Individual Thought Patterns is the fifth studio album by American death metal band Death, released on June 22, 1993, by Relativity Records. It is the only album by the band to feature guitarist Andy LaRocque, the first to feature drummer Gene Hoglan and the second and last to feature bassist Steve DiGiorgio.
Musically the album continues to expand on the technical death metal style that began with Human, incorporating elements usually associated with jazz. Schuldiner's lyrics explore human facets including critiques of social norms, constructs and perceptions.
This album contains the track "The Philosopher", for which a music video was made that received airplay on MTV and was even featured on, and comically panned by, Beavis & Butthead, where the duo mistake the boy in the video for Jeremy from the Pearl Jam video and mock Schuldiner's vocals. According to Metal-Rules.com, the album is the 100th greatest heavy metal album of all time, as well as the 11th greatest extreme metal album of all time. The album is included in Guitar Player Magazine's Metal Guitar albums Top 20. The album was reissued and remixed by Relapse Records in October 2011.
Video Individual Thought Patterns
Track listing
All songs written by Chuck Schuldiner.
Maps Individual Thought Patterns
Personnel
All information is taken from the CD liner notes of the original 1993 release and the 2011 reissue.
- Death
- Chuck Schuldiner - guitar, vocals, production
- Andy LaRocque - guitar
- Steve Di Giorgio - fretless bass
- Gene Hoglan - drums; guitars (on "The Exorcist")
- Additional musicians
- Ralph Santolla - guitar (on Live in Germany performances)
- Production
- Scott Burns - production, engineering
- René Miville - artwork
- David Bett - art direction
- Kathy Milone - design.
- Jacob Speis - layout
- Alan Douches - mastering, remixing (2011 reissue)
- Jamal Ruhe - remixing (2011 reissue)
Charts
Album
Billboard (North America)
References
External links
- Lyrics @ Death official site
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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