Death - The Sound Of Perseverance
| Release date: | 31 August 1998 |
| Style: | Progressive thrash metal |
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Disc I
01. Scavenger Of Human Sorrow
02. Bite The Pain
03. Spirit Crusher
04. Story To Tell
05. Flesh And The Power It Holds
06. Voice Of The Soul
07. To Forgive Is To Suffer
08. A Moment Of Clarity
09. Painkiller [Judas Priest cover]
Disc II [Remastered version - CD 1] [2011 reissue bonus]
01. Spirit Crusher [No bass] ['98 demos]
02. Flesh And The Power It Holds [No bass] ['98 demos]
03. Voice Of The Soul [No bass] ['98 demos]
04. Bite The Pain ['98 demos]
05. A Moment Of Clarity ['98 demos]
06. Story To Tell ['98 demos]
07. Scavenger Of Human Sorrow ['98 demos]
08. Bite The Pain ['97 demos]
09. Story To Tell ['97 demos]
10. A Moment Of Clarity ['97 demos]
Disc III [Remastered version - CD 2] [2011 reissue bonus]
01. Bite The Pain ['96 demos]
02. Story To Tell ['96 demos]
03. A Moment Of Clarity ['96 demos]
04. Bite The Pain [Paul Payne vocals version] ['96 demos]
05. A Moment Of Clarity [Paul Payne vocals version] ['96 demos]
06. A Moment Of Clarity [Chuck vocals version] ['96 demos]
07. Story To Tell [Chuck vocals version] ['96 demos]
08. Bite The Pain [Shannon Hamm vocals version] ['96 demos]
09. A Moment Of Clarity [Instrumental] ['96 demos]
10. Bite The Pain [Instrumental] ['96 demos]
11. Story To Tell [Instrumental] ['96 demos]
12. Voice Of The Soul [Instrumental] ['96 demos]
13. A Moment Of Clarity [Instrumental] ['96 demos]
Top 20 albums of 1998: 1
Top 200 albums of all time: 9
01. Scavenger Of Human Sorrow
02. Bite The Pain
03. Spirit Crusher
04. Story To Tell
05. Flesh And The Power It Holds
06. Voice Of The Soul
07. To Forgive Is To Suffer
08. A Moment Of Clarity
09. Painkiller [Judas Priest cover]
Disc II [Remastered version - CD 1] [2011 reissue bonus]
01. Spirit Crusher [No bass] ['98 demos]
02. Flesh And The Power It Holds [No bass] ['98 demos]
03. Voice Of The Soul [No bass] ['98 demos]
04. Bite The Pain ['98 demos]
05. A Moment Of Clarity ['98 demos]
06. Story To Tell ['98 demos]
07. Scavenger Of Human Sorrow ['98 demos]
08. Bite The Pain ['97 demos]
09. Story To Tell ['97 demos]
10. A Moment Of Clarity ['97 demos]
Disc III [Remastered version - CD 2] [2011 reissue bonus]
01. Bite The Pain ['96 demos]
02. Story To Tell ['96 demos]
03. A Moment Of Clarity ['96 demos]
04. Bite The Pain [Paul Payne vocals version] ['96 demos]
05. A Moment Of Clarity [Paul Payne vocals version] ['96 demos]
06. A Moment Of Clarity [Chuck vocals version] ['96 demos]
07. Story To Tell [Chuck vocals version] ['96 demos]
08. Bite The Pain [Shannon Hamm vocals version] ['96 demos]
09. A Moment Of Clarity [Instrumental] ['96 demos]
10. Bite The Pain [Instrumental] ['96 demos]
11. Story To Tell [Instrumental] ['96 demos]
12. Voice Of The Soul [Instrumental] ['96 demos]
13. A Moment Of Clarity [Instrumental] ['96 demos]
Top 20 albums of 1998: 1
Top 200 albums of all time: 9
Reviews 
Lyrics Charles Michael "Chuck" Schuldiner - vocals, guitars
Shannon Hamm - guitars
Richard Christy - drums
Scott Clendenin - bass
Additional info
Nuclear Blast Records released a deluxe edition in December 2005. It contains the original album as well as the DVD Live in Cottbus '98 and press pictures. It was also released as a DualDisc.
Relapse Records released a second deluxe edition on February 15, 2011. The album was remastered and reissued in deluxe 2-CD and 3-CD formats, with the additional CDs containing unreleased demo material.
Produced by Jim Morris and Chuck Schuldiner.
Engineered, mixed and mastered by Jim Morris at Morrisound Studios, Tampa, Florida.
Artwork by Travis Smith.
Art direction and design by Chuck Schuldiner and Travis Smith.
Remastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music.
Additional bonus material mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music.
Reissue coordination by Drew Juergens.
Layout by Jacob Speis.
Rating:
9.5
9.5
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Rating: 9.5 |
I'm not going to start this review with whining about how unfortunate we are for having lost Chuck Schuldiner back in 2001 and The Sound Of Perseverance being the last Death album. Chuck was a great musician indeed, but fate was too cruel to him, and he passed away. The legacy in form of his music though is with us, so let's talk about it. Read more ›› |
Rating:
9.9
9.9
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Rating: 9.9 |
What started off from Individual Thought Patterns and continued through Symbolic as a slight progressive-thrash deviation for Death casts its full blown dominance in The Sound Of Perseverance. Just before Chuck goes out with his plans on Control Denied, this album comes out. It is very hard to single out highlight songs from an album with so many exquisite technical creations, nevertheless, "Scavenger OF Human Sorrow", "Spirit Crusher", "Voice Of the Soul", "Bite the Pain", "A Moment Of Clarity" stand out among the tracks. Listening to the whole album from beginning to the end is a downright MUST and also a request. Read more ›› |
Rating:
9.3
9.3
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Rating: 9.3 |
What better name for a metal band? Especially one concentrating so fixedly on the snuffing out of life? The sonic blood-curdling career of mainman Chuck Schuldiner is one of the most celebrated in the development of death metal as a thrash sub-genre. Death were the daddies of this hack 'n' slay brand of guitar violence, and anyone with even the vaguest wish to count themselves as practitioners of extreme noise, from Carcass to Deicide, from Obituary to Cannibal Corpse, would count Schuldiner's unholy racket as a major influence. Read more ›› |
Guest review by
Yanko
Yanko
Rating:
10
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Rating: 10 |
This is it. Finally, after more than 10 years of waiting, we have got It. The one, the only the true thrash metal album. Death have had six releases, have made some drastic changes in their style and have achieved it finally. Despite being labeled as the fathers of death metal, only their first album is truly death metal, mainly due to vocal abilities of main-man Chuck Schuldiner, who was never really a death vocal. His singing has steadily and gradually evolved into more and more shrieking, until now on this album we hear him really screaming. Not many people came to terms with it and have accepted, but it is what thrash metal is all about. Its most distinct feature are the vocals and Chuck has shown what thrash vocals should sound like. Screaming, aggressive, full of feeling, coming right from the heart. True thrash metal that is. Read more ›› |
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| Jack_Torrance Posts: 182  |
I will never understand why Symbolic is rated so much higher than this.
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| JoHn Doe Posts: 5080  |
Written by Jack_Torrance on 13.04.2021 at 15:05 they have the same rating on MS
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| JoHn Doe Posts: 5080 |
Written by Jack_Torrance on 13.04.2021 at 16:19 on the discography page , they're both 9.2 so it's a 0.09 difference? 
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| Jack_Torrance Posts: 182 |
Alright it isn't a huge difference but being #1 album of all time or #10 is still a bit of a gap.
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| nonZero Posts: 1332  |
My top 3 Death albums would be: 1. The Sound Of Perseverance - 9.7/10 2. Human - 9.3/10 3. Symbolic - 9.2/10 All others are below 8.5/10 IMO All tracks on this album are fantastic IMO, only 'Story To Tell' is weaker than the others, but still a great song.
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| gavdann Posts: 835  |
Written by nonZero on 17.05.2021 at 18:45 Nah. I'll never understand why so many rate this so highly, it's their worst effort. Flail me.
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| AndyMetalFreak A Nice Guy Contributor Posts: 5301  |
This album is incredibly technical, even more so than Symbolic, yet I find it highly addictive to listen to, thete are so many Melodic riffs, and outstanding drumming and bass throughout the whole album, and there are so many changes during each song that no song sounds the same, all with unique melodies, and technicality, and the guitar solo's are absolutely outstanding. A Pure genius masterpiece IMO.
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| Rexorcist Posts: 20  |
Written by gavdann on 18.05.2021 at 11:19 How did you know that I had a mace for this very occasion? Second best Death album IMO.
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| F3ynman Nocturnal Bro Contributor Posts: 3024  |
Written by [user id=314970] on 22.07.2021 at 15:19 I don't get it. They're all awesome Plus, where is Scream Bloody Gore?
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Account deleted Written by F3ynman on 23.07.2021 at 15:06 Usually in this meme template there are 6 people, and death made 7 albums, so kinda crowdy. But since instead of making a graphic, I wrote it, I could add Scream Bloody Gore I guess, but whatever you get the drill 
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| Roman Doez Hallucigenia Posts: 972  |
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| BCI Posts: 434  |
Written by Roman Doez on 19.03.2022 at 15:37 I guess that's normal for most records though. I very rarely like more than a few songs in each album. That's what playlists are for 😁
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| BCI Posts: 434 |
For me this is Death's best because of Spirit Crusher alone. This song encapsulates everything I love about metal and cannot find in any other style of music. Melody, aggression, emotion, speed, talent and complexity all thrown in the mix 🖤🖤🖤
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| Roman Doez Hallucigenia Posts: 972 |
Written by BCI on 10.05.2022 at 07:18 Only problem here is that it reaches some very low lows. There are at most 3 songs I enjoy on this record, which is quite unfortunate since it used to be one of my favorites. Also I'm not sure I get your statement, I find a lot of albums to be overall very enjoyable with maybe one or two weaker tracks here and there, do you usually only like 3 or 4 tracks in an album?
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| BCI Posts: 434 |
Written by Roman Doez on 10.05.2022 at 20:02 Yap. That's me. I'm weird like that I guess. 😁 For most albums I like, only 2 or 3 songs make my playlists. There are only a few exceptions to that rule. Morbid Angel (obviously), Slayer, Megadeth and lately I've been obsessed with Black Crown Initiate, Nailed to Obscurity, Xaon and Rivers of Nihil. Most of their albums I can pretty much enjoy from start to finish...
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| Roman Doez Hallucigenia Posts: 972 |
Written by BCI on 10.05.2022 at 22:55 So you still give 10/10 to albums you don't love that much? I'm a bit puzzled as to what the point of having a full scale of ratings is then
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| gavdann Posts: 835 |
Written by Roman Doez on 11.05.2022 at 16:15 I agree. It's quite typical of the modern generation iPod shuffler but I've not seen many metal fans admit this. 
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| BCI Posts: 434 |
Written by Roman Doez on 11.05.2022 at 16:15 You do understand the difference between liking an album VS liking all songs in an album equally, right? 🤔 Also, I believe in being generous with my ratings. I am a metal fan after all.
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| BCI Posts: 434 |
Written by gavdann on 11.05.2022 at 17:22 I don't see what putting me in an arbitrary category does for you, but I wouldn't call myself modern. I'm over 40. 😁 Also I find it strange that I have to explain how playlists work. Mixtapes were a thing long before iPod was invented. I didn't just appear in some fucked-up parallel universe, right??? 🤣🤣🤣
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| Roman Doez Hallucigenia Posts: 972 |
Written by BCI on 11.05.2022 at 20:16 I might have misunderstood you then, because you said "I very rarely like more than a few songs in each album" which is not the same thing as "liking all songs in an album equally". But that arguing is pointless, you rate albums as you wish
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| BCI Posts: 434 |
Written by Roman Doez on 11.05.2022 at 21:12 No problems here mate. I was talking about songs that make my playlists but maybe I mentioned that in another comment. I am especially fussy when it comes to my workout playlists. 😁
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| HoboStew Posts: 58  |
I just don't understand why this is rated so high compared to their earlier work. The vocals suck, the songs repeat for much longer than they should, and what a terrible cover of painkiller. The songwriting just feels kinda disconnected. Like when they put in a dissonant bass interlude when they need to get to a new part, often times I just think that the song could end instead. Compare this to something like Atheist to see how progressive thrash/death is done in a fantastic and creative way.
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