ATHEIST — Unquestionable Presence (review)

ATHEIST — Unquestionable Presence album cover Album · 1991 · Technical Death Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
5/5 ·
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Genre: progressive death/thrash metal, or "jazz metal" if you wish

If you are a newcomer to thrash or death metal, then "Unquestionable Presence" is not an easy listen. If you're a newcomer to jazz fusion on top of that, then "Unquestionable Presence" is a difficult listen. If you do not appreciate those genres, then "Unquestionable Presence" will either make you scratch your head wondering what's going on or it will make you judge it as weird and non-music.

Yes, "Unquestionable Presence" can be a challenging listen, and that's exactly what makes it such a great record. There's food for thought here. There are plenty of twists and turns; one moment it sounds like jazz with distorted guitars and the next moment you have a thrash metal riff ripping your ears apart. "unquestionable Presence" is a truly unique album, and it cannot really be described through verbal communication - it has to be experienced.

The blend of meavy metal and the jazzy drive on this album which sometimes makes it sound like an evil "20th Century Schizoid Man".

I think that fans of prog rock and prog metal, and even jazz fusion, might like this album, and I also think that those who enjoy present-day progressive/technical death metal might like it, since it was one of the releases that started that entire genre.
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