Genre: Technical death metal, progressive death metal
Released: 1991
Position in discography: fourth album
By far my favorite aspect of this album is the way it begins with the fantastic double bass drumming on "Flattening of Emotions" and the high-speed chugging of the guitars. One of the best album openers ever in my book. As for the rest of the album, it is very tight on most tracks. Good balance of riffs and melody, although some of the melodic sections of a few tracks simply go nowhere. Schuldiner's emphatic shouting style of singing is also ****ing awesome. I wish every metal vocalist sounded like him.