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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.May-24-2020 Encoder......L3.100 -v0 ║ │
│║ Genre........Death Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2011 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........cd1: 10 cd2: 11 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.emptywords.org ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Death Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Individual Thought Patterns-(RLabel : Relapse Record ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
│║ ║ │
│║ Death's story is some of the most interesting ║ │
│║ reading/listening that one can persevere in. ║ │
│║ Throughout a 15 year career they created and ║ │
│║ repeatedly revolutionized a genre with each ║ │
│║ installment getting more and more progressive ║ │
│║ and insightful, culminating in the masterpiece ║ │
│║ that Symbolic was and eventually ending with the ║ │
│║ tragic demise of Chuck Schuldiner-the heart and ║ │
│║ soul of Death. Whilst active Death unleashed ║ │
│║ seven albums of death metal goodness that is ║ │
│║ near unrivalled. Scream Bloody Gore created the ║ │
│║ genre, and Leprosy refined it before Spiritual ║ │
│║ Healing marked the first deviation from the path ║ │
│║ of death metal in its purest form with some more ║ │
│║ progressive song structures and lyrics that ║ │
│║ moved into more tabboo subjects such as abortion ║ │
│║ as opposed to sacrificial rituals and human ║ │
│║ illnesses. From 1991's Human onwards their ║ │
│║ catalogue is nearly flawless with that ║ │
│║ particular album being a thirty minute long ║ │
│║ maelstrom of riffs and each album adding more ║ │
│║ and more to this template. Whilst each of these ║ │
│║ is close to perfection it is debated which one ║ │
│║ is the weakest of the lot with Individual ║ │
│║ Thought Patterns being the album most often ║ │
│║ named from Death's final four. Whilst this may ║ │
│║ well be true, this should not be taken as any ║ │
│║ manner of insult as what this album is is ║ │
│║ something quite special. ║ │
│║ ║ │
│║ Individual Thought Patterns is the fifth album ║ │
│║ in Death's discography, released two years after ║ │
│║ Human and containing ten songs with an average ║ │
│║ length of about four minutes per song, clocking ║ │
│║ in at forty eight minutes. To think that one ║ │
│║ year prior to this the Fate greatest hits ║ │
│║ collection had been released and then this was ║ │
│║ released, destroying eighty percent of that ║ │
│║ compilation effortlessly. Chuck Schuldiner was ║ │
│║ right to disapprove of the song selection on ║ │
│║ there, as Sony were proven wrong in placing ║ │
│║ songs such as the title track to Spiritual ║ │
│║ Healing on there, no matter how good that song ║ │
│║ was, when this was right around the corner. This ║ │
│║ was the album that featured Destiny with its ║ │
│║ fantastic incessant riff-work and that killer ║ │
│║ slow section following the solo and accompanying ║ │
│║ fast riff. This was also the album to feature ║ │
│║ hit song The Philosopher, one of the band's best ║ │
│║ known due to Beavis and Butthead mocking Chucks ║ │
│║ vocals and the accompanying video for this song. ║ │
│║ No matter what way you look at it, back to front ║ │
│║ Individual Thought Patterns was destined to be a ║ │
│║ classic. ║ │
│║ ║ │
│║ This is Death's most progressive album to date ║ │
│║ and yet still managed to keep the song time ║ │
│║ down. Throughout each one of these songs there ║ │
│║ are enough lightning fast changes in speed to ║ │
│║ make this an epileptic's worse nightmare. ║ │
│║ Imagine taking the heaviness and balls out speed ║ │
│║ of Scream Bloody Gore and interweaving the ║ │
│║ genius twists of an album such as 2112 by Rush ║ │
│║ and what you have is Individual Thought ║ │
│║ Patterns. Neither of those albums realistically ║ │
│║ have too much in common with this release but to ║ │
│║ combine the stylistic approaches is to find the ║ │
│║ formula that makes this album work so well. Out ║ │
│║ Of Touch is a great example of how ║ │
│║ progressively-oriented this album is and yet is ║ │
│║ also a good means to point out how Chuck never ║ │
│║ forgot rule number 1 of death metal-make it ║ │
│║ heavy as hell. The song opens up with a nice ║ │
│║ little drum roll from none other than new band ║ │
│║ member Gene Hoglan of Dark Angel fame, and moves ║ │
│║ through a slow, jazz-influenced section before ║ │
│║ at forty seconds it leaps into balls-to-the-wall ║ │
│║ speed mode. Then, just after the minute mark, ║ │
│║ the song slows right back down and we have some ║ │
│║ heavy palm muted riffing from Chuck with Steve ║ │
│║ DiGiorgio's bass thumping away in the ║ │
│║ background. At 1:57 a thrashy riff comes in ║ │
│║ whilst Chuck throws his soul into his vocals and ║ │
│║ then in comes a highly technical solo that is ║ │
│║ cleverly worked around the dynamic musicianship ║ │
│║ that never seems to stop changing. At 3:10 one ║ │
│║ might think the song was about to end with some ║ │
│║ clever lead noodling before suddenly we are ║ │
│║ kicked in the face again by a fast as hell ║ │
│║ tremolo riff and the song then continues to ║ │
│║ dance around with speeds until the thrilling end ║ │
│║ where we are given one chord to end it all. On ║ │
│║ this song Death managed to work in more musical ║ │
│║ ideas and changes in direction in the space of ║ │
│║ four and a half minutes than many bands can ║ │
│║ accomplish in entire albums, such is testament ║ │
│║ as to how talented Chuck really was-the man was ║ │
│║ a visionary, nothing more and nothing less. ║ │
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│║ The drumming on this album is nothing short of ║ │
│║ incredible. There are near-constant debates as ║ │
│║ to whether Sean Reinert's machine gun sounding ║ │
│║ drums on Human, as evidenced by the introduction ║ │
│║ to Flattening Of Emotions, are better or whether ║ │
│║ Gene Hoglan's relentless work is better and the ║ │
│║ truth is neither of them are better than the ║ │
│║ other. Both put in thrilling performances with ║ │
│║ highly technical drum beats and fills thrown in ║ │
│║ left right and centre, with Sean's performance ║ │
│║ on Human being a little more contained than ║ │
│║ Gene's flashy drumming on this album. Mentally ║ │
│║ Blind shows off his ability to let loose with ║ │
│║ double bass drumming better than almost any ║ │
│║ drummer out there but he is not afraid to mix ║ │
│║ his performance up a bit as is found in The ║ │
│║ Philosipher. All the way through this album ║ │
│║ there are constant speed changes that never fail ║ │
│║ to drop the listener's jaw right to the ground. ║ │
│║ Gene Hoglan gets the job done on this album with ║ │
│║ emphatic style. Holding up the other end of the ║ │
│║ rhythm section is Steve Digiorgio with his ║ │
│║ fretless bass guitar whose instrument does not, ║ │
│║ for once, go unheard as the production job is ║ │
│║ handled masterfully by Scott Burns. He also puts ║ │
│║ on a great show, with his bass lines usually ║ │
│║ following the guitars for the most part but this ║ │
│║ is as expected with metal and it is just nice to ║ │
│║ be able to hear the work of a bassist for once. ║ │
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│║ The guitar work has always been the centrepiece ║ │
│║ of any Death release and on Individual Thought ║ │
│║ Patterns this is shown off constantly. From the ║ │
│║ tapping intro to The Philosopher to the crushing ║ │
│║ riffs of the album's shortest song, Nothing Is ║ │
│║ Everything, back to The Philosopher's stop-start ║ │
│║ riff, this is as varied an album as a pair of ║ │
│║ guitarists could hope to concieve. Andy LaRocque ║ │
│║ and Chuck Schuldiner handle the guitars on this ║ │
│║ album and both are as talented as each other ║ │
│║ with each guitarist having numerous solos and ║ │
│║ fills on the album from Andy's incredible work ║ │
│║ on In Human Form to Chuck's aforementioned ║ │
│║ shining moment during the intro to The ║ │
│║ Philosopher. The riffs have a huge amount of ║ │
│║ contrast to them as the songs consistently jump ║ │
│║ from fast tremolo picking to more deliberate, ║ │
│║ slower paced riffs and each one never fails to ║ │
│║ shred your face off. This is one album where the ║ │
│║ guitar work is completely flawless from the ║ │
│║ opening moment right through to a thrilling ║ │
│║ conclusion. Chuck also handles the vocals on ║ │
│║ here, as with every Death album, and his ║ │
│║ performance is something to be proud of. His ║ │
│║ voice was fast ascending in pitch by this point, ║ │
│║ which would later culminate in the manic ║ │
│║ shrieking found on The Sound Of Perseverance, ║ │
│║ but this is the last traces of the low tones ║ │
│║ that populated earlier Death albums. His ║ │
│║ lyricism on this album is something really ║ │
│║ rather special. Chuck had just as much talent ║ │
│║ with a pen as he did with a guitar, continuing ║ │
│║ the journey through his mind and his thoughts on ║ │
│║ various topics that began on Spiritual Healing. ║ │
│║ Chuck was a philosopher, through and through, as ║ │
│║ is evidenced by the lyrics to songs such as ║ │
│║ Mentally Blind and Trapped In A Corner. The ║ │
│║ lyrics are just the icing on an already perfect ║ │
│║ cake. ║ │
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│║ This album is as close to perfection as can be ║ │
│║ found and paved the way for something even ║ │
│║ greater that came about with the very next ║ │
│║ album, Symbolic. The only minute criticism that ║ │
│║ can realistically be found with this album is ║ │
│║ that it does not have enough truly catchy ║ │
│║ moments to it, instead shifting up so many ║ │
│║ styles in the blink of an eye that there is ║ │
│║ little to truly latch onto. It will take many a ║ │
│║ number of listens for moments to stick in your ║ │
│║ head from this album as opposed to Human which ║ │
│║ instantly hooked you in. In many ways this built ║ │
│║ upon Human but that album was just such a ║ │
│║ whirlwind and still pulled you in within mere ║ │
│║ minutes that Human slightly tops this. However, ║ │
│║ Individual Thought Patterns is brilliance ║ │
│║ incarnate that no death metal fan should go ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ - CD1 [ ] │
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│ 01 - Overactive Imagination [03:31] │
│ 02 - In Human Form [03:58] │
│ 03 - Jealousy [03:42] │
│ 04 - Trapped in a Corner [04:15] │
│ 05 - Nothing Is Everything [03:19] │
│ 06 - Mentally Blind [04:49] │
│ 07 - Individual Thought Patterns [04:01] │
│ 08 - Destiny [04:07] │
│ 09 - Out of Touch [04:23] │
│ 10 - The Philosopher [04:13] │
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│ - CD2 [ ] │
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│ 01 - Leprosy [06:03] │
│ 02 - Suicide Machine [04:29] │
│ 03 - Living Monstrosity [05:12] │
│ 04 - Overactive Imagination [03:41] │
│ 05 - Flattening of Emotions [04:27] │
│ 06 - Within the Mind [05:45] │
│ 07 - In Human Form [04:02] │
│ 08 - Lack of Comprehension [03:55] │
│ 09 - Trapped in a Corner [04:27] │
│ 10 - Zombie Ritual [04:32] │
│ 11 - The Exorcist [04:26] │
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