Unquestionable Presence

by Atheist

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Camel Unquestionable Presence is imo the most well written OS extreme metal album, and is still one of the best to this day. While this isn't my favorite album, it's probably the best written of any I've ever listened to. I know people often pin Atheist as tech death, but I've always seen them more as tech thrash. This LP in particular has a ton of jazz influence and as such makes it quite unlike anything else I've ever listened to since. It is a masterpiece in the truest sense of the word. Favorite track: Enthralled in Essence.

Ben Dudai Well this is a true metal classic and one hell of an album. Complexity meets composition and uniqueness. Loved it back in the day and stoked to have it back in my collection now. Favorite track: Unquestionable Presence.

xhrl_ When jazz broke with blues to allow free-form in the context of a harmonic solo, the seeds were sown for a fusion of jazz & classical theory in atonal jazz. This same theoretical movement influenced the chromatic melodies in Atheist. Atheist twist speedy DM riffs into a series of motifs which are expressed as a series of themes with an overall melody. The outcome of this new method was a wealth of notes & harmonies within which to play. Peace & anger & continuing to live! Favourite, sublime LP! Favorite track: Retribution (Pre-Production).

Szymon Orzechowski Death Metal soundtrack of my youth \m/ Favorite track: Enthralled in Essence.

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1.	Mother Man 04:32	buy track
2.	Unquestionable Presence 04:07	buy track
3.	Retribution 03:17	buy track
4.	Enthralled in Essence 03:37	buy track
5.	An Incarnation's Dream 04:52	buy track
6.	The Formative Years 03:30	buy track
7.	Brains 03:41	buy track
8.	And the Psychic Saw 04:48	buy track
9.	Enthralled in Essence (Pre-Production) 03:31	buy track
10.	The Formative Years (Pre-Production) 03:29	buy track
11.	Unquestionable Presence (Pre-Production) 03:55	buy track
12.	An Incarnation's Dream (Pre-Production) 04:09	buy track
13.	Retribution (Pre-Production) 03:18	buy track
14.	Brains (Pre-Production) 03:40	buy track
15.	Enthralled in Essence (Demo 1990) 03:44	buy track
16.	Mother Man (Drum and Bass Tracks) 04:43	buy track
17.	And the Psychic Saw (Rhythm Tracks) 04:37	buy track

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ATHEIST's sophomore record, Unquestionable Presence, is what metal legend is made of. Written in large part by deceased bassist Roger Patterson, Unquestionable Presence is classic heavy metal interwoven with jazz and a highly articulated melodic sense to create music of timeless brilliance. Upon its initial release it emerged as the most important technical metal record of its time, and to this day remains a crucial yardstick by which daring, ambitious, and progressive metal records are measured.

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