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'''''The Sound of Perseverance''''' is the seventh and final album by American death metal band [[Death (band)|Death]]. The album was released on September 15, 1998 through [[Nuclear Blast]].
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| Name        = The Sound of Perseverance
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| Type        = studio
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| Artist      = [[Death]]
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| Cover      = 290004.jpg
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| Released    = August 31, 1998
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| Recorded    = Morrisound Studios, Tampa, Florida
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| Genre      = [[Progressive death metal]]
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| Length      = 56:17
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| Label      = [[Nuclear Blast]], [[Relapse Records|Relapse]]
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| Producer    = Jim Morris, [[Chuck Schuldiner]]
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| Last album  = ''[[Symbolic]]''<br>(1995)
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| This album  = '''''The Sound of Perseverance'''''<br>(1998)
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| Next album = ''[[Live in L.A. (Death & Raw)]]''<br>(2001)
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| Misc        = {{Extra album cover
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  | Upper caption  = Alternative cover
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  | Type          = album
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  | Cover          = TheSoundofPerseverance2011.jpg
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  | Lower caption  = 2011 Relapse Records reissue cover
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  }}
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The album, in particular, employs a style more akin to progressive metal than the earliest Death releases, although since ''[[Human (Death album)|Human]]'' and the albums following it, the band had been developing more toward this style. The average song length on this album is around six minutes. Also, it was a breakthrough album for drummer and later radio star [[Richard Christy]], a fan favorite, in the tradition of previous drummers like [[Gene Hoglan]] and [[Sean Reinert]].
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'''''The Sound of Perseverance''''' is the seventh and final studio album by American [[death metal]] band [[Death]], released on September 15, 1998 by [[Nuclear Blast]].<ref name=Allmusic/> This is the only album to feature guitarist [[Shannon Hamm]], bassist [[Scott Clendenin]] and drummer [[Richard Christy]].
  
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== Overview ==
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The album, in particular, employs a style more akin to [[progressive metal]] than the earliest Death releases, although since ''[[Human]]'' and the albums following it, the band had been developing more toward this style. The average song length on this album is around six minutes. Also, it was a breakthrough album for drummer and later radio star [[Richard Christy]], in the tradition of previous drummers like [[Gene Hoglan]] and [[Sean Reinert]].
  
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It is rumored that some of the song names and music on ''The Sound of Perseverance'' were originally going to appear on the first [[Control Denied]] album. Schuldiner himself denied this in an interview with Metal Maniacs in 1998 by saying that none of his compositions for Control Denied had been used to fill space for a Death album. When Death was signed on to [[Nuclear Blast]], Schuldiner agreed to make one last Death album before moving forward with Control Denied.
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The album features "Voice of the Soul", an instrumental track that contrasts with almost every other work of the band in its inclusion of softer guitars and lack of percussion. In an interview done in March 1999, Chuck Schuldiner stated that Voice of the Soul was actually written during the ''[[Symbolic]]'' sessions.<ref>{{cite journal |date=March 1999 |title=Death |journal=Lamentations of the Flame Princess |url=http://www.emptywords.org/LotFP_2.htm}} Accessed December 7, 2010.</ref> Death has produced only two instrumentals (the other being the considerably heavier "Cosmic Sea" from ''Human''). The album also featured a cover of [[Judas Priest]]'s "[[Painkiller]]", which shows Schuldiner attempting a different, high-pitched style of [[death growl]] more reminiscent of [[Rob Halford]]'s original vocals and also singing for the first time with a clean voice through the end of the song. All the solos in the song are rewritten.
  
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"Spirit Crusher" was the single from this album. It featured a music video that was shot live.
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Some of the song names and music on ''The Sound of Perseverance'' were originally going to appear on the first [[Control Denied]] album, ''[[The Fragile Art of Existence]]''. Schuldiner himself denied this in an interview with Metal Maniacs in 1998 by saying that none of his compositions for Control Denied had been used to fill space for a Death album.<ref>{{cite journal |date=November 1998 |title=Reincarnation |journal=Metal Maniacs|url=http://www.emptywords.org/MetalManiacs11-1998.htm}} Accessed February 4, 2012.</ref> Schuldiner implied that some Control Denied songs were used for The Sound of Perseverance in an interview with Scream Magazine in October 1999, when he stated that ''The Fragile Art of Existence'' "contains a lot of music I didn't have in mind originally. Most of the material was completed in 1996-97." <ref>{{cite journal |date=October 1999 |title=Control Denied|journal=Scream Magazine|url=http://www.emptywords.org/ScreamMagazine10-1999.htm}} Accessed March 5, 2012.</ref> Also, Tim Aymar, in December 2010, confirmed that a few of the Control Denied songs had been, in his words, "'Deathized' and recorded on TSOP."<ref>[http://www.emptywords.org/EmptyWords12-2010.htm ''Tim Aymar Speaks Out''], Empty Words, accessed December 7, 2010.</ref> When Death was signed on to [[Nuclear Blast]], Schuldiner agreed to make one last Death album before moving forward with Control Denied.
  
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==Track listing==
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"Spirit Crusher" was the single from this album. It featured a music video that was taken from their ''[[Live in Eindhoven]]'' performance.
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*All Songs Written By Chuck Schuldiner, except where noted.
 
  
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# "Scavenger of Human Sorrow" – 6:54
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==Deluxe Editions==
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# "Bite the Pain" – 4:29
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[[Nuclear Blast]] released a deluxe edition in December 2005. It contains the original album as well as the DVD ''[[Live in Cottbus '98]]'' and press pictures. It was also released as a DualDisc.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bravewords.com/news/36606 |title=News > DEATH - Release Date Changed For The Sound of Perseverance Deluxe Edition |publisher=Bravewords.com |date= |accessdate=October 13, 2011}}</ref>
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# "Spirit Crusher" – 6:44
 
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# "Story to Tell" – 6:34
 
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# "Flesh and the Power It Holds" – 8:25
 
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# "Voice of the Soul" – 3:42 (Instrumental)
 
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# "To Forgive Is to Suffer" – 5:55
 
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# "A Moment of Clarity" – 7:22 
 
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# "Painkiller" ([[Judas Priest]] cover; Downing, Halford, Tipton) – 6:03
 
  
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==Deluxe edition==
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[[Relapse Records]] released a second deluxe edition on February 15, 2011. The album was remastered and reissued in deluxe 2-CD and 3-CD formats, with the additional CDs containing unreleased demo material and a revised cover by original cover artist Travis Smith.<ref>[http://www.emptywords.org/NEWS.htm ''Empty Words News Page''], Empty Words, accessed December 14, 2010.</ref>
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A deluxe edition was released in 2005 by Nuclear Blast GmbH. It contains the original album as well as a bonus DVD, ''Live at Cottbus 1998'' and was also released as a DualDisc.
 
  
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== Personnel ==
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== Reception ==
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* [[Chuck Schuldiner]] – lead, rhythm & acoustic guitars, all vocals
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{{Album ratings
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* [[Shannon Hamm]] – lead & rhythm guitar
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| rev1 = About.com
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* [[Scott Clendenin]] – bass guitar
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| rev1Score = {{rating|5|5}}<ref name="about">{{cite web|url=http://heavymetal.about.com/od/death/fr/Death-The-Sound-Of-Perseverance-Review.htm|title=Death - 'The Sound Of Perseverance'|publisher=About.com|first=Dave|last=Schalek}}</ref>
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* [[Richard Christy]] – drums, percussion
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| rev2 = Allmusic
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| rev2Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name=Allmusic>{{cite web|last=Hundey |first=Jason |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/r376315 |title=The Sound of Perseverance - Death |publisher=Allmusic |date= }}</ref>
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| rev3 = Sputnikmusic
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| rev3Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name=Sputnikmusic>{{cite web|last=Schroer |first=Brendan |url=http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/36182/Death-The-Sound-of-Perseverance/ |title=Death - The Sound of Perseverance |publisher=Sputnikmusic}}</ref>
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| rev4 = Chronicles of Chaos
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| rev4Score = {{Rating|9|10}}<ref name=CoC>{{cite web|url=http://www.chroniclesofchaos.com/reviews/albums/2-909_death_the_sound_of_perseverance.aspx |title=CoC : Death - The Sound of Perseverance : Review |publisher=Chroniclesofchaos.com |date= }}</ref>
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| rev5 = ''Metal Forces''
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| rev5score = 10/10<ref name="metal forces">{{cite web|url=http://www.metalforcesmagazine.com/site/album-review-death-the-sound-of-perseverance-2011-reissue/|title=Death - The Sound Of Perseverance (Reissue)|work=Metal Forces|first=Neil|last=Arnold}}</ref>
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}}
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''The Sound of Perseverance'' has received critical acclaim and is considered by fans and critics alike as one of Death’s greatest albums.<ref>http://www.sputnikmusic.com/bands/Death/657/</ref> Jason Hundey of Allmusic gave the album a 4.5 star review and described it as “a truly glorious metal release, certainly Death's finest hour, and easily one of the top metal albums of all time.” Chronicles Of Chaos reviewer Paul Schwarz said the album “excels in all the right places. Great thrashings, technical solos, memorable choruses and clear vocals are the order of the day.” He gave it 9/10 stars. About.com reviewed the 2011 reissue of the album and rated it 5 stars.
  
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==Production==
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==Track Listing==
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*Produced By Chuck Schuldiner & Jim Morris
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*Engineered, Mixed & Mastered By Jim Morris
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| all_writing = [[Chuck Schuldiner]], except where noted
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| title4 = Story to Tell
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| title8 = A Moment of Clarity
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| title9 = [[Painkiller]]
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| note9 = [[Judas Priest]] cover
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| title8 = Bite the Pain
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| length8 = 4:31
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| title9 = Story to Tell
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| title10 = A Moment of Clarity
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==Credits==
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;Band members
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* [[Chuck Schuldiner]] - Guitars, Vocals
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* [[Shannon Hamm]] - Guitars, Vocals (on CD 3, track 8)
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* [[Scott Clendenin]] - Bass
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* [[Richard Christy]] - Drums
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;Additional Musicians
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* [[Steve DiGiorgio]] - Bass (on CD 2, tracks 4-7, 9-10)
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* Paul Payne - Vocals (on CD 3, tracks 4 & 5)
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;Production
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* Jim Morris - Engineering, Mastering, Mixing, Producer
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* Alex McKnight - Band photography
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* Chuck Schuldiner - Producer, Lyrics
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* Maria Abril - Art direction, Design
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* Gabe Mera - Art direction, Design
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* Travis Smith - Cover art
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;2011 reissue production
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* Shannon Hamm - Liner notes
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* Drew Juergens - Reissue coordination
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* Alan Douches - Remastering
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* Jacob Speis - Layout
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== References ==
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{{reflist}}
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{{Death}}
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[[Category:1998 albums]]

Revision as of 05:42, 28 September 2015

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The Sound of Perseverance
Studio album by Death
Released August 31, 1998
Recorded Morrisound Studios, Tampa, Florida
Genre Progressive death metal
Length 56:17
Label Nuclear Blast, Relapse
Producer Jim Morris, Chuck Schuldiner
Death album chronology
Symbolic
(1995) 		The Sound of Perseverance
(1998) 		Live in L.A. (Death & Raw)
(2001)
Alternative cover
2011 Relapse Records reissue cover

The Sound of Perseverance is the seventh and final studio album by American death metal band Death, released on September 15, 1998 by Nuclear Blast.[1] This is the only album to feature guitarist Shannon Hamm, bassist Scott Clendenin and drummer Richard Christy.

Overview

The album, in particular, employs a style more akin to progressive metal than the earliest Death releases, although since Human and the albums following it, the band had been developing more toward this style. The average song length on this album is around six minutes. Also, it was a breakthrough album for drummer and later radio star Richard Christy, in the tradition of previous drummers like Gene Hoglan and Sean Reinert.

The album features "Voice of the Soul", an instrumental track that contrasts with almost every other work of the band in its inclusion of softer guitars and lack of percussion. In an interview done in March 1999, Chuck Schuldiner stated that Voice of the Soul was actually written during the Symbolic sessions.[2] Death has produced only two instrumentals (the other being the considerably heavier "Cosmic Sea" from Human). The album also featured a cover of Judas Priest's "Painkiller", which shows Schuldiner attempting a different, high-pitched style of death growl more reminiscent of Rob Halford's original vocals and also singing for the first time with a clean voice through the end of the song. All the solos in the song are rewritten.

Some of the song names and music on The Sound of Perseverance were originally going to appear on the first Control Denied album, The Fragile Art of Existence. Schuldiner himself denied this in an interview with Metal Maniacs in 1998 by saying that none of his compositions for Control Denied had been used to fill space for a Death album.[3] Schuldiner implied that some Control Denied songs were used for The Sound of Perseverance in an interview with Scream Magazine in October 1999, when he stated that The Fragile Art of Existence "contains a lot of music I didn't have in mind originally. Most of the material was completed in 1996-97." [4] Also, Tim Aymar, in December 2010, confirmed that a few of the Control Denied songs had been, in his words, "'Deathized' and recorded on TSOP."[5] When Death was signed on to Nuclear Blast, Schuldiner agreed to make one last Death album before moving forward with Control Denied.

"Spirit Crusher" was the single from this album. It featured a music video that was taken from their Live in Eindhoven performance.

Deluxe Editions

Nuclear Blast released a deluxe edition in December 2005. It contains the original album as well as the DVD Live in Cottbus '98 and press pictures. It was also released as a DualDisc.[6]

Relapse Records released a second deluxe edition on February 15, 2011. The album was remastered and reissued in deluxe 2-CD and 3-CD formats, with the additional CDs containing unreleased demo material and a revised cover by original cover artist Travis Smith.[7]

Reception

 Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
About.com 5/5 stars[8]
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars[1]
Sputnikmusic 4.5/5 stars[9]
Chronicles of Chaos 9/10 stars[10]
Metal Forces 10/10[11]

The Sound of Perseverance has received critical acclaim and is considered by fans and critics alike as one of Death’s greatest albums.[12] Jason Hundey of Allmusic gave the album a 4.5 star review and described it as “a truly glorious metal release, certainly Death's finest hour, and easily one of the top metal albums of all time.” Chronicles Of Chaos reviewer Paul Schwarz said the album “excels in all the right places. Great thrashings, technical solos, memorable choruses and clear vocals are the order of the day.” He gave it 9/10 stars. About.com reviewed the 2011 reissue of the album and rated it 5 stars.

Track Listing

All songs written and composed by Chuck Schuldiner, except where noted. 
No. Title Length
1. "Scavenger of Human Sorrow"   6:56
2. "Bite the Pain"   4:29
3. "Spirit Crusher"   6:47
4. "Story to Tell"   6:34
5. "Flesh and the Power It Holds"   8:26
6. "Voice of the Soul" (instrumental) 3:43
7. "To Forgive Is to Suffer"   5:55
8. "A Moment of Clarity"   7:25
9. "Painkiller" (Judas Priest cover) 6:02
Total length:
 56:17

Credits

Band members
Additional Musicians
  • Steve DiGiorgio - Bass (on CD 2, tracks 4-7, 9-10)
  • Paul Payne - Vocals (on CD 3, tracks 4 & 5)
Production
  • Jim Morris - Engineering, Mastering, Mixing, Producer
  • Alex McKnight - Band photography
  • Chuck Schuldiner - Producer, Lyrics
  • Maria Abril - Art direction, Design
  • Gabe Mera - Art direction, Design
  • Travis Smith - Cover art
2011 reissue production
  • Shannon Hamm - Liner notes
  • Drew Juergens - Reissue coordination
  • Alan Douches - Remastering
  • Jacob Speis - Layout

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hundey, Jason. The Sound of Perseverance - Death. Allmusic.
  2. ↑ Template:Cite journal Accessed December 7, 2010.
  3. ↑ Template:Cite journal Accessed February 4, 2012.
  4. ↑ Template:Cite journal Accessed March 5, 2012.
  5. ↑ Tim Aymar Speaks Out, Empty Words, accessed December 7, 2010.
  6. ↑ News > DEATH - Release Date Changed For The Sound of Perseverance Deluxe Edition. Bravewords.com. Retrieved on October 13, 2011.
  7. ↑ Empty Words News Page, Empty Words, accessed December 14, 2010.
  8. ↑ Schalek, Dave. Death - 'The Sound Of Perseverance'. About.com.
  9. ↑ Schroer, Brendan. Death - The Sound of Perseverance. Sputnikmusic.
  10. ↑ CoC : Death - The Sound of Perseverance : Review. Chroniclesofchaos.com.
  11. ↑ Arnold, Neil. Death - The Sound Of Perseverance (Reissue). Metal Forces.
  12. ↑ http://www.sputnikmusic.com/bands/Death/657/


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