Album · 1995
Symbolic
by Death
Symbolic is a 1995 death metal album by Death. It runs 9 tracks across 51 minutes on Relapse Records. Riffiter listeners rate it 4.3/5 from 19 ratings.
#5 in Best albums of 1995 · #5 in Best death metal albums
Your rating
- 4.3 /5
- 19 ratings
- 86 /100
- 8 critics
- 9
- Tracks
- 51 min
- Runtime
- 153 bpm
- Tempo
- A# major
- Key
Ratings
19 ratings · avg 4.3
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- Rock Hard10/10
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- Metal.de10/10
- Record Collector5/5
- Pitchfork9.1/10
- Collectors Guide to Heavy Metal8/10
- Select3/5
- AllMusic3/5
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Cover art
3 credits
- Design
- Patricia Mooney, Rene Miville
- Photography
- Rene Miville
Tracklist
9 tracks · 51 min
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Ranked by listeners
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According to Riffiter listeners, the best track on Symbolic is Empty Words — rated 4.8/5 by 6 listeners.
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About
Symbolic is the sixth album by American death metal band Death. The album was released on March 21, 1995 through Roadrunner Records. The album was remastered and reissued on April 1, 2008 with five bonus tracks. Like its predecessors, the album is progressive and technically advanced. It also has higher production values than previous albums, with considerably less static on its overall sound. It is notable that the average song length on this album is around five minutes, while it was around four minutes on Human and Individual Thought Patterns, perhaps due to slowed down song tempos closer to that of traditional death metal. It was also the only album to feature Kelly Conlon on bass. Chuck Schuldiner's growl also became noticeably higher on this release.
In brief
- Is Symbolic good?
- Riffiter listeners rate Symbolic 4.3/5 from 19 ratings.
- What is the highest-rated track on Symbolic?
- Empty Words, rated 4.8/5 by 6 listeners on Riffiter.
- When was Symbolic released?
- Symbolic was released in 1995 on Relapse Records.
- How many tracks are on Symbolic?
- Symbolic has 9 tracks, with a runtime of 51 minutes.
- What genre is Symbolic?
- Symbolic is catalogued under Death Metal.
- What BPM is Symbolic?
- Symbolic runs at a median tempo of 153 BPM across its tracks, most often in A# major, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to Symbolic?
- Listeners of Symbolic also rate Altars of Madness by Morbid Angel, Tomb of the Mutilated by Cannibal Corpse, Rust in Peace by Megadeth.
- Who produced Symbolic?
- Symbolic was produced by Chuck Schuldiner and Jim Morris. Chuck Schuldiner produced all of them.
- Who wrote the songs on Symbolic?
- Chuck Schuldiner wrote 3 of the 9 tracks on Symbolic.
Credits
- Produced by
- Written by
- Chuck Schuldiner
- Engineered by
- Played by
- Vocals by
Lineage
3 connections
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