The musicianship seems to allow more room to work with, and Chuck’s higher shrieks give an entirely new delivery. This is easily the most jam-packed and hardest to swallow, but I still think it has plenty of notable areas. What matters is if it works, and mostly, it does. Even the short “Bite The Pain” feels like it jumps all over the place. For the most part, this is loaded with fancy time signatures, wavy baseline repetition, and wailing, dissonant guitar passages that take airy breaks. This isn’t to say it’s entirely void, but there’s little in the way of it. Neither of these traits are really specific to the genre, and the riffing itself that took root in the late ‘80s explosion is hardly present. In reality, the only thing about this that even remotely reflects the genre is the fact that it’s fast (in some areas) and has harsh vocals (though even those are very different). So what does this one offer? More or less, it’s an extension of 1993’s progressive drowning, but nearly lets go of the death metal aspect entirely. Individual Thought Patterns brought on the full-scale tactics, and Symbolic let in the proper balance that allowed for standout songwriting.
The Sound Of Perseverance very much finishes off the progressive metal we’ve seen, and more than likely, leans into it the hardest. An entirely new lineup fed into this gap means one final shift before the end of Chuck’s career, and sadly, life. The final Death record would see the longest gap we’ve ever had between albums by the band.
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