Death's Symbolic is a near perfect album, and it just happens to be twenty years olde.
This is an interesting review (from 2015) I read (years back).
As I noted in the previous post, this articulation was impressive.
Not because it was touting the album as great - but actually (deferentially) underplaying something it obviously highly esteemed.
Not the tone expected (at all) while giving an album review of extreme metal.
Must appreciate the reviewer (Kronos) - even if he/she may have changed by now.
Some outstanding thoughts in this review:
…it feels as if we as metal fans are required to love certain recordings even if our personal connection to them is tenuous or nonexistent.
I want it to be perfectly clear that I love Symbolic not because it’s old, not because I want to respect the death metal elders, and not because I’m some insufferable tool drowning in ’90s nostalgia.
...maybe it’s the lyrics: how many times has a death metal album opened with a song not about zombies, dismemberment, or aliens, but about childhood? Who would have the audacity and the humility to make such extreme music with such a philosophical bent and infuse it with honesty rather than pretense?
(This is all I wanted to highlight. Maybe you can read the full review and gather your own evaluation. It is a short one-page review.)
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Wikipedia Page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolic_(Death_album)
