Unquestionable Presence

Artist: Atheist
Label: Relapse
Category: Music

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Format: Original recording remastered
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 781676667123
EAN: 0781676667123
ASIN: B000AL8VNC

Release Date: 2005-08-30

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Tracks:

Mother Man
Unquestionable Presence
Retribution
Enthralled in Essence
Incarnation's Dream
Formative Years
Brains
And the Psychic Saw
Enthralled in Essence [*][Demo Version]
Formative Years [*][Demo Version]
Unquestionable Presence [*][Demo Version]
Incarnation's Dream [*][Demo Version]
Retribution [*][Instrumental][Demo Version]
Brains [*][Instrumental][Demo Version]
Enthralled in Essence [*][Demo Version]
Mother Man [*][Demo Version]
And the Psychic Saw [*][Demo Version]

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Customer Reviews:

The Best metal band.......2007-02-06

Atheist is the most amazing metal band. You will never forget their songs after you listen to them.

Brilliant Fusion Metal.......2006-10-30

Atheist were a band like none other. With talent shining through their music, they really made an impact on metal. However, the band's discography has been out of print for quite some time after the band disbanded. But with the help of the legendary Relapse records, we can now witness the talent and brilliance of Atheist again, with extras thrown in!

What you get on this album is the original 8 tracks, which show the band's uniqueness and how they can perfectly fit in technical metal and jazz together. This has been tagged as death metal by fans, but if it is to be compared to any death metal bands, I would say the technical ones like Death and Cynic, and not bands like Cannibal Corpse and Deicide. Still, Atheist is unique in every matter.

Don't miss out on this if you enjoy technical death metal. Even if you're not that much into brutality, you will enjoy it and witness the talent that flows through this band.

CLose minded S***heads need no apply.......2006-10-18

Yeah, back off if you are looking for the usual death metal sounds you hear. It's Jazz metal, so see some melody as well. DOn't be fooled by the genre name, there's np jazz sessions. It's catchy as F*** death metal. People actually call death metal worthless, yet they listen to Lil Jon. IF people would actually open their mind and stop thinking all music has to be on the dance floor, then they would actually listen to good music.

If you want to know what kind of music these guys are, they are basically fast technical metal, but with some passages and the music is cathcy. These guys are amazing, technical, but sounds like music. Yes, there are plenty of guitar solos, and drums. Kelly Shafer's vocals might turn you off though, but death grunts don't work with Atheist.

However, you can defitly bang your head to t his. Good luck finding it (their albums are difficult to find. Get this, and check out Elements and Piece of Time.

Classic death metal.......2006-09-02

This is an incredible album, way ahead of its time (like 10 years). Is good to see how this kind of music created by Atheist in this album have influenced a lot of bands nowdays and is a pilar in the tech metal sub genre. According to Kelly Shaeffer, during their tours around US in the early 90' many times they just recieved boo's, and get aways and all that kind of things. Right now they releases remasters and all kind of stuff.

Every song is here is great and different, and there is no point of reference for this stuff (maybe cynic, but they are not that alike). I think the best description for the music is death fusion. If you like a leading bass, fast complex drumming, great death metal riffing and crazy song structures, and you are open minded, you would like this record. It is an absolutly must for tech death fans and for late period Death fans. Highly recommended.

A staple in tech death.......2006-08-07

This CD is so great. I can't say how awesome it is because Sinvely did it already. These guys may not have as good guitarplaying as Death, but they come pretty damn close. They even it out by having a better bassist. Who would of thought: a death metal band with a bassist who is hearable all throughout? Even though I find Death to be better, these guys are number 2 in tech death. Here's hoping it keeps the 5 star average.

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