a progression. Not many bands in that genre could touch Chuck. One of the worst losses in our community. R.I.P. Chuck S. Your music will live on in all of metal.
I didn't say i am humble. I presented this opinion as humble to highlight the fact there are no real criteria for 'best' in art. I wouldn't be able to support it this opinion with anything except my subjective feeling. Thats why the opinion was humble, and i am not, cos i can differentiate those things, got it Dr. Phil?
@L. Lazman sometimes im humble, sometimes i m not, sometimes i just say im humble but i am not, and sometimes i think i am humble but someone on youtube comments exposes me. that life. I understand that u said i have a good understanding of art. i gave u a like for it.
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Listening to Death is probably one of the easiest way to reach peace of mind...
*Piece of mind XD
I dunno man, listening Painkiller makes me feel like I can punch a fucking train with my bare head
amen
Yea it's funny how metal calms us down, I've been saying that for year's 🤘🤘
@@karhlhenselien2260 it soothes me xD
Can definitely hear a Judas priest influence on the last track
You don't say.
Thanks captain Sherlock
Lmao guys you all get wooooshed
There's a dash, sure.
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Richard Christy never gets the credit he deserves for this album. One of the most complete drummers in metal. Prog, death, thrash, jazzy at time, his drumming here is simply innovative. Modern death metal super-technical, super-fast, blast-machine drummers should give a careful listen to this album.
Oh and also props to Scott Clendenin (RIP) for his amazing bass lines and tone.
You do know that Chuck composed drumming for the album as well?
Nevertheless, R.C's realization is amazing...
@@eugene8827 According to Christy, Chuck only gave him the basic structure of the songs and he did all the fills and stuff.
@@ItsNotaTuhmah Yeah he did most of the fills but it's not only the basic structure that Chuck made, couse the structure itself is not basic, for example the part that was obviously not composed by a drummer is from Spirit Crusher at 13:28
@@eugene8827 Christy joined Death in 96. He was present when the album was being composed and he came up with all that crazy stuff. Chuck wrote the songs but the details on drums are all Richard. He was determined to impress Chuck and get the gig, so he went with a "drum solo" mentality and Chuck liked it.
I found something:
SDM: How did you come up with the drum pattern for “Scavenger of Human Sorrow” off Death’s Sound of Perseverance”?
Richard: From what I remember, Chuck played me the opening riff for the song and just told me to go crazy and come up with a technical drum pattern to fit the riff. I can’t remember exactly how I came up with the drum pattern for that song, but usually I just listen to a riff and start playing along with it until I find something that fits musically with it. Chuck was very open about all of my drumming ideas and he loved when I would come up with crazy drum patterns that would fit his riffs. I remember when we were working on Spirit Crusher, we were laughing at how crazy the drumming stuff was in the drum and bass break on that song, it was always fun writing music with Chuck and we had a lot of laughs writing and rehearsing together.
sickdrummermagazine.com/the-drummers/sick-drummer-hall-of-fame/richard-christy-talks-all-about-death/
@@ItsNotaTuhmah The part that I linked is completely random and irrational for a drummer's point of view, now there are only 2 options, it was either composed by a non drummer composer (Chuck) or it was composed by drummer who is also a mental madman (Perhaps Christy is one, I don't know)...
A total masterpiece from start to end. Chuck Schuldiner was one of the best musicians to ever walk on planet Earth. PERIOD.
human kicks major ass too guys
i agree 100% RIP chuck. a truly beautiful soul
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He speaks so well through his music and the technical genius is not overlooked by any means. What a blessing for us all that he decided to pursue his passion rather than give up and become a burger flipper at age 16..
The Sound of Absolute Perfection.
Chives5150 obviously
True
Chives5150 are you crazy ? that voice sucks ....
@Antonio Rodriguez delete your comment before i start fan-girling!
The sound of serenity! His music soothes me like nothing else!
I still can't give Richard Christie enough credit for the work he did on this album.
There was a famous drummer who once said "the best drum parts are the ones that sound like they are about to fall completely apart at any moment but somehow stay together" and that's exactly what Richard Christie achieved on this album
N.B. did Richard play on any other Death recordings/ albums?
kawasaki whip two no but he played on chucks next project “control denied” and did all the drums on their album “fragile art of existence”
Thanks for the quote fellow Metalhead, and thanks for the info. bless you, best wishes and keep rockin'
@Pup Pup Man Agreed!
Rick Rubin said that
It's a compilation of Chuck's best riffs, ideas and licks. Not even a single part is weak.
He was a genius, he exhaled excellent riffs.
That is a fact. They're all soooooooo good. The drumming from Richard is just the icing on the cake.
Fucking true. This album has all the best riffs that would love to listen on an electric guitar 🎸🤘
Im not a fan of this kind of vocals but the guitar riffs are heavenly.
This album is a perfect example of musical perfection.
REcorded musical perfection.
@@jasonbrown372 i also recorded having intercourse with your mom
Thank you, Descartes
life is incomplete without DEATH!
dan zepp Solace and serenity!
Ha! Well said!
i saw what you did there, you dog!
yay! safe and security. c:
DEATH is incomplete without DEATH !!!!!
1:22 My verdict on this album.
Best 😂
Lmaoo 😂😂
Totally 😂❤
S W E E T
top comment lmaooo XDDDD
YO DUDE HAHAHAHAH _S W E E T_
this is the ultimate best Death Prog record of all time. Still today there is nothing like it.
Check out Blackwater Park or Ghost Reveries by Opeth, they're incredible
Morningrise and Still Life by far the better Opeth albums
If I was going to recommend a good Death metal band with a touch of prog I'd say Carbonized myself
@@stefanoorlando2564 I love Opeth just aslong as you aren't comparing them to Chuck Schuldiner.
@@sanfordsanford295 I love Still Life, I even own a t-shirt of the album. But I wouldn't recommend it to first time listeners.
I think Alkaloid with Liquid anatomy set the new standard along side with Rivers of Nihil's Where the owls know my name album.
The drumming on this album is off the charts!
Richard played his ass off because he needed to outdo Gene. His performance here was sick
Richard was a damn octopus on this album.
forreal
Im sorry but the drumming is not always accurate here
Take a shot every time Richard hits the splash cymbal
For android phone users (timestamps):
1. "Scavenger of Human Sorrow" - 0:00
2. "Bite the Pain" - 6:56
3. "Spirit Crusher" - 11:26
4. "Story to Tell" - 18:13
5. "Flesh and the Power It Holds" - 24:48
6. "Voice of the Soul" (instrumental) - 33:15
7. "To Forgive Is to Suffer" - 36:59
8. "A Moment of Clarity" - 42:54
9. "Painkiller" (Judas Priest cover) - 50:20
A hero among men. /,,/ ^
are you uppity> ? LOL
The hero we don't deserve, thankyou kind sir
Bro i fucking love you
Thanks!!
I have no guilt saying that this is my favorite Death album
Symbolic is the best Death album bro.
También el mío.
This is my favorite album all times!!!
you're right way, mine too, this is best album!
It's definitely Symbolic or this one for me. Hard to choose between two perfect albums.
I wish voice of the soul would never end..
I have the CD and repeat that track a few times before moving on.
Voice of the soul never die. Until, the last of us stop to listening. I never will... Thanks Chuck
Yes
I played that piece ones life with one of my bands and the crowd went crazy...didn't expect this and will never forget this for sure!
Chuck was so desperate to end Death and move on to Control Denied, that this album's lyrics and themes, all the way down to the title represent his anger and disappointment. He felt that Symbolic wasn't marketed well, and he hated being strictly associated with Death Metal. But I have to say, this album is the bomb. It was a blast to listen to, and a perfect finale for Death. Symbolic was supposed to be the final album, and Perennial Quest did a great job and kicks a ton of ass, but A Moment of Clarity is a beautiful ending for probably the most dramatic Death album ever. This album was an awesome goodbye from Death and I can't overstate just how great a job they did with this unique, powerful, aggressive, and dramatic album.
Most of the songs and lyrics were written for Control Denied. Was originally recorded (demo) with clean vocals -,not Chuck singing. However record company wouldn't release it unless was a Death record, hence Chuck did the vocals - this album is essentially the first Control Denied record.
@@tomobrien4965 Do you know if this album's lineup was always meant to be Death, or do you think they were supposed to be Control Denied with Chuck? What an awesome lineup; Shanon Hamm and Richard Christy are so awesome, and I also love Scott Clendenin's bass playing on this album.
Thanks for vocalizing the thought process - it is amazing that the lyrics make much more sense understanding his personal turmoil. True artist. Wrapping up this album on Sound of Perseverance - damn. 10 years ago it was the music hitting hard, now it is the lyrics combined with the music - timeless masterpiece.
I didnt knew this side of the story. Thank you for the information.
Very well summed up.
THE SOUND OF PERSEVERANCE [Lyrics]
All songs written by DEATH, except 9 by JUDAS PRIEST
Produced by Jim Morris & Chuck Schuldiner
Recorded and mixed at Morrisound Studio, Tampa, FL in April - May 1998.
Shannon Hamm - Guitars
Richard Christy - Drums
Scott Clendenin - Bass
Chuck Schuldiner - Guitars and Vocals
"For anyone with a dream, this album is for you!". - Chuck Schuldiner
1998 (c) NUCLEAR BLAST Records
01 - SCAVENGER OF HUMAN SORROW
What pain will it take to satisfy
Your sick appetite, go in for the kill
Always in sight-prey
The time always right-feast
Feed on the pain-taste
Sorrow made flesh-sweet
Live how you want, just don't feed on me
If you doubt what I say, I will make you believe
Shallow are words from those who starve
For a dream, not their own to slash and scar
Big words, small mind behind the pain, you will find
A scavenger of human sorrow, scavenger
Abstract theory, the weapon of choice used by scavenger
Of human sorrow, scavenger
So, you have traveled far across the sea
To spread your written brand of misery
Always in sight-prey
The time always right-feast
Feed on the pain-taste
Sorrow made flesh-sweet
Live how you want, just don't feed on me
If you doubt what I say, I will make you believe
Shallow are words from those who starve
For a dream, not their own to slash and scar
Big words, small mind, behind the pain, you will find
A scavenger of human sorrow, scavenger
Abstract theory, the weapon of choice used by a scavenger
Of human sorrow, scavenger
02 - BITE THE PAIN
Look down at the body
You may see no trace of wounds
But in the eye, the eye of the beholder
One cannot assume
Not a drop of blood is drawn, but you know how it bleeds
Beware of the sharp edged weapon called human being
It is a shield of passion and strong will
From this, I am the victor instead of the kill
I will not feed your hunger, instead I bite the pain
Looking not back, but forward, I bite down hard
Try to cover up the trail of deceit
And daggers spawned from your soul
Acid, the tears of remorse flow in vain
Too late for regrets save it for the next ill fated game
It is a shield of passion and strong will
From this, I am the victor instead of the kill
I will not feed your hunger, instead I bite the pain
Looking not back, but forward, I bite down hard
03 - SPIRIT CRUSHER
It comes from the depths of a place
Unknown to the keeper of dreams
If it could then it would steal the sun and the moon
From the sky, beware
Human at sight, monster at heart
Don't let it inside it could tear you right apart
No guilt, it feeds in plain sight, spirit crusher
Stay strong and hold on tight, spirit crusher
Speaking in killing words
The vicious kind that crush and kill
No mercy, its pleasure to taste
The blood that it bled
When it's time to feed, to fulfill the need to
Consume a breath, some will rise standing tall
Breathing out all the breath from
The voice of a soul
Human at sight, monster at heart
Don't let it inside it could tear you right apart
No guilt, it feeds in plain sight, spirit crusher
Stay strong and hold on tight, spirit crusher
Speaking in killing words
The vicious kind that crush and kill
04 - STORY TO TELL
Drifting into the lives seep into the soul
Where emotions hide
Dark skies were beating me down with shadows
Of deceit slashing at trust till it forever bleeds
With doubt, with pain, with trust is pain
When you think of me in your multidimensional mind
Try and wash the "evil" from your mind and open it
When you taste the truth, you will see like others before me
To you, I am past, a story to tell, tell it
You may think you own the end
Take another close look at the script
Of sadness etched in the book
Dark skies were beating me down with shadows
Of deceit slashing at trust till it forever bleeds
With doubt, with pain, with trust is pain
When you think of me in your multidimensional mind
Try and wash the "evil" from your mind and open it
When you taste the truth, you will see like others before me
To you, I am past, a story to tell, tell it
05 - FLESH AND THE POWER IT HOLDS
I told you once, but I will say it again
When you live the flesh, it’s the beginning of the end
It will take you in, it will spit you out
Behold the flesh and the power it holds
Passion is a poison laced with pleasure bitter sweet
One of many faces that hide deep beneath
It will take you in, it will spit you out
Behold the flesh and the power it holds
Touch, taste, breathe, consumed
Deja-vu, already knew from the first encounter
But know I know to let go of words to speak no more
Like a wind upon your face, you can't see it, but you know it's there
When beauty shows its ugly face, just be prepared
Passion burns like fire carried by the wind
The end of a time, a time to begin
It will take you in, it will spit you out
Behold the flesh and the power it holds
It builds you up one way and tears
You right back down, a time to begin the end of a time
It will take you in, it will spit you out
Behold the flesh and the power it holds
Touch, taste, breathe, consumed
Deja-vu, already knew from the first encounter
But know I know to let go of words to speak no more
Like a wind upon your face, you can't see it, but you know it's there
When beauty shows its ugly face, just be prepared
06 - VOICE OF THE SOUL
Instrumental
07 - TO FORGIVE IS TO SUFFER
Throughout our time, a thought escapes us
To enforce a word, no
Holding on to pain, it may seem to some
The easy way to say o.k., twist your knife a little deeper
Words so sharp, actions dark hide the blade of the deceiver
Enforce the words no more, be free
Alone you might just find serenity
To accept another day we choose
To give away another piece of life
To forgive is to suffer
Once or twice is kind, three or four is blind
It is not the end yet a way to begin
The power of words, both good and bad
The easy way to say o.k., twist your knife a little deeper
Words so sharp, actions dark hide the blade of the deceiver
Enforce the words no more, be free
Alone you might just find serenity
To accept another day we choose
To give away another piece of life
To forgive is to suffer
08 - A MOMENT OF CLARITY
I would describe it as an invisible darkness
Casting a shadow, a blinding black
Guarded by hope, my soul is kept safe from the bloody claws
Look to beyond, what vision lets me see
Time after time, unneeded misery
My dreams I own, no price for you
I grip them tight and hope for sight
Open my eyes wide to see a moment of clarity
Confusion gone, it's in your hands, your turn to ask why
Life is like a mystery with many clues, but with few answers
To tell us what it is
That we can do to look ror messages that keep us from the truth
Look to beyond, what vision lets me see
Time after time, unneeded misery
My dreams I own. no price for you
I grip them tight and hope for sight
Open my eyes wide to see a moment of clarity
Confusion gone, it's in your hands, your turn to ask why
09 - PAINKILLER [Judas Priest Cover]
Faster than a bullet, terrifying scream
Enraged and full of anger, he's half man and half machine
Rides the Metal Monster, breathing smoke and fire
Closing in with vengeance soaring high
He is the Painkiller
This is the Painkiller
Planets devastated, mankind's on its knees
A saviour comes from out the skies in answer to their pleas
Through boiling clouds of thunder, blasting bolts of steel
Evils going under deadly wheels
He is the Painkiller
This is the Painkiller
Faster than a lazer bullet, louder than an atom bomb
Chromium plated boiling metal, brighter than a thousand suns
Flying high on rapture, stronger free and brave
Nevermore encaptured, they've been brought back from the grave
With mankind resurrected, forever to survive
Returns from Armageddon to the skies
He is the Painkiller
This is the Painkiller
Wings of steel Painkiller
Deadly wheels Painkiller
it took me 10 years to scroll down your comment.
@@SiameseDream97 hahaah yeah I can just google the lyrics wtf is this
Too much free time is what I see
Thx
should be pinned! up you go
📂Documents
└📁Music
└📁 Death 1987 - 1998
└📁 Bad Songs
└⚠️ This folder is empty
Thumbs up for creativity.
This folder is FUCKING empty
Maybe gods of thunder, Its a bonus song on the human album and its bad hahahahha
@@lacuisseqc1655 its fuckin sick man
Demaciada inspiración.
It's stupid how good the death discography is, and this album is the absolute perfect way to end it. It's insanely good, it's beautiful.
Posers!
1. "Scavenger of Human Sorrow" - 0:00
2. "Bite the Pain" - 6:56
3. "Spirit Crusher" - 11:26
4. "Story to Tell" - 18:13
5. "Flesh and the Power It Holds" - 24:48
6. "Voice of the Soul" (instrumental) - 33:15
7. "To Forgive Is to Suffer" - 36:59
8. "A Moment of Clarity" - 42:54
9. "Painkiller" (Judas Priest cover) - 50:20
Ne lozi se.
Comeu Rob se fudeu né cara
thanks
Thank you
🤟🏻
The Sound Of Perseverance is a practically flawless masterpiece.
Not ashamed to name it as my favourite album of all time.
@@Hulbetley Good joke…good thing it’s a cover :)
the album is definitely in my top 10. spirit crusher slaps hard.
His body may have died but his mind will live in eternity through his music
I never thought I'd get into death metal but then this album happened
Same, still not into cannibal corpse etc. but this is a masterpeice
Despite the name of the genre, death metal doesn't have to be gorey and shocking. There's plenty of bands that take death-elements to create beauty out of it.
I’ve talked shit about death metal for years but this I can actually fuck with. My apologies death metal fans I just don’t like the other bands that be way too heavy for way to fucken long and gets boring as hell.
@@Iceypatek took me a bit to get into it as well but try the Crimson albums by edge of Sanity very accessible
@@Iceypatek Please listen to Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness, Obituary - Slowly We Rot, Bolt Thrower - Realm of Chaos: Slaves to Darkness, as well as the rest of Death’s discography (I presume that you already have), because you will not regret it, and please consider checking out Vader, Krisiun, Entombed, Kataklysm, Pestilence, and Malevolent Creation while you are at it. Also, while not quite death metal (these are either thrash metal on the extreme side or death thrash), I highly recommend checking out Dark Angel, Possessed, Sadus, Demolition Hammer, Morbid Saint, Opprobrium, Messiah, Master, Protector, and Necrodeath, they are really good, they kick a lot of ass, and they will help ease you into the more extreme stuff.
I've listened to Voice Of The Soul so many times, it is absolutely amazing and beautiful. Rest In Peace Chuck Schuldiner.
It transcends most of his music. It's truly a Magnum Opus if there was ever one to be taken from Chuck. It's a massive evolution for Chuck. He evolved so much over the years, it's really incredible when you get his first album he did at age 17 and then listen to this album. Dude really is next level. He never sold out, he never compromised. A real warrior.
He rests, completely freed of the flesh, and the power it held
That was the song I got to play at my little sister's wedding. Nobody else in the family listens to heavy music, but they're mostly pro musicians & when that one finished my mom just went "Wow."
@@trichinosis333 Did you play strings and vocals, or with a band? Excellent choice, btw, when my mom doubted my former karaoke habit (3 nights a week), I chose Johnny Cash "Hey Good Lookin'" to prove it.
I'm listening The Sound Of Perseverance in 2016 like the first time in my life. What a masterpiece. Still alive until the death... only Death!
+Life And Death Bosnian Metal Band Sure! thanks for sharing!
Masterpiece \m/ Chuck'svoice is so sexy
+Mr.Brightside 1968 yeah!
Hi KRISS. cAN I HAVE YOUR SKYPE ACCOUNT PLEASE. \m/
what is dead may never die !!
Absolutely monstrous album, 10/10.
* Band : DEATH
* Album : "The Sound Of Perseverance"
* Label : 1998 Nuclear Blast Records
* Genre : Death Metal
* Origin : USA (Altamonte Springs, Florida)
* Years Active : 1983 - 2001 (DISBANDED)
* Producers : Jim Morris & Charles Michael Schuldiner
* Recording, Engineering & Mixing : Jim Morris
* Mastering : Tom Morris
* Executive Producer : Markus Staiger
* Cover Art & Album Artwork : Travis Smith
* Art Direction & Designs : Maria Abril & Gabe Mera
* Band's Photography : Alec McKnight
* Band's Logo : Chuck Schuldiner
* Logo Re-design : Stream
* Recorded, Engineered, Mixed & Mastered at Morrisound Sound Studios, Tampa, FL. USA
* DEATH are :
1. Chuck Schuldiner (Vox & Rhythm Guitars) RIP
2. Shannon Hamm (Lead & Rhythm Guitars)
3. Scott Clendenin (Bass) RIP
4. Richard Christy (Drums)
You should just simplify with "guitars" as Chuck not only did rythm, but a lot of solos as well, he was a great lead guitarrist.
*Genre: Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal
One of the funniest things about this album for me is that Chuck came from working with legends like Gene Hoglan, Steve DiGiorgio, Andy LaRocque, etc. And for his last Death album he picked up 3 guys literally no one knew about and made one of the best metal albums ever (and the best Death album, in my opinion)
deaths most brutal yet most melodic album ever. rip chuck
fazeel ashraf /// ABSOLUTELY FAZEEL
Even if Chuck would have lived, this would have been his last death metal album. He said so himself, he was tired of the harsh vocals. I loved how he progressed not only as a musician and a song writer, but as a human too. R.I.P. Chuck :(
drummerdude0515 yes but his mom said in a interview I read that she believes he would’ve went back to death after a little while, he just needed a break she said
What would he have done then?
Robert Preston he was doing Control Denied
Yeah chuck wanted symbolic to be the last death album and had written the majority of this album to be control denied stuff but relapse records said one last death album was owed to them . This album changed my life as a young dude. Can’t say I feel the same about any of the control denied stuff. Rip chuck .
@@dethbridge8755 That was Nuclear Blast actually. Relapse has only been reissuing/remastering (most) the albums.
This is absolutely the best Death album. Makes me even more sad and mad that Chuck is gone. He perfected his art in this album, who knows how amazing his later work could have been. Rest in peace.
Consural TSOP and Symbolic were just complete masterpieces
Josh Yeah exactly
I do prefer Human, ITP, and Symbolic. Great album though. Chuck kinda took the Death sound as far as he could which is why he wanted a different vocalist and more progressive song structures. It would've been interesting to see what he came up with next.
@@mck7646 well I mean for that you got control denied
@@ItzJ99 dont forget about “human “
Their first progressive album ever produced
I can't believe that a mars rover was named after this
100% fan of DEATH did this! Imagine this album and Mars in the background!
Right? My favorite spacecraft is the one they're planning to send to Uranus called 'Erections at an Animal Autopsy'-- Or Erections for short. They're running out of album names! Thousands of good extreme metal albums, billions of stars.
yes, like the word"Perseverance" was never existed before Death Released this album, right?
@@detts5082 NASA released a vid called The Sounds of Perseverance about the rover :)
Wait that’s actually really cool
i remember hearing the spirit crusher for the first time, i couldn't believe it. this album is everything to me.
Same here, like totally mind blown!
Same here.
Same!
Voice of the Soul gives me goosebumps every time I listen.
same
Chris Auten I seriously cried a little the first time I heard it's such a beautiful song.
It gives me goosebumps every time I play it with my friend. It gets so much more intense meaning when you study the rhythm and everything and then try to play it yourself. So awesome track!
When I listen to that song while smoking weed. It’s the most beautiful song I’ve ever heard. It just puts me in such a breathtaking relaxing state.
Same though. Incredible song :')
every single Death album has something unique to contribute while still staying as badass as ever. One of the best bands of all time.
This album will continue to rule and reign throughout the time. it's simply beyond humanity. not every ear is blessed enough to capture the sound and not every mind is capable to comprehend what is actually happening there, beyond and below the insane riffage and drum play.
Kudos to the ones who could understand this madness. who can pry the riffs open and access the soul of the music. if you do that you'll have an undying companion which you can rely on, for the rest of your days.
DEATH rules! 🤘🎸🤘
@@nithrakfiranahk3342
Ever heard of Forced Entry?
Bludgeon is an awesome song to start
No one remembers them
Or is you want more melodic
Old Aussie band
Pathogen
album bloodline
Welcome to death metal
@@azmanabdula Thank you.
for an album he was just forced to release, this is a banger.
what do you mean
@@georgejohnson5904 He wanted a label for Control Denied. The label said "Sure, if you make one more Death album". That's why there's an overlap in songs.
Still listening in 2016, ...and forever!
+LamarcusDirk Of course, this is Death not a Jay Z album. Death is timeless.
The Sound of Perseverance will always persevere!
+Yoda's Bitch Mah, shut up. Don't like the music? Then fuck off. No ones forcing you to listen to this masterpiece.
*****
1. "Mah" is Italian gibberish to dismiss someone's stupidity (like yours)
2. Obvious troll!
***** Because at first I saw your comment, then after posting my response I saw your username.
Chuck's glorious voice will be remembered on every rift so finely crafted on every album, and his philosophy is something we won't see in any other contemporary band.
"Story to tell" is utter perfection! Absolutely wild! The whole album is a fucking masterpiece!
same bro, gives me goosebumps everytime, you're right, it's a masterpiece.
Rest In Peace Chuck Schuldiner
Rest In Peace Scott Clendenin
The true masterpiece of the death metal, once and forever earning a place between best music of all time.
My favorite death metal album. Wish I was around when these guys started.
This is one of the 12/10 albums, every second is packed with emotion, inspiration and invention, plus, of course, impeccable technique from all the players involved.
This album & band literally got me into death metal as a whole.
ironically its the first death metal vand ever :D and The best
same here man. a friend of mine played crystal mountain for me once and I looked up death a few days later, clicked on this album and it opened up my musical world to death metal, black metal, and to some extent thrash as well
same, I never thought a band would change the way I see life. Death couldn't have done a better job
+Sharko _ yeah dude sabbath was first.Black Sabbath :)
Black sabbath wasn't death metal, though.
Spirit Crusher has the most insane drum line.
Pixuleco its a best song from death, genious
Efeito Dunning-Kruger Richard!!!!
Richard Christy did an insane job. And to add it’s my favorite song off this album
You still into that Massacre I showed you long ago?
scavenger of human sorrow :)
This album is my favorite of all bands that I've heard in my life. Chuck is the a monster of a guitar and a composer as well.
All his trajectory as a musician you can really understand the true meaning of musical evolution.
The day I read in an old metal magazine that I signed called Rock Brigade (brazil) that he had died was a very painful impact, I imagined what would come after the Sound of Perseverance or even a new Control Denied album.
R.I.P Chuck - thank you for letting us so much masterpieces.
And Richard Christy is a F** Monster!
A timeless Album, I am 54 years old truck driver still and always a Metal Head
Death is a Death Metal band talking about Spiritual things not just gory shit
Madara Uchiha you obviously haven’t listened to there first couple records
@@Bitch6667-q1w They evolved
Well, gory shit is pretty awesome too
@@scheeemz a lot of bands over do it.
@Deplorabology Philosophical gore is a thing its called anatomy.
This album is my favourite Death album. It really helped me through some tough times this year, 3 emergency surgeries- it pushed me to keep going. 'Voice of the Soul' was the first thing I listened to once I woke from the first op, because I knew it would calm me. Thank you, Chuck.
That's an incredible feat, Keep on fighting that good fight you tough as nails "Bad Ass" Chuck would be more than proud of you!!
Who’s rocking this absolute masterpiece in 2020
Bc god knows i am, and forever will... til death
forever
My favorite album right here. I'm probably 2,000 views in.
just my first time this morning , but fuck yeah man epic shit here
I was a late comer to DEATH and something in the fine mix of agressive bu not over the top vocals + guitar riffs + instrumental sequences + mixing choices + go figure what else made me an instant fan. My first listen was "Humans", with its tracks "The flesh and the power it holds" and most of all "Lack of comprehension". My face melted. Sucks that he died so young.
@@MAG-lj2st I was just about to say that. Metal fans are forever. This records definitely forever.
The musicianship on this album blows me away every time I hear it. Absolutely crazy how ahead of their time these guys were.
My absolute, favourite, No. 1 album of all time.
This is utterly flawless. I just don’t get how people can downvote this record. It’s untouchable.
It's because it's not your typical Deathmetal album. Some parts actually have strung together major cords and other parts could fit right into a Rentals album. I like it but I can see where a true DM guy would not
for me this is one of my favorite Chuck albums, I'm dying here in Russia, we've been seized by the authorities, help!!!!!!
20 years, we still miss you Chuck.
RIP hero.
picking a favorite death album is like picking a favorite child
+John Hamer Chill lad, anyone can listen to these amazing album.
jesus christ man what did you have for breakfast salt flakes
your tears taste amazing
lol
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I’ve been slowly becoming a fan for a while now, I think this solidifies it. First symbolic, then individual thought patterns, yeah this album is getting downloaded next.
Edit 8 Months later: I own all 7 Death albums on unplayed vinyl! Some of them colored, some just black. This band is beyond perfection, RIP Chuck.
Early stuff is great, too
If you love he technical feel and timing changes, I highly suggest you check out Carcass; Descanting the Insalubrious. Also, upon first listen; read the lyrics along with the music and you'll experience true theatrical horror music as it was intended; later named Heavy Metal. Carcass, much like Death created a subculture within the metal industry and forged an entire legion of bands that laid themselves bare by offering tribute, plagiarism and straight out copying. Carcass belongs on the same shelf as Death.
@@zysis Oh man you’d be happy to know I’m a major Carcass fan! Somehow I haven’t heard Swansong yet, but the rest of their material is on my phone, and I bought Torn Arteries on vinyl recently. I love all their different styles, Descanting got me into the band, and within the last month I’ve found a major appreciation for Reek of Putrefaction. Funny that the band themselves don’t even like that record at this point haha.
Alright now 4 months later, were the vinyl played?
@@MetaKarpp Yes, you can trust they’ve all been played a handful of times. Honestly between the two Death eras, I think Leprosy and Human are my most played. Everything they created was amazing though!
chuck is the only person i haven't met that i feel sad about passing away. his music is the most meaningful thing i've heard. people describe him as an optimistic person but themes and lyrics of his songs are very dark and real. he's ultimate bloomer. thank you chuck for your philosophical music
RIP Chuck, 20 years later and still inspiring millions 🤘
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This album completely changed my life when it came out back in highschool. Never heard music like chucks before and never will. When Painkiller comes on, it’s bittersweet. I get sad because it means the album is wrapping up. What a way to do it though. Every song is a journey with a capital J, every riff puts pictures in my head, the musicianship and clarity in this recording make it stand out for me as an absolute #1. If I could only hear one album for the rest of my life, I’d gladly pick TSOP and be content.
What a masterpiece, my people. Chuck, you still alive in our hearts.
Best death metal band of all time. PERIOD
I agree!
Digy Metal I guess
Just no, but is a great band
Most influential? Sure. Best? Nope, not in my opinion.
João Correia, I would not go as far as to say this particular Death album is the most influential death metal album.
However, Death's first 3-4 albums were factually profoundly inspirational.
"When you think of me in your
multidimensional mind, try and wash the
"evil" from your mind and open it.
When you taste the truth you will
see like others before me, to you
I am past, a story to tell
tell it."
Let's tell the story!
I always come back to this masterpiece and when I do I find awesome details I hadn't noticed before.
Best Death metal album of all time
excuse my elitist attitude :p but this is more thrash than death metal. there's quite a big difference friendo
+kaz dooley I think it's more like a mixture between thrash-death and technical death metal, with a few elements of progressive metal
Of course it's death metal. Probably not the modern death metal you listen to, but death metal nonetheless.
For me it is the transition from thrash, like Slayer, to the Death Metal we know now.
Actually this was meant to be progressive metal except the vocal
This is the only metal album that brings tears to my eyes... I may be wrong, but I feel that this album is based on Chuck's fight with the cancer that finally killed him... he deserves as much as any other to be in the rock n roll hall of fame... a great American artist that was a pioneer of a generation...
Chuck did not know he had cancer yet.
Control denied he knew
Yeah Voice of the Soul... It's just... I sometimes get teary with both happiness and sadness. It's a really strange feeling but my god, if anyone has reached immortality in the very souls of other beings, this man has engraved his name on my heart. I can't begin to describe how Chuck has made me feel over the years.
@@denverwood5290 this is surprising to me. I always thought this album was about (his) illness/impending mortality.
@@user-bv7jc Nope
Band: Let's cover a song from The Sound of Perseverance album.
Drummer: Oh no.
Edit: Holy fuck why does this have 3.2k likes?
he ded
Band: Ok, song called "Voice of the Soul" Drummer: Uff
Hahahahaha I'm a drummer and jezz I don't know one that would not want to cover Sound of Perseverance album. It's just amazing! Great, fun and tec music.
Zamek2004 My band doesn’t have a drummer.
Which is lame. But, we can just spend a couple hours programming a drum machine.
Which sucks, because as a bassist, I love changing tempo
It's great but its really hard
My favorite of all Death albums!! So much emotion and virtuosity.
This album and this band never ceases to amaze me.
Random ads mid Chuck solo are a big NO-NO! ; )
INDEED
imagine not using adblocker
install adblock and listen to from the beggining. Gotta witness perfection with all its splendor
Do you imagine the size of the tablature book.
Kinda 130 pages for all parts
@Camille Lo www.songsterr.com/a/wsa/death-scavenger-of-human-sorrow-tab-s5532t0
you can find the rest of the album by searching the titles.
Haven't listened to Death in ages. This sounds so so much better now as an adult with a different perspective. I have so much more of an appreciation for Chuck's work as an older man. 🤘🏽
Same here. He was very mature for his age. Blows my mind how he is no longer here. Missed for sure. Miss you Chuck.
Relapse is still incredible. Death rule. Amazing album. Flesh and the Power It Holds has some ridiculously complex songwriting.
+Ocean Sage Along with Napalm, Roadrunner and Nuclear Blast.
+Matthias Tammekivi Earache and metalblade
+Matthias Tammekivi Nuclear Blast quite sucks actually.
Thrashmetalkicksass Nuclear Blast has so many incredible bands though.
Ocean Sage That's true, but also a lot of commercial crap. And I noticed that some good bands that joined Nuclear Blast have changed their sound in favour of a more commercial one (easy-listening chorus, less complex songs, cliché videos). I think Nuclear Blast is the "pop" side of metal. Of course this doesn't apply to all bands in Nuclear Blast.
This is probably my favorite death metal album of all time.
Hahah this MUST BE
this album is great but you should check out Still Life by Opeth
the Perfect discography doesnt exi-
DEATH \m/
for sure
FUCK YES... ONLY DEATH ACHIEVED THAT!!!!!
Um... Rhapsody or maybe Blind guardian... Another thing is Death has like only 6 albums right?
onewithmyself But he hasnt had a stable lineup... And i believe it involved different musicians I mean the second band. Maybe im wrong lol. The only thing I read is their whole wikipedia page
onewithmyself Oh ok. I will have to check out their early stuff too, cause 7 albums in that amount of time is indeed very good... But I believe the early albums aren't so good. Also, persuming you're a death metal fan, what do you think of a band called Manokin?
I think people don't talk enough about how awesome chuck's vocals are on this, because of how awesome the rest is.
The vocals sound much better than most extreme metal bands'.
I can actually make them out. Not all. But repeat a few times with the lyrics pulled up
His vocals pleasantly drowns out the lies and cheerleading of the political landscape as much as the music kicks a$$ to get up and get to work!
Chuck's vocals are at their all-time best on the Painkiller cover. I think he finally reached the zenith of his love for traditional heavy metal, blended with his extreme style. This is straight metal perfection. RIP Chuck Schuldiner.
BEHOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLD THE FLESHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH AND THE POWER IT HOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLDSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
HAHA im wearing an Iron maiden t shirt
Tacio OB i read that in Chuck’s voice haha
My favorite song on the album!!!
Touch, taste, breathe
CROISAAAAAANNNNNTTTTT
love that part too
One of the best and extreme album of all time in the history of music.
This is not extreme at all. Just saying.
@@mrdeathamore careful, the entry level kiddies are gonna throw a fit
You must not listen to much metal if you think this is extreme.
I dont get it ? So the more your listen to extrême metal the more is good? Same logic for mayonnaise and you have à disaster. Is this a contest ? How old are you ? 9 ?
I almost deliberately avoided death metal as a genre (preferred metal with clean vocal), but came across this masterpiece and it is such an unexpected sensation.
Now you have crossed over to screams, growls and shrieks....and there is no turning back now 😂🤘
I would suggest Opeth, I think you will like it. It's considered death/prog metal with both clean and growl vocals, a truly amazing band. Although Death will always be king ! RIP Chuck
@@mjsiriusindustries4147 on my exploration list, thank you.
Almost 20 years later, and I get goosebumps all over my body from each and every song. SBG and this are my fav Death albums.
Saw them in 98', this album's tour. Played all tracks way faster than the studio versions.
ItsNotaTuhmah noticed that with a live 96 tour album of sepultura as well
It's like written on my DNA with thousands of riffs and with all those magical endless notes! If someone would pause the play, it continues in my head. And don't click play man -i can't stop listening until entire album is over! Even the most powerfull and hardest part of a Chuck tune, there is always a BLUE feeling which never gets old. It's like when you think that you are just standing (listening metal), but when there is also river of emotions flowing under your knees... So, it's not just metal. It's never just a genre. It's tender, deep, soulful piece of art. It's CHUCK's hearth! It's ours...
Except 'Painkiller' ofc. Besides, it's not belongs to Chuck and i can't stand screams etc. Always skipping ^^
That was poetry man, love from México. Hail Chuck Schuldiner! beyond enthropy's devouring walk!
Listening to this masterpiece in the middle of 2022 directly from Brazil!! A work of metal art!! Sounds like the first time I've heard it!! This album still excites me to this day! Chuck genius!!!!
Me too 🤜🤛
Obra de arte. 🖤🤘🏻
Realmente esse trabalho do Chuck é notavelmente impecável, som cadenciado Aki no Brasil tem milhares de fans escondidos, pois nós do metal vivemos nas sombras....!
Chuck wasn’t just the creator of death metal, he was a poet to, this album really dark and poetic and gruesome and gory
Every riff in this hypes me up so much.
I want to hear voice of the soul for the first time forever.
instead of the "I don't like" button they had to put "I don't understand shit about music and I'm not ashamed of it"
_We lost both Chuck and Scott, R.I.P. brothers! _*_Death until Death!_*
musical genius, lyrical genius, it astonishes me how people think metal is just screaming and hitting a guitar, yet 90% of the time they listen to people who can't sing, and use digital "instruments" to make up for a lack of talent, while guys like Death are given only a fraction of their credit when they could easily blow them out of the water through their technical ability on actual instruments. these guys fucking rule, Chuck may be gone but his impact on extreme metal will be felt for the rest of time
FUCKING A! If guys like Chuck, Dimebag, Peter Steele, among other influential artists, we probably wouldn't have all this kind of mainstream shit nowadays.
electronic artists, producers, rappers and hiphop producers are all artists, too, dude, all takes different kinds of talent.
today's music doesn't take talent and it sucks. they all sing about the same shit. pop sings about casual shit and love while hip hop sings about whores money and trap is basically just pure shit...
@HazyMan yeah, while most of death metal sings about gore and problems of the world and shit like that.Sincerely, lately I'd much rather prefer listening to some Migos than the ever complaining metal bands. And for the original comment, "actual instruments" are overrated and technical ability means shit when you can't write a catchy riff or a memorable hook. Stop being so goddamn stubborn and close minded in your singular musical cavity named metal and widen your horizons, even the top 40 has some pretty groovy stuff in it. That's why people can't stand metalheads, we're a bunch of arrogant ingrates who think music is something more than just fucking music, and metal is the one genre to rule them all, cause to be fair, metal stopped being relevant a couple of years ago.
What an epic comment! Everything is true. \m/
My personal fav Death album, after Human (for its harmonic undertones) and Spiritual Healing (for its raw heaviness). Loved the technical direction the crew went with on this title. I can only imagine how much more technical their work would have evolved, had Chuck not passed.
Ren well the problem is that this was going to be their last album regardless. Actually Symbolic was supposed to be their last album, but due to contractual obligations with their record company they had to made one more album with the name “Death”. All these songs from this album were supposed to be used on Chuck’s new project, Control Denied. There are even a couple demos of chuck singing some songs with clean vocals. If you want to listen more stuff similar to this check out The Fragile Art of Existence from Control Denied, actual last album Chuck ever made. It basically the same lineup as this album plus Tim Aymar on vocals.
@@landinization Excellent Intel, mate. I had no idea about Chuck's new project. Absolutely I'll check it out immediately!
Thanks brother.
@@landinization First impressions: The music is undeniably Mr. Schuldiner, and I completely appreciate and respect Tim's vocal talent, but I'll have to give 'er a few runs and see if I can get used to it. Just doesn't fit the musical style at all for me, but neither did Confessor, until I listened to the album 'Condemned' a few times...now I'm in love with it. Hope same happens with Fragile . Thanks again for the info, man.
Ren It is hard to adjust since it is pretty much Chuck’s music but without the vocals, so it takes away the death metal side, and it is 100% a progressive metal album. It will grow on you, the album has some bangers. Glad that you were able to listen to it, you’re welcome man!
The production of this album is insanely good. The guitar tone is so crunchy and clear. The opening of Story To Tell kicks me in the teeth every time and I love it.
Chuck was the nicest guy too, I only met him once, guy just loved metal and everyone around him - was super cool to everyone even the loners at parties
Check out Vektor if you like Death
You won't regret it
Chuck changed somehow around 91-92. He was quite the asshole before that and then something changed, maybe he matured and became a pretty cool guy. He also changed the lyric subjects around that time.
This album continues to sound ahead of this time! And it was released 22 years ago! Chuck has to be the best heavy music composer of all time! An honorable salvation for Thomas Forsberg \m/
*Metal will never die !!!*
Deathcore
The metal will live on my Viking brother
"I'll tell you what, you can't kill metal."
"Keep the metal faith alive."
Yes
You can't kill the Metal
The Metal will live on
2024, and this album rocks like the first time i heard it!
x2
Go check out At the Gates...
and it will
I recently discovered this fantastic band. I praise the Gods of Metal for this discovery.
So am i..what a lucky we are.death from france
I hope you got the same feeling that I got back in 1986...
Every Death album was a progression. Not many bands in that genre could touch Chuck. One of the worst losses in our community. R.I.P. Chuck S. Your music will live on in all of metal.
Chuck was a musical genius, his death was a tremendous loss 😔
His Death was a tremendous win though
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@@youreokayboah2128 his band "Death"
@@codered4422
Oh right, the band basically started death metal.
It's like he pre-wrote his own eulogy; just consider his work all the more valuable due to limited quantity.
Ah gotta love when the album that was never supposed to exist is absolutely flawless
In my humble opinion its one of the peaks of music and art of all time
@L. Lazman i understand only that what i understand, and what not i don't, thats why i have to be humble
I didn't say i am humble. I presented this opinion as humble to highlight the fact there are no real criteria for 'best' in art. I wouldn't be able to support it this opinion with anything except my subjective feeling. Thats why the opinion was humble, and i am not, cos i can differentiate those things, got it Dr. Phil?
@L. Lazman sometimes im humble, sometimes i m not, sometimes i just say im humble but i am not, and sometimes i think i am humble but someone on youtube comments exposes me. that life. I understand that u said i have a good understanding of art. i gave u a like for it.