I’ve been a huge fan of Death since they released their grounbreaking album Human in 1991. The albums preceding Human were made by a really young and immature band who were not anywhere near to meet the technical proficiency that is required from musicians in this genre. After they released Leprosy in 1988, the band got into serious problems which inevitably broke up the band. Leaving Chuck Schuldiner(founding member of Death) on shaky grounds. Many might have thought this was the end of Death, but Chuck quickly gathered an impressive bunch of musicians around him. Actually at this point Death was not as much a band as a solo project of Chuck with hired guns. So entering the studio with undeniable talents like Sean Reinert(Cynic, Aghora & Gordian Knot), Paul Masvidal(Cynic) & Steve DiGiorgio(Sadus & Testament) he made an album which is still today considered to be “master-of-puppets-of-death-metal”. Couple of years after the release of Human we get to the point where Music For Nations decides to put out this piece of shit ironically called Fate:The Best Of Death, which basically consists almost only of pre-Human material. I’d quess Chuck wasn’t too pleased with the release of this compilation, ‘cause he had just made a landmark album with a completely different lineup, and wanted to go in a pretty different direction with his music. I’d compare this to a situation where Atco would have decided after they released Pantera’s Cowboys From Hell to put out their earlier Glam albums… Would’ve not been a good thing, ay..?

Check out Mike Mangini’s unbelievable drumming. Oh, and most of the songs kick ass too…