Individual Thought Patterns

Death brought a new approach to the way they went about writing music with Individual Thought Patterns. Basically Chuck recruited some of the finest musicians to ever walk the face of the earth: Gene Hoglan (Dark Angel), Andy LaRocque (King Diamond), and Steve Digiorgio (Sadus). That is the reason why this is such an utter shredfest with all the musicians putting their sence of genuine genious into each and every song. They just wanted to make the best and most Technical Death album to date, and when this was released i truely believe this was their crowning glory. But Individual is missing a few things, one of the things is that Chucks voice is not nearly as good as on Symbolic or Human.But either way it suits the music, so i really shouldnt be complaining.Another thing is that some of the tracks are not as memorable as the tracks on next two cds they released. Holy shit Gene puts out his best performance ever on any other cd i have heard him play on, hes a fucking mammoth on this disc. Just when you think theres no one better than Buddy Rich here comes this guy, just outstanding. Steve plays plenty of awesome fretless bass, and ofcourse the bass playing is very audible in the mix. Chucks lead playing has also come a long way since Scream Bloody Gore. Their solos are sorrowful and emotion gripping, I love each and every one.

Some of their biggest acclaimed songs are displayed on this album. Tracks like Overactive Imagination, In Human Form, Trapped in a Corner, Nothing Is Everything, Individual Thought Patterns, The Philosopher. This is Indeed a must for any Death metal fan, or highly technical metal lover. I must say that Andy LaRoques guitar playing is jaw dropping...listen to his solo abit over 2 minuites into "Trapped in a Corner". This album reeks of creativity, that is catchy, and very easy to get into. Although not the best death album this was the start of a glorious extreme metal era for them. I truely believe their best works were from Human to Sound of Perserverance. Leprosy never did anything for me neither did Spiritual or Scream Bloody Gore. When they got emotional and technical is when i started caring about them. They have matured and it is shown on this release, I hold nothing but respect for each and every musician on this album, and give them my biggest thank you for helping a Metalhead in need of a good technical fix. I hold my glass high for Death...Cheers Chuck I'll see you in Life after Death.

Best Tracks: Whole fucking Album