Death - Crystal Mountain

[@Spymagicianzero]

So happy I met Chuck before he died. During the "Spiritual Healing" tour, I met him, shook his hand, told him how fucking awesome he was. Got his signature on my "Spiritual Healing" CD. He was an incredibly humble, friendly, nice guy. Thanks, Chuck.

[@majapashit666]

Bro i hope u still keep the cd

[@AgainstTheMachine-s5i]

I meet him after he died..😂

[@bigboi1124]

Damn, Great encounter! Dime bag got me into Metal/playing Guitar .. I never got to see/meet him tho.. Chuck is Just as big of an influence!!! R.I.P Gone to soon!

[@gizmomizgo]

what a lucky guy, man!!!!

[@deimos2k6]

you damn lucky!!! I miss him so much....

[@draga_]

i know most people wouldn't describe music like metal beautiful, but goddamn this whole album is just BEAUTIFUL.

[@johnlee7479]

What a beautiful comment

[@nathanwilson3081]

Plus Richard cristy on drums is the funniest dude on the planet. Look up his prank calls, thank me later

[@AmeTenshi2]

most people don't even know how metal sounds

[@notsocrates9529]

"Voice of the Soul" from their last album (Sound of Perseverance) was poetry made by a guitar.

[@samuelegalli4844]

In every way u listen to....

[@henrikarnold470]

Unironically think this is one of the greatest songs written in the past century. Its just, perfect

[@innovamx1]

One of the best metal records ever made

[@Powerslide0]

Yeah Symbolic was pretty dank

[@NoctumusTV]

Absolutely! One of those albums that's still absolutely awesome 20 years after it was released!

[@R3tr0v1ru5]

Changolion I think most critics agree that ITP, Symbolic and TSOP are three of the best metal/extreme metal albums ever made.

[@Roguskyy]

+Changolion THE best metal record although Human isn't far behind

[@frayedendsofsanity1733]

Along with Left Hand Path by Entombed.

[@andrewd7316]

Always avoided death metal, thought it was too extreme so I stuck to thrash. Never knew what I was missing!

[@haroldedinjiklian6267]

Alex x bg death metal has way more talent then thrash has 😂😂😂 90% of death metal is great, if not greater, thrash is a gateway genre to most long time metalheads anyways 😂😂

[@headcrusher13]

@@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa4956 true

[@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa4956]

I no longer agree with my opinion

[@headcrusher13]

@@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa4956 haha

[@yungbushwookie6832]

Death is basically prog-thrash with rougher vocals.

[@snap9589]

Best part 00:00 to 05:10

[@SlipMCR]

bro nice pic lol

[@SlipMCR]

my profile pic or whatever is the same pic. it's not showing up for me tho?

[@IanAberbach]

is ur name in reference to Slipknot and MCR, not judging cuz i started there too

[@SlipMCR]

+Ian Aberbach lol when I made this profile I was pretty into mcr and slipknot. not ashamed to say I still listen to mcr rarely lpl

[@IanAberbach]

ik dude i occasionally peep it, the fans r gross but the guys made great music nothing as good as death obviously

[@kyledowning6775]

Chuck's lyrics are some of the most well thought out in my opinion. Hypocrisy, deceit, philosophy, and much more.

[@sergiov95]

LYRICS: Built from blind faith Passed down from self-induced fantasy Turn a page to justify Conjuring power - it opens wide On your seventh day, is that how it's done? Twisting your eyes to perceive all that you want To assume from ignorance Inflicting wounds with your cross-turned dagger [Chorus:] Inside crystal mountain Evil takes its form Inside crystal mountain Commandments are reborn All the traps are set to confine All who get in the way of the divine In sight and in mind of the hypocrite A slave to the curse forever confined Shatter the myth Don't cut yourself On your words against dreams made of steel Stronger than any faith That inflicts pain and fear, is that how it's done? Twisting your eyes to perceive all that you want To assume from ignorance Inflicting wounds with your cross-turned dagger

[@ResubidorSerial]

A slave to the curse, forever confined!!

[@brianmcalpine3948]

Will there ever be a band as incredible as the death line up on symbolic...the most iconic lyrical content, drum playing, riff writing, solo playing, bass lines (aside from indvidual thought patterns) in the history of any music ive heard. death was truly a gift to the human race. ive been listening everyday and can play most of their songs and i still get chills EVERYTIME

[@andyobrien4304]

Yes you are spot on , Easily the Best Death/Thrash Band Of All time .

[@terribleitch9526]

Absolutely

[@Jordan.I9]

Check out Magma ;)

[@ryansanthu]

This is the golden era of Death my friend, similar to the Rust In Peace Lineup of Megadeth. They were untouchable and ascended into LEGENDARY TIER!!! Sometimes you just come together and create something EPIC that can never be matched by anything that comes after hence why Chuck ended this Album with Perennial Quest an unquenchable thirst for perfection!!

[@bryanc1975]

Man, Chuck was incredible. The first concert I ever went to was Death, maybe 25 years ago, along with a band called Devastation. It was right after Spiritual Healing came out, I was about 15 at the time. We managed to go because my older friend has gotten his driver's license and we drove up to West Palm Beach. I shook Chuck's hand after the show. Can't really say I "met" him, I was just standing in a group of people he greeted and shook hands with. The Spiritual Healing album was life changing for me at the time, as I was just learning the guitar then. I really should go back and listen to Death (and other music that inspired me early on) more often. Everything I've read about him since then proves what I thought at the time, that he was a super cool guy. I wish he was still around.

[@11warlen]

Do you remember when Things seemed so eternal? But the legacy of Chuck remains strong.

[@andrewd7316]

Isn't that lyric from symbolic though?

[@RavensOfMyFuneral]

what an awesome band, its not just mindless blasting, there is a clear message in all chucks songs

[@losfyl3572]

💯

[@sc687]

Love this cd. Chuck will be forever immortalized thru his amazing music. That will never die along with his memory. R.I.P.

[@andyp4462]

+Scott Clements Still sounds as current today to me as when I first heard it 20 years ago.

[@brokeneck]

this is one of my new favorite metal songs. Can't belive how into metal i was as kid and didn't listen to Death

[@Groovyskull-un8bn]

Same here. And Death is also for me one of those metal bands I feel that I discovered way too late in my life!

[@danzemacabre8899]

Right there with you, I loved the big 4 , Testament, Exodus, and Maiden, and for some reason just kinda blew off Death, probably vocals turned me away at the time. Now though, I love it, a total pleasure to get caught up with this legendary band and now definitely one of my favorite.

[@NokturnalMTG]

had a friend show me this song over 15 years ago.. a year later I learned it on drums and guitar, jammed with a band. became a metal head ever since.. thanks Kevin wherever you are

[@joshhouston3443]

This and Individual Thought Patterns are my favorite albums. Gene Hoglan is a monster

[@vengeancymine87]

Best album with The sound of Perseverance

[@SystemOfATool]

Perseverance is better

[@hazzary_1060]

Spiritual Healing and Leprosy...

[@Andre-ng9dj]

bloody gore and leprosy

[@MattWeismiller1994]

Human and Individual Thoughts Patterns dude. Beginning from Human onward, every album was a metal masterpiece. Chuck was absolutely a poet, philosopher and a beautiful human being. December 13th is always a sad day for me.

[@arvindshastry1178]

Every Death Album is great I cannot choose which is better.

[@horror4ever1997]

I love Death with all my metal-heart! They must be one of the best bands that have ever existed! Schuldiner was really one of the best musicians of our time... I can't explain how sad i am to know that we lost such a great songwriter, performer and human being at such a young age. I would have loved to see him playing live... to bad that i was born way to late for that. Life goes on, and their music will be with me until i die! peace out!

[@FlaviOo1993]

I'm new in metal and for a few years i've been listening to new bands and death is just amazing... Now i understand why metalheads say the run in a league of their own... I love arch enemy but this is a masterpiece... Dunno how no one told me about metal when i was a kid... Feels like my childhood was wasted

[@pavelmalik7416]

Flavio Marques well by now you are probably not new to metal, but thats great \m/

[@Moneyman-33]

Listen to Vektor. The best metal band of our decade by far

[@thcalicia]

Metal is one of many genres in which is heavily overlooked by many.

[@neonspec]

Fav track on the album. Absolutely phenomenal.

[@ramsesbruyperez8499]

is there any bad piece coming from Chuck?? all he played became gold!!

[@benkohler4360]

the kind midas of music, my dude

[@yig_501]

Yup but symbolic and sounds of perservence are 2 of the greatest albums ever of all time

[@olli.tiainen]

painkiller cover :D

[@Userius1]

@@olli.tiainen not bad, just unnecessary

[@DKSmusic86]

I was always impressed by how well the clean guitars flirted with the distortion through the whole song and how creative the drum patterns they used are. a genius work.

[@dangollapalli5113]

Damnn Chuck really put forth a lot of love in this song

[@louiscsanko3673]

Chuck [ Death Metal Prophet ] 🤘🤘

[@RaytheGrayt]

This album no lie, gave my life purpose and light again. rip Chuck your music and legacy is "stronger than anything."

[@augustaresta2468]

Assolutamente immenso,sicuramente uno dei dischi fondamentali del death metal.

[@chrishealing405]

There will never be anyone close to Death. One of a kind; the voice, the lyrics, the music! You kick ass Chuck!!

[@not_relevant1353]

I think this is one of, if not the first, death metal songs I've heard, and the first I've heard by Death, one of the greatest bands ever! R.I.P Chuck Shuldiner

[@not_relevant1353]

***** This is the first song I've heard, but I've listened to their albums Leprosy, Spiritual Healing, Human, and The Sound of Perseverance.

[@pandaath]

ugh, listen to "Heart-Shaped Box" it's a much better death metal song.

[@not_relevant1353]

TheSmashingTesticles As in, like, death causing? Yeah, Nirvana will do that to some people.

[@pandaath]

***** "tourette's", "Very Ape", "Negative Creep", and "Territorial Pissings" were definitely grindcore. But majority of Nirvana songs were death metal.

[@TheIntenseLime]

+TheSmashingTesticles Why do I keep finding you on random videos bashing Nirvana in the comment section lol?

[@soundstudio594]

I agree this is one of the best tech death metal albums ever made.

[@brianwade1245]

+Myth Plays Eh, those two terms are pretty much interchangeable.

[@IrateWizrd]

This predates tech death

[@MaestroStefanoPetrini]

necrophagist-epitaph and luciferion-the apostate

[@abel9689]

*one of best metal album all of Time*

[@kernoleary1394]

@@brianwade1245 not really, no.

[@Zerothehero-tq1jg]

Death is like the Pink Floyd of Death metal

[@kernoleary1394]

true that

[@9klasK]

death is such a sick band. I wish I had been born early enough to exprience them live!

[@9662009]

RIP Chuck... We miss you here!

[@darkfieldsofme]

rip chuck ALWAYS LOVE BROTHER

[@abigaillkruss8823]

Una vez que oyes esos riffs se apoderan de todo tu ser. No hay manera de sacarlos de tu mente! ☠️

[@philsteinberg3453]

lol Im 37 now and still will come back to Death,what an amazing band RIP chuck,you will always be a god,fucking amazing music,every album.Metal salutes Death no question.

[@philsteinberg3453]

left to die Couldn't agree more...they will always be awesome!Keep on rocking :)

[@MedTechMetal]

I'm 40 and I keep coming back to them. I appreciate their music much more now than i did when I was younger

[@souljubilant12]

Is it ok to have tears swell up with such baddassery god I love death!!!

[@whereisvanuatu]

Yes, it is.

[@Polygrinder]

0:20 I really love this part. Sounds very chill, it's like psychodelic rock but faster

[@nikatax]

The whole band is just perfect

[@crazyweather8207]

I'm floored..Chuck's words...I feel...RIP dear Chuck

[@mathiaspodlovics6306]

The sound of perfection

[@lorainerocks2010]

This song is so amazing lyrically, vocally, musically and atmospherically METAL AT ITS BEST … R.I.P. Chuck Shuldiner 🤘🤘

[@josezambrano8754]

Se pasaron componiendo esta cancion, mis oidos disfrutaron cada uno de sus sonidos

[@countlothar]

This is my favorite Death song it just sounds Majestic in the way its written like it came from some secret scroll just has always moved me.

[@galileogalilei6936]

Death just never fails to make my day better

[@Pwnzarelli]

I love many Death's songs, but this one has been my preferred for several years back when it got released.

[@waltuh11121]

Ahhhh that outro... We miss you Chuck

[@tommyXBOX360]

Having such talent for music that transcends the vast VAST majority of musicians and contribution that much to music that you basicly lay most of the foundation for a whole new main genre in metal... damn im my eyes Chuck is immortal.

[@Nekrist218]

It's interesting how people I know that doesn't listen to any kind of Metal or even Rock enjoyed the breakdown coming at 1:34 refering to it as “damn good”.

[@lcmoto]

diretto,geniale,evocativo,spettacolare!!!

[@xcicciobox932]

Assolutamente si

[@alessiovitiello3329]

Chuck ci manca ❤

[@hughmann8871]

Absolute masterpiece!

[@Mahmud.Boirabai]

ОУ ЩИТ, СТАРЫЙ ДОБРЫЙ DEATH, ЧАК ПРОСТО ВЕРТУОЗ

[@artcellrox]

Technically, not even Chuck himself considered the band "death metal". In his own words: "I don’t think I should take the credits for this death metal stuff. I'm just a guy from a band, and I think Death is a metal band."

[@noitatoukkis]

3:07 "Stronger than anime"

[@kaspernielsen5290]

Toukkajumala i cant unhear it now :(

[@Rakkhun369]

Those heavily phased accenting riffs that slot themselves in between the rhythm guitar, so fucking satisfying to the ears.

[@sergioortega7890]

MASTERPIECE.

[@michalbukvai7548]

I wonder how metal world would look if Chuck was still here...

[@jamescohran9689]

This is some good shit. R.I.P. Chuck, We all miss you

[@blackfoil5992]

Such an insane drummer. Just incredible fast hands and feet.

[@lookwaticando909]

best song of all time probably , they didnt even try to

[@shockofhyperbole]

I love Chuck's voice on TSOP, it's like an angel screaming down from the heavens. That being said, Death predates Fear Factory by about four or five years and just barely edging out Dark Tranquility by a year (that is if you count the Septic Broiler demos).

[@ОлегЕремин-щ3ы]

Чак,спасибо тебе за наставление на путь истинный!!!

[@dahariah]

I love that song its absolutely awesome the solo is incredible

[@madhousemortuary]

chuck did not die. the reaper made a mistake and thought he died but chuck killed the reaper and stole his job. chuck IS death

[@ResubidorSerial]

Best band band ever.

[@honcho4581]

Greatest death metal song of all time u can’t tell me shit

[@LuXio36]

Holy shit I just can't believe that a band could reach so much awesomeness...

[@harisomic6019]

This song will always remain unbelievably great.

[@garyulyssesking]

Just added this to my "Metal Detector" collection.

[@SadisticAzagthoth]

after all these years i still love this band Death FOREVER!!!

[@VARVIS_]

GOAT

[@lookwaticando909]

i agreee

[@MrDonchopa]

Maestros del metal, definitivamente

[@Paiinkillerr]

I agree. It's my favorite Death album (Mind you I love every single one of them.) I'm wearing my Death shirt with this album art on it right now actually!

[@logeehowe]

This was been a monumental album for my teenage years. It's cool to know that I loved a song that is acknowledged as a masterpiece now. 😎

[@MrDonchopa]

Que clase!!! este album es de lo mejor que hay en el metal

[@hellfirenecrotrash]

Too good to be real.

[@maddoxhallums4869]

One of the best metal songs ever, period

[@junajussi7639]

2:54 CHEDDAR !!!

[@Absolutely_puck_fakestine]

omg lol

[@SebastianSierpe]

DEATH Vocalist & Guitarist & Songwriter CHARLES MICHAEL ´CHUCK´ SCHULDINER R.I.P. (ROCKING IN PEACE!!!)

[@twankleankle]

0:54 is nothing short of lifechanging the first time you hear that riff

[@odpro5587]

It's not a riff, is the chorus lead

[@twankleankle]

@@odpro5587 ooga Booga oh no people will still know what I mean and agree

[@flowerinthedawn1]

@@odpro5587 it is still a riff

[@petarniciforovic6543]

Real.

[@hydrasalesman9629]

As a first time death listener, the vocals are grating. The music itself is phenomenal, no question.

[@chloecanterbury8374]

Literally love every song by Death, these guys are Gods!!

[@TheMetallusMaximus]

@Maria90578 Agreed. That part is a total eargasm. With that being said, the entire song is an eargasm all on it's own. And for that matter, EVERY Death song from Symbolic, Spiritual Healing, Human, and Individual Thought Patterns are AMAZING.

[@MrSnuffian]

Dude, me too, and the bass on Flattening of emotions seeps through the guitar and it trips me out.

[@natelolz]

2:05 the best part of the song I swear

[@joaoc.m.5224]

É a melhor banda que já existiu!!!!!

[@ElPresidenteKhan]

I just keep coming back to these guys. Freaken awesome!!

[@mooninites3]

This is my first day listening to Death... any other songs as badass as this?

[@Leon-cd1iy]

So, did you listen to all their albums?

[@zedmainzencigot_giganekton]

Symbolic

[@Leon-cd1iy]

@@zedmainzencigot_giganekton it's been 11 years

[@mooninites3]

@@Leon-cd1iy Yes I did. Death fuckin rules.

[@ExNoctemNacimur]

@DShiflet01 Woah, they're actually really really really good. Thanks! I think you just converted me from punk to death metal :D

[@Bozeman458BDM]

Im only 14 and i LOVE Metal.im the guy that says! LIFE u dont have background music? I listen to it every time . I know many bands but i cant believe how EPIC DEATH IS ! 95'?! u kiddin me?! thats way better than songs out now.MY REGARDS TO THE BAND

[@yasinemre588]

Damn now you re 24

[@pupsalex]

Still relevant and alway's will be.R.I.P chuck.

[@biscuittownd65]

This is the best song to ever come of Orlando, Florida

[@cubensisflashback6838]

Paganini´s hand?

[@mArt1And00m3r11339]

This music is the stuff that everyone would get pumped up to listen to. Good music.

[@BradWelton]

Dude, Death was the pioneer of Death Metal, the creator, The Messiah of the genre.

[@KrimsonKloud]

First time hearing anything from this album, sounds amazing!

[@Tardis5005]

Actually, I think 'Season Of The Dead' by Necrophagia is the first proper death metal album, seeing as how it was released a few months prior to the release of 'Scream Bloody Gore'. 'Seven Churches' was more of a transitional album between the more extreme end of thrash metal and early death metal, in my opinion. However, it did give death metal its name, obviously.

[@MrPERPS]

jus what i needed thanks for posting >_

[@jaijaijaijauuh]

Listening this for a very long time! R.I.P. Chuck Schuldiner!

[@SanityTheorist5]

Earliest Dark Tranquillity stuff I listen to is Projector. Everything before that is a tad too raw for me and the vocals hadn't gotten nearly as decipherable until then. I do miss back when death metal had acoustic passages though, always found those cool.

[@TheKimkidong]

👁 👬 🙌

[@A.G.A.T.D]

INSIDE CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN

[@thisusernamenowtaken]

@mooninites3 I am *so* envious of you - long has it been since I was in the same situation. To answer your question: All of the 'Symbolic' album, then proceed both to 'The Sound of Perseverance' *and* chronologically backwards from 'Symbolic'. It gets less sophisticated the further back you go, but it's still all badass, IMHO.