Sadist's "Above The Light" is progressive death/thrash
If you replaced the death growls with clean vocals then I don't think Death Metal would even receive a mention on Sadist's debut album as there are more Thrash Metal riffs than there are Death Metal ones in my opinion. It baffles me that more people don't refer to it as Progressive Death/Thrash rather than Progressive Death Metal to be honest so I'd like to see it added to The Pit under the Thrash Metal genre on top of its positions in The Horde & The Infinite.
I just gave this Sadist album some listening and a review to continue my on-off thrashy progressive death metal exploration. There is a bit of thrash riffing going on, but I'm still one of those people who would consider this a progressive death metal album, maybe even technical death metal. Most of the speedy riffing has more to do with the more technical side of death metal, helped out by some neoclassical leads, all that combined with the keyboard ambience stirring up the progressiveness in the sound. I'm afraid I'll have to give this entry a NO vote, Daniel. And I encourage Horde members to please add the technical death metal subgenre to the album's release page.