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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Unfairly Underrated, February 2, 2004
This album,to me,defines underground metal.The recording quality isn't that great,but neither was "Kill Em All".The true star of "Schizophrenia" is the then new guitarist Andreas Kisser.His solo on my personal favorite,"To The Wall",is unbelievable and secured his place as one the best metal guitarists ever.Seriously,this CD is worth buying for this solo alone.His other lead work is incredible,also.Max's distortion plagued vocals are very effective and really go well with the music,though i prefer the Arise-era roars.The best drummer in the world,Igor Cavalera,pulls off some great fills and double-bass,though the muddy production does obscure some of the more intricate moments of his performance."From The Past Comes The Storms" is another defining moment for the once unstoppable band,with it's furious riffs and unrelenting speed."Inquisition Symphony" is a classic instrumental,as good as,if not better,as any of the Metallica ones.I don't like "Escape From The Void" as much as everybody else seems to,but it is still a great song,easily better than over half the stuff on "Reign In Blood"."The Abyss" is an amazing piece of acoustic guitar mastery,capturing a mood of desolation and doom....I just wish it was longer."Screams Behind The Shadows","Septic Schizo",and"Rest In Pain" are excellent,brutal tracks,if not as memorable as "To The Wall" or "From The Past Comes The Storms".In fact,it is very hard to give this album only 4 stars,but the production muffles part of music quite noticeably,and Max's vocals,while fitting to the music,are weak compared to the aforementioned performance on "Arise".Still,"Schizophrenia" is a must for all metal fans,and beats the living crap out of most other underground albums.While Sepultura would create arguably the best thrash CD ever in "Beneath The Remains$Q,"Schizophrenia" is often overlooked and equally worth your time.For those wanting to hear TRUE metal,buy this and understand what it's all about.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
not as primative as one might think... pretty damn good, July 6, 2006
I started listening to Sepultura when Beneath The Remains first came out, in '89. I later found out that they had 2 previous albums, but I wasn't interested at the time. with each album after B.T.R. there was slight improvement and maturity. Sepultura evolved with Arise, and even more so with Chaos AD, and finally with Roots. after 15 years of being a Sepultura fan, I finally decided to go back to the beginning and venture into the pre-Beneath The Remains material. I was pleasantly surprised with Schizophrenia. don't get me wrong, it is definitely raw, and primative compared to B.T.R., but on Schizophrenia they were still a pretty tight and solid thrash metal band. of course each album after that was an improvement on the previous one, but think of Schizophrenia as the Slayer's Hell Awaits, or Anthrax's Spreading The Disease, or Metallica's Ride The Lightning. it is simply put, the prequel to their upcoming masterpiece. the best songs are definitely the new version of Troops Of Doom, and Escape From The Void.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
STRAIGHT OUTTA THE JUNGLE BABY!, March 8, 2006
Well after listening to this album I can tell ya one thing's for sure, Brazilians know how to thrash! But is this really thrash or death metal? Honestly who the hell cares because if you're a true metalhead you will inevitably be headbanging to this in no time! (watch out for whiplash though)
You see it's the early era Sepultura albums that are my favorite, they are simply the rawest, dirtiest, and most evil. It kinda pisses me off that they don't get much credit, everyone knows the awesomeness of BTR (which I love), Arise, and Chaos AD but I think more people need to check out the early releases. Oh yeah and I'm sorry but I thought Roots SUCKED! Yep I said it, so sue me. Hey I'm all up for experimentation but I just didn't like it in that case.
Anyway this is where Andreas Kisser comes in and shows his stuff. Does he kick ass? HELL YEAH! The entire album is a riff machine churning out a myriad of crazy guitar licks. I mean listen to "From the Past Comes the Storms", the immortal instrumental "Inquisition Symphony" (one of the greatest metal instrumentals EVER) and "Septic Schizo" and you'll surely see what I'm raving about, unless you're a nu-metal queer or something. The vocals are straight out of hell with Max doing mostly a death metal growl and yell but there is a little bit of clean vocals here and there.
The only problem I see with the album is the muddy production which for once does affect the listening experience for me (usually I really don't give a sh*t), there's pretty much no bass but overall it's not that bad. However, I have the original pressing of the CD so perhaps it's a tad better on the remaster.
Even if you like later Sep better albums (which is understandable), you have to give these guys for really trying to make it while nestled deep out there in Jungleland and only being 18! My recommendation- get all Sep albums up to Chaos AD, get some Kreator, Possessed, Celtic Frost, Early Slayer, etc for more extreme thrash! Well that's my opinion, LATER.
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