Symbolic

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Symbolic is the sixth album by American death metal band Death. The album was released on March 21, 1995 through Roadrunner Record. The album was remastered and reissued on April 1, 2008 with five bonus track. Like its predecessor, the album is progressive and technically advanced. It also has higher production values than previous album, with considerably less static on its overall sound. It is notable that the average song length on this album is around five minute, while it was around four minutes on Human and Individual Thought Pattern, perhaps due to slowed down song tempos closer to that of traditional death metal. It was also the first album to feature Kelly Conlon on ba. Chuck Schuldiner's growl also became noticeably higher on this release, which continued with their next (and last) studio album The Sound of Perseverance and culminated with their cover of Judas Priest's "Painkiller". No video was released for the album, but "Empty Words" was released as a single. "Symbolic" was covered by Scariot on their album Momentum Shift, and "Crystal Mountain" by Epica on their single "Quietus (Silent Reverie)". .

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