Piece of Time

Artist: Atheist
Label: Relapse
Category: Music

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

UPC: 781676667321
EAN: 0781676667321
ASIN: B000AL8VNW

Release Date: 2005-09-13

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Tracks:

Piece Of Time
Unholy War
Room With A View
On They Slay
Beyond
I Deny
Why Bother?
Life
No Truth
No Truth
On They Slay
Choose Your Death
Brain Damage
Beyond
Hell Hath No Mercy
On They Slay
Brain Damage
Undefiled Wisdom

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Customer Reviews:

Death jazz?.......2006-09-21

Atheist is surely one-of-a-kind in the metal world, as they're the pioneers of tech-death and the first (and possibly only) metal band to incorporate jazz into the formula. Kelly Shaefer is a great singer/songwriter and guitarist, his riffs and solos are amazing, but Rand Burkey is better. Steve Flynn is one tight drummer, his beats are very complex yet fast. Then there's Roger Patterson (RIP), his basslines are some of the best I've ever heard and they're completely audible. He was the strongpoint of Atheist until he unfotunately died in a bus accident in 1990.

I love all the songs on here, including the demos, but my favorites are "Piece of Time," "Unholy War," "Room With a View," "On the Slay," "I Deny," and "No Truth."

If you're a fan of Cryptopsy, Suffocation, Necrophagist, Death, Gorguts, Spiral Architect, and Cynic; you'll love this.

If you're a fan of Korn, Slipknot, Kittie, and Atreyu; stear clear of this!!

Piece of HISTORY.......2005-11-05

Exciting to see the re-issue of the ATHEIST legacy. This CD is possibly the foundation of technical death metal, and one of Suffocation's influences.This is the classic debut album. Easily earning the 5 star rating it receives. Technical to the max. When this CD was recorded the band wanted the perfection and technical executions of RUSH, the aggression of Slayer, and the diverse musical arrangements of Mercyful Fate. They wanted to make "thinking man's metal." They succeeded. Pick up this legendary piece of metal history, it is well worth your time and money.

Quality Debut.......2005-09-23

Atheist are a semi-legendary band, but most of their reputation is built on the `Unquestionable Presence' album. As good as that album is, there's more to their discography, and none of it deserves the short shrift. `Piece of Time' is their debut album, and easily the weakest of the 3 Atheist releases, but it's a very solid release, which nicely sets up things to come, even if it really doesn't completely hint at how out there they would become.

Atheist are, of course, famous for being progressive death and jazz-metal pioneers. Unlike their later albums, `Piece of Time' is, at it's heart, pretty much just a death metal album. Sure, it's got progressive and jazz tendencies, but it doesn't really transcend the genre the way that their later work tended to. This isn't an insult, nor a compliment, just an observation. And, though it's pretty straightforward for Atheist, it's still pretty damn innovative for Death Metal, particularly considering that this album 1988, when DM was still far from completely developed.

There are no truly weak tracks on `Piece of Time', though, as is often the case with DM, some of the tracks just really fail to stand out all that much. It opens with the title tracks, which nicely displays the Atheist sound, with jagged, jazzy licks along side of straight ahead trem riffs over top of Flynn's frenetic drumming and the complex, innovative basswork of Roger Patterson. (The bass is nowhere near as prominent here as it would become in Atheist's later work, but again, it's much more significant than it would typically be on a metal album.) `Room with a View' is probably the best track, with a bit more melody coming through in the riffs than on most of the tracks here, and nice, memorable vox. `On They Slay' is one of their older, more primitive tracks, but it's got a nice driving death-thrash vibe and plenty of powerful riffs. `I Deny' is perhaps the most dynamic track here, shifting tone and tempo frequently and seamlessly. Very good. (Finally, though the song itself isn't one of the best ones here, `Why Bother' contains great appeal to me due to it's strident anti-voting message.)

The bonus tracks are just a bunch of crappy demos. I've never been interested in this sorta thing before, and this albums doesn't change this. Anyway, this is definitely a solid buy. It's an important piece of death metal history, and a fine opening for a great band.

This band was just as good as Death, if not better........2005-09-20

I'm sick of hearing this band constantly being compared to Death, sure they both have that early death metal sound to them, but they are nothing alike. This is one of the best debut's I have ever heard. I was soo glad to hear that it was being re-issued with several demo songs too. If your trying to learn your death metal roots; bands like Atheist, Death, Possessed are what you are looking for.

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