Chuck Shuldiner's guitar work is a source of inspiration, especially when he plays and sings at the same time. You can definitely hear how far he had come with his ability and skill. Steve DiGiorgio's fretless bass lines are sweet to the ears and far beyond what he was doing in Sadus (you can actually hear similar work on Cynics' Focus). As for Gene Hoglan, he is just a monster on the kit and an undeniable force behind the blazing symphony of technical brilliance on this timeless benchmark of all death metal bands.
In 1993, there were some really great bands that had a similar technical progressive sense but I truly feel that none of them had the forsight and vision that Chuck had as to where death metal would go.
R.I.P. Chuck (1967-2001)
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Article comments
1 - Guppusmaximus
I had to *push* my own review because of the article about VH1: Pantera BTM. Granted I loved Pantera but they shouldn't get credit for creating extreme music when Mr. Shuldiner was doing quite a few years before!! Mr. Shuldiner passed away from cancer AND He NEVER receives any credit nor does he get a VH1 special!!
Anyways, R.I.P. Chuck & Dimebag...Maybe you guys are jamming together in Heaven!!
2 - andy
to Guppusmaximus:
Death doesn't need to get any airplay on any TV channel like VH1/MTV or even the so called "rock" side of MTV, MTV 2.
Death was an awesome band, leaded by an excellent person and musician and it should stay this way forever.
3 - Brian aka Guppusmaximus
Andy,
I agree with your sentiment but they had atleast 2 videos The Philosopher & Lack of Comprehension played on TV (download them from EmptyWords.org). No it wasn't MTV but Chuck Shuldiner should still get the credit he deserves. The man had an insight & vision that was priceless and even though I never met the guy,He moved me & influenced me to be a better musician! There should be a G*ddamn Tribute Show for the man who made all of this extreme music possible... Without Death, there would be NO Death Metal genre!!