Review by ZeroSymbolic7188 for Death - Symbolic (1995)

Yeah, I like this so much that I named myself after it. 

If you've seen my review of "The Sound of Perseverance", many of the same things I said about that album also apply to this one. It's very hard not to do a copy and paste job here.

The long story short is that Chuck Schuldiner means an awful lot to me. I consider every Death album to be peak metal. The only reason I don't simply put all of their albums in my top 20 (and very possibly 1-7) is because I have to give other bands a chance. Each one is a different flavor of awesome, and I mean awesome in the literal sense "extremely impressive, and inspiring great admiration". The one that becomes your favorite is going to come down to personal taste, for me this is #2, but for many people it's the #1. I wouldn't even argue with that. 

so, like I said copy+paste job, everything about this album is perfectly done. The mix, the vocals, the lyrics, the musicianship-everything is perfect. I mean don't rely on my limited vocab and poor grammar to get this thing across. Seek it out, turn it up, and let is speak to your soul. Listening to this album made me a better, more compassionate, spiritual, and contemplative man. Perhaps it can do some or all of that for you...

Or maybe its just really damn good music to throw into your mix. You can get spiritual about it, and many people do, but you can also throw it on and just rock the fuck out! This isn't Pink Floyd after all, this is METAL! 

If you have the opportunity to see DEATH TO ALL live, absolutely do it. You're going to see really damn good musicians preserve Schuldiner's legacy. I saw them a couple days ago at time of post, and it was the greatest live experience of my life by a long way, and I've seen an incredible amount of live shows.