Spheres [EXTRA TRACKS]

Pestilence

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 10, 2007)
• Original Release Date: September 3, 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks
• Label: Massacre Germany
• ASIN: B000USQK38
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #190,295 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Mind Reflections

2. Multiple Beings

3. Level of Perception

4. Aurian Eyes

5. Soul Search

6. Personal Energy

7. Voices from Within

8. Spheres

9. Changing Perspectives

10. Phileas

11. Demise of Time

12. Demise of Time [Remix][#][*]

13. Soul Search [Remix][#][*]

14. Mind Reflections [Live][#][*]

15. Multiple Beings [Live][#][*]

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Pestilence Doesn't Require Any Introduction. Known for Mixing Various Influences, from Thrash to Jazz, from Fusion to Classic Death Metal, the Band Has Become a Legend Long Before Its Final Split-up in 1993. Patrick Mameli (Guitar, Vocals), Randy Meinhard (Guitar) and Marco Foddis (Drums) Recorded their First Demo, Dysentery, in 1986. However, it was Only after the Penance, Recorded in 1987 with a New Member, Martin Van Drunen (Bass/Vocals), that the Band Caught the Attention of Roadrunner Records, who Agreed to Release their First Official Album "Malleus Malficarum" (1988). Pestilence Released Four Studio Albums During their Career. The Final One - "Spheres" from 1993 - Brought Along a Thrilling Mixture of Jazz-fusion Elements with Death Metal And, Thanks to the Extensive Use of Synth Guitars, Constituted a Totally New Quality in Aggressive Music.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars genius technical and progressive death metal, February 6, 2009

By	Richard Almasi "TheHunn" (Europa) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

To be honest, at first I really did not like this album, I was too used to the "regular" death metal of the time: Morbid Angel, Death, Deicide etc to appreciate the genius behind this album.

But now, after all these years, I can say that this is the best metal-album ever made, in my opinion, it crosses so many dimensions.

I have stopped listening to most of my old death metal albums, but I still listen to this one frequently, this is really a timeless album that was way ahead of its time.

The music is complicated, technical, jazzy, experimental etc but still has the aggressive death metal feel.
The lyrics are psychological - Jungian influenced - and very deep for a death metal album, it doesn't follow the usual death-hell-suffering-butchery cliche.

I think this is why I still really enjoy it, it never gets boring to listen to and shows that death metal can be intellectual and still have the aggression.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars very brutal!!!, November 22, 2008

By	raymond watkins - See all my reviews

this was a brutal deathmetal band that was really on to something until their demise in 1993. very heavy,progressive like, intelligent music with traces of jazz fusion mixed in. the vocals sounded alot like chuck schuldner's of death but the music just makes up fo it in every way! makes me wonder how far they could've gone had they stayed together all these years.....

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Masterpiece, September 23, 2008

By	Nehemoth "Nehemoth" (Miami, Florida United States) - See all my reviews

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This was an album that change forever the way with see the death metal.

This is simple a must have album.

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El Spheres de Pestilence es un album unico, unico en la manera que cambio las cosas en aquel entonces, una maravillosa mezcla del Death Metal con el Jazz, como solo Atheist y Cynic lo han hecho también, el Spheres es un álbum que debe estar en la colección de CD's de cualquier Metalhead que tenga una mente lo suficientemente abierta como para disfrutar de los sonidos surgidos de la propia evolución del genero y mas allá de los patrones de estancamiento que a veces presenta el genero mismo.