Death – Symbolic – LP

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To celebrate the 30th Anniversary of its release in 1995, Roadrunner Records is making available again the sixth album by legendary Florida metallers Death on vinyl. Symbolic received widespread critical acclaim when it was originally released and has been regarded as one of the greatest death metal albums of all time.

Like its predecessors, Death’s 1995 masterwork Symbolic is progressive and technically advanced. It also has higher production values than previous albums, with considerably less static on its overall sound. It is notable that the average song length on this album is around five minutes, while it was around four minutes on Human and Individual Thought Patterns, perhaps due to slowed down song tempos closer to that of traditional death metal. Symbolic was also the first album to feature Kelly Conlon on bass. Chuck Schuldiner’s growl also became noticeably higher on this release, which continued with their next (and last) studio album The Sound of Perseverance and culminated with their cover of Judas Priest’s Painkiller.

Tracklist:

A1        Symbolic    [6:33]
A2        Zero Tolerance    [4:48]
A3        Empty Words    [6:22]
A4        Sacred Serenity    [4:27]
A5        1,000 Eyes    [4:28]

B1        Without Judgement    [5:28]
B2        Crystal Mountain    [5:07]
B3        Misanthrope    [5:03]
B4        Perennial Quest    [8:21]

€ 28.00

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