Yesterday in 1998 Death released the album The Sound of Perseverance Altamonte Springs, Florida Death Metal (early), Death/Progressive Metal (later) Status:Split-up Years active: 1983-1984 (as Mantas), 1984-2001 Death was an influential death metal band founded by guitarist and vocalist Chuck Schuldiner in Orlando in 1983. They released several demos as Mantas before changing their name in 1984. Death is widely considered one of the most influential bands in the genre. The band’s debut, Scream Bloody Gore, has been described as “death metal’s first archetypal document,” and Schuldiner himself as the “father of death metal. However, Schuldiner dismissed such attributions in an interview with Metal-Rules, stating, “I don’t think I should take the credit for this death metal stuff. I’m just a guy from a band, and I think Death is a metal band.” As of 2008, Death has sold over 1.5 million albums worldwide, with 368,184 albums having been sold in the US alone (not counting sales prior to the Soundscan era), making them one of the top-selling death metal bands of all time. Their best-selling album, Human, was released in 1991 and is considered by many to be the band in top-form. Their last album, The Sound of Perseverance, was released in 1998. In 2001, Chuck Schuldiner died from a three-year battle with brain stem cancer and the project ended. Along the way, Death included celebrated musicians from the death metal genre, including bassist, Steve DiGiorgio, drummer Gene Hoglan, and guitarist, James Murphy (Testament, Obituary, more). There was an aid to help Chuck, it started in June 2001. There was signed Death merchendise wich went for auction along with other band merchendise like Fear Factory Obsolete gold record. Despite the effort this was not enough to save Chuck. Nuclear Blast Chuck Schuldiner – Electric and Acoustic Guitars, Vocals(R.I.P. 2001) Richard Christy – Drums Shannon Hamm – Guitar Scott Clendenin – Bass Guitar Additional musicians Steve DiGiorgio – bass on 1997 and 1998 demos Chris Williams – drums on 1996 demo Paul Payne – vocals on 1996 demo Shannon Hamm – vocals on 1996 demo 1. Scavenger of Human Sorrow (6:54) 2. Bite the Pain (4:29) 3. Spirit Crusher (6:44) 4. Story to Tell (6:34) 5. Flesh and the Power It Holds (8:25) 6. Voice of the Soul (3:42) 7. To Forgive Is to Suffer (5:55) 8. A Moment of Clarity (7:22) 9. Painkiller (6:03)(Judas Priest cover) Total Time: 56:13 Produced at Morrisound Studios (Tampa, Florida). Logo redesigned by Strain. Music by Chuck Schuldiner. Some of the song names on The Sound of Perseverance were originally going to appear on the first Control Denied album. When Death was signed to Nuclear Blast Chuck agreed to make one last Death album before moving forward with Control Denied. LP version limited to 400 copies on red vinyl. Released by Metal Mind Productions on cassette. Japanese version released by Victor Entertainment. Reissued by Nuclear Blast in 2001. Reissued by Nuclear Blast on November 11th 2005 as a deluxe edition with the Live in Cottbus 98 DVD as the bonus disc. Painkiller is not listed on the track listing on the deluxe edition but is in fact on the disc. Reissued by Relapse Records on February 15th 2011 as a 3 disc four panel machine numbered digipak deluxe edition remastered with expanded artwork and liner notes limited to 2000 copies: Disc 2 1. Spirit Crusher - 1998 Demos (No Bass) (06:55) 2. Flesh and the Power It Holds - 1998 Demos (No Bass) (08:21) 3. Voice of the Soul - 1998 Demos (No Bass) (03:30) 4. Bite the Pain - 1998 Demos (04:27) 5. A Moment of Clarity - 1998 Demos (06:37) 6. Story to Tell - 1998 Demos (06:39) 7. Scavenger of Human Sorrow - 1998 Demos (06:48) 8. Bite the Pain - 1997 Demos (04:31) 9. Story to Tell - 1997 Demos (06:36) 10. A Moment of Clarity - 1997 Demos (06:34) Disc 3 1. Bite the Pain - 1996 Demos (04:19) 2. Story to Tell - 1996 Demos (06:19) 3. A Moment of Clarity - 1996 Demo (06:16) 4. Bite the Pain w/ Paul Payne on Vocals - 1996 Demos (04:20) 5. A Moment of Clarity w/ Paul Payne on Vocals - 1996 Demos (06:16) 6. A Moment of Clarity w/ Chuck Schuldiner on Vocals - 1996 Demos (06:16) 7. Story to Tell w/ Chuck Schuldiner on Vocals - 1996 Demos (06:23) 8. Bite the Pain w/ Shannon Hamm on Vocals - 1996 Demos (04:13) 9. A Moment of Clarity - 1996 Demos (Instrumental) (05:32) 10. Bite the Pain - 1996 Demos (Instrumental) (04:14) 11. Story to Tell - 1996 Demos (Instrumental) (06:13) 12. Voice of the Soul - 1996 Demos (Instrumental) (03:28) 13. A Moment of Clarity - 1996 Demos (Instrumental) (06:12) The Sound of Perseverance is the seventh and final album by American death metal band Death . The only album to feature guitarist Shannon Hamm, bassist Scott Clendenin and drummer Richard Christy The album, in particular, employs a style more akin to progressive metal than the earliest Death releases, although since Human and the albums following it, the band had been developing more toward this style. The average song length on this album is around six minutes. Also, it was a breakthrough album for drummer and later radio star Richard Christy, in the tradition of previous drummers like Gene Hoglan and Sean Reinert. The album features Voice of the Soul, an instrumental track that contrasts with almost every other work of the band in its inclusion of softer guitars and lack of percussion. In an interview done in March 1999, Chuck Schuldiner stated that Voice of the Soul was actually written during the Symbolic sessions.[2] Death has produced only two instrumentals (the other being the considerably heavier Cosmic Sea from Human). The album also featured a cover of Judas Priests Painkiller, which shows Schuldiner attempting a different, high-pitched style of death growl more reminiscent of Rob Halfords original vocals and also singing for the first time with a clean voice through the end of the song. All the solos in the song are rewritten. Some of the song names and music on The Sound of Perseverance were originally going to appear on the first Control Denied album, The Fragile Art of Existence. Schuldiner himself denied this in an interview with Metal Maniacs in 1998 by saying that none of his compositions for Control Denied had been used to fill space for a Death album. Schuldiner implied that some Control Denied songs were used for The Sound of Perseverance in an interview with Scream Magazine in October 1999, when he stated that The Fragile Art of Existence contains a lot of music I didnt have in mind originally. Most of the material was completed in 1996-97. Also, Tim Aymar, in December 2010, confirmed that a few of the Control Denied songs had been, in his words, Deathized and recorded on TSOP. When Death was signed on to Nuclear Blast, Schuldiner agreed to make one last Death album before moving forward with Control Denied. Spirit Crusher was the single from this album. It featured a music video that was taken from their Live in Eindhoven performance. youtube/watch?v=N4Ypa4iC_4E
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