THE SOUND OF PERSEVERANCE

Actually Death and Kreator took different paths on their musical evolutions. Death does not sound anything like Kreator, or owe their sound to them at all, but Kreator eventually drew influence from bands like Death.

Death is the godfather of death metal, the band Possessed wanted to have in charge. Death was a very innovative band, all of their albums reaching new highs not known to the metal world. Death also spawned a slew of technical metal bands; Necrophagist, Arsis, Spawn of Possession, ect.

This album is amazing, especially with drummer Richard Christy scattering cymbols and polyrhythmic beats everywhere.

The guitar is nothing short of phenomenal, it is very virtuosic. I'm kinda curious as to why Chuck Schuldiner never got the respect and fame he deserved, he had a very unique playing style not heard anywhere else, and he was a true guitar virtuoso, comparable to Vai, Petrucci, Yngwie, Cooley, Satriani. But he has a stronger and more evolved melodic sense than all 3, technical ability is a different thing, on that basis he is more comparable to Vai, Satriani, Petrucci and Yngwie. Extremely fast and clean alternate picking, odd time signatures, exotic leads, technically proficient everything, and ultra precise playing. Just amazing guitar work. He needs to get the allocades he deserves, as he is one of the best in the metal field.

The bass deserves a mention as well, it is rhythmic and changes quite a bit, very unpredictable, and virtuosically played.

The drums, nothing short of amazing. This guy can smoke Portnoy anyday. Polyrhythms, syncopated beats, its just a drummers dream come true. This guy can pull off stuff you havn't ever heard.

I highly reccommend this album to anyone who likes Virtuosic guitar players, bassists, and drummers. Very technical and emotive classic.

The cover of Painkiller is better than the original, IMO. More spice.