Death – ‘The Sound of Perseverance’ CD

‘The Sound of Perseverance’ 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 the acoustic guitar-driven ‘Voice of the Soul’ was actually written during the ‘Symbolic’ sessions. Death has produced only two instrumentals (the other being the more electric guitar-driven ‘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.