![]() ![]() The groove, raw power and riffs… I mean, Dime’s riffs are ALL genius, but coupled with Phil’s sandblasting intensity just makes them one of the all-time greats. After buying Vulgar Display of Power, I went back and discovered Cowboys From Hell and obsessed over both of those records until getting my hands on Far Beyond Driven. I saw “Walk” for the first time on Headbangers Ball, and was instantly a fan. I’ll always consider Gene a beacon of inspiration, specifically because of the way he fuses different styles and puts his own stamp on the music, unconstrained by genre conventions.ĭAN: One of the top five bands of all time for me. While all their drummers have monster chops, it was “The Atomic Clock” himself Gene “The Machine” Hoglan who really blew me away with his idiosyncratic style and jazzy patterns fused with, of course, monstrous power, speed and precision. It definitely must have affected my brain listening to this album while I slept. ![]() People definitely thought that was strange, but I found the structure of the music fascinating and my brain just reveled in the constant flow of changes and new ideas. There was a good stretch back in ‘96 or ‘97 where I would just spin this album on loop at night when falling asleep. The fusion of power and musical creativity, combined of course with Chuck’s prescient lyrics, was something to behold then and perhaps even more so today. ![]() ALEX G: My introduction to Death was Symbolic, which to this day remains my favorite straight technical death metal album of all time. ![]()
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