Written by Troy Killjoy on 30.05.2012 at 05:29

Five near-perfect review scores and in the top 10 albums of all time on Metal Storm.

Totally way too many low votes.

Written by Troy Killjoy on 19.06.2012 at 04:15
For some reason I found myself listening to the "Painkiller" cover on Youtube... what an atrocious cover. Great album aside from that, but someone should have told him he just doesn't have the vocals for a song like that.

Written by Troy Killjoy on 19.06.2012 at 05:06

I always imagined Shuldiner as more of a professional, no-bullshit kind of guy when it came to writing music, so I never really looked at the cover as joke material (even though it sounds more like a joke than anything). Regardless, the musicianship is obviously tight and the sound is a lot heavier, but man his vocals just take away any ounce of enjoyment for me.

Written by Alex F on 13.10.2012 at 02:33

What's the point of 4 reviews that all give this over a 9? If an album is going to have multiple reviews shouldn't they be from different views?

Written by Soheil KD on 03.06.2012 at 20:11

This is the best death metal album in history:banger:

Written by [user id=130590] on 24.02.2013 at 15:44

The songwriting on this album is not good at all. Take 'Flesh and the Power it Holds' for example: the song begins with one whole section of riffs and then onto this break in the song where all the guitar solos come in, once that is finished you have that whole section of riffs and also lyrics again before the break until the end of the song. Its repetitive, pointless and the song has no purpose, it goes nowhere. 'Symbolic' and some of 'Individual Thought Patterns' suffered from this type of dull cyclical songwriting too, but not to this extent.

Written by Unhealer on 24.02.2013 at 17:33

Written by [user id=130590] on 24.02.2013 at 15:44

The songwriting on this album is not good at all. Take 'Flesh and the Power it Holds' for example: the song begins with one whole section of riffs and then onto this break in the song where all the guitar solos come in, once that is finished you have that whole section of riffs and also lyrics again before the break until the end of the song. Its repetitive, pointless and the song has no purpose, it goes nowhere. 'Symbolic' and some of 'Individual Thought Patterns' suffered from this type of dull cyclical songwriting too, but not to this extent.

How is that song structure cyclical? Your explanation makes it look quite simpler that it actually is, even if it's pretty basic really. How would you expect a song structure to be so it's not "repetitive and pointless"? I bet lots of songs you like have a similar structure actually.

Written by [user id=130590] on 24.02.2013 at 15:44

The songwriting on this album is not good at all. Take 'Flesh and the Power it Holds' for example: the song begins with one whole section of riffs and then onto this break in the song where all the guitar solos come in, once that is finished you have that whole section of riffs and also lyrics again before the break until the end of the song. Its repetitive, pointless and the song has no purpose, it goes nowhere. 'Symbolic' and some of 'Individual Thought Patterns' suffered from this type of dull cyclical songwriting too, but not to this extent.

Written by [user id=130590] on 24.02.2013 at 18:42

where are the great riffs that were present in Leprosy or Spiritual Healing?

Written by Alex F on 24.02.2013 at 19:01

I think Marcel once described them as being Donald Duck on helium, and I'd say that's a perfectly accurate description.

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 24.02.2013 at 19:05

I did indeed and still do it on a regular basis. Chuck's vocals were never strong, also not on the earlist albums and demo's but he really got terrible later on in his career.

Written by Alex F on 24.02.2013 at 19:09

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 24.02.2013 at 19:05

I did indeed and still do it on a regular basis. Chuck's vocals were never strong, also not on the earlist albums and demo's but he really got terrible later on in his career.

I've always thought his vocals fit better on their first two albums. Nothing spectacular, but they were at least good.

Written by [user id=101272] on 24.02.2013 at 19:33

They were generic and that's pretty much it, typical growls where the music made up for them greatly. Just like in this case.

Written by Alex F on 24.02.2013 at 19:37

Written by [user id=101272] on 24.02.2013 at 19:33

They were generic and that's pretty much it, typical growls where the music made up for them greatly. Just like in this case.

Except in this case, along with the vocals being much much worse, the song composition makes up for nothing, and actually worsens the problem

Written by [user id=130590] on 24.02.2013 at 18:42


Its fine to repeat small sections of the song, but not to replicate a whole 2 and a half minutes exactly as it was played earlier on in the song, at least mix up the order of the riffs so that its not so painfully easy to predict. Yes, there probably are a lot of songs that I listen to that have a similar structure, but those songs probably have much more interesting riffs to begin with and the song would be half as long, these riffs are plain low power chord chugging most of the time, where are the great riffs that were present in Leprosy or Spiritual Healing?

Written by [user id=101272] on 24.02.2013 at 19:41


I think you must be confusing this record with Symbolic.

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 24.02.2013 at 19:44

Written by [user id=101272] on 24.02.2013 at 19:41


I think you must be confusing this record with Symbolic.

I am sure he isn't because TSOP is Death´s worse album by far and also Symbolic at least still had a semblance of death metal on it whereas TSOP is devoid of any death metal whatsoever