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The Sound Of Perseverance
AI	Scavenger Of Human Sorrow Soloist, Guitar [1st Solo] – Schuldiner*Soloist, Guitar [2nd Solo] – Hamm*
AII	Bite The Pain Soloist, Guitar [1st Solo] – Hamm*Soloist, Guitar [2nd Solo] – Schuldiner*
BIII	Spirit Crusher Soloist, Guitar [1st Solo] – Schuldiner*Soloist, Guitar [2nd Solo] – Hamm*
BIV	Story To Tell Soloist, Guitar [1st Solo] – Hamm*Soloist, Guitar [2nd Solo] – Schuldiner*
CV	Flesh And The Power It Holds Soloist, Guitar – Schuldiner*
CVI	Voice Of The Soul Soloist, Guitar – Schuldiner*
CVII	To Forgive Is To Suffer Soloist, Guitar – Schuldiner*
DVIII	A Moment Of Clarity Soloist, Guitar [1st Solo] – Hamm*Soloist, Guitar [2nd & Fade Out Solos] – Schuldiner*
DIX	Painkiller Music By, Lyrics By – Tipton*, Downing*, Halford*
The Sound Of Perseverance Demos
EI	Spirit Crusher - 1998 Demos (No Bass)
EII	Flesh And The Power It Holds - 1998 Demos (No Bass)
EIII	Voice Of The Soul - 1998 Demos (No Bass)
EIV	Bite The Pain - 1998 Demos
FV	A Moment Of Clarity - 1998 Demos
FVI	Story To Tell - 1998 Demos
FVII	Scavenger Of Human Sorrow - 1998 Demos

Companies, etc.

• Engineered At – Morrisound Studios
• Mixed At – Morrisound Studios
• Mastered At – Morrisound Studios
• Mastered At – West West Side Music
• Remastered At – West West Side Music
• Published By – Mutilation Music
• Published By – EMI April Music Inc.
• Copyright (c) – Perseverance Holdings Ltd.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Perseverance Holdings Ltd.
• Licensed To – Relapse Records, Inc.
• Pressed By – GZ Media – 145368E
• Pressed By – GZ Media – 145370E
• Exclusive Retailer – Relapse Records

Credits

• Art Direction, Design – Chuck Schuldiner, Travis Smith
• Artwork – Travis Smith
• Bass – Scott Clendenin (tracks: AI to DIX), Steve DiGiorgio (tracks: EIV to FVII)
• Design [Logo Redesigned By] – Strain
• Drums – Richard Christy
• Engineer, Mixed By, Mastered By – Jim Morris
• Guitar – Shannon Hamm
• Guitar, Vocals – Chuck Schuldiner
• Layout – Jacob Speis
• Legal, Management [IP for Perseverance Holdings Ltd.] – Eric Greif, Orchard Hill Law*
• Liner Notes – Shannon Hamm, Travis Smith
• Mastered By [Additional Bonus Material] – Alan Douches
• Music By, Lyrics By – Chuck Schuldiner (tracks: AI to DVIII, EI to FVII)
• Other [Bonus Material Provided By] – Chris Steele , Shannon Hamm
• Performer [1998 Demos] – Chuck Schuldiner (tracks: EI to FVII), Richard Christy (tracks: EI to FVII), Shannon Hamm (tracks: EI to FVII)
• Photography By [Additional Studio & Archival Photos Provided By] – Richard Christy, Sean Hansen , Shannon Hamm
• Photography By [Band Photo] – Alex McKnight
• Producer – Chuck Schuldiner, Jim Morris
• Reissue Producer [Reissue Coordination] – Drew Juergens
• Remastered By – Alan Douches
• Text By – Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche*

Notes

Relapse.com exclusive limited to 500 copies, contains remastered 2xLP with a bonus LP featuring demos from 1998. The core album is issued in a gatefold jacket with band logo and album title in gold foil and a foldout insert sheet. Comes with album art slipmat and 11.75" x 11.75" LP flat signed by artist Travis Smith. Includes digital download code for the 3xCD deluxe reissue, The Sound Of Perseverance, via Bandcamp.

Track DIX, "Painkiller," is a Judas Priest cover.

Engineered, mixed, and mastered at Morrisound Studios, Tampa, Florida.
Remastered at West West Side Music.
Additional bonus material mastered at West West Side Music.

All songs published by MUTILATION MUSIC (BMI) except "Painkiller," published by EMI April Music Inc. (ASCAP)

Credits listed on the release for bonus material not present on the physical media:
Bass performed by Steve DiGiorgio on the 1997 demo versions of "A Story to Tell" and "A Moment of Clarity."
Drums on 1996 instrumental demos, 1996 demos, and the 1997 version of "Bite the Pain" performed by Chris Williams.

Tracks listed sequentially by Roman numerals on the back cover.

©&℗ 1998, 2011, 2016 Perseverance Holdings Ltd. under exclusive license to Relapse Records, Inc.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Printed, back of 2xLP jacket): 7 81676 71541 1
• Barcode (Scanned, back of 2xLP jacket): 781676715411
• Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, stamped): RELAPSE RECORDS - RR7154-1 A 145368E1/A
• Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, stamped): RELAPSE RECORDS - RR7154-1 B 145368E2/A
• Matrix / Runout (Side C runout, stamped): RELAPSE RECORDS - RR7154-1 C 145368E3/A
• Matrix / Runout (Side D runout, stamped): RELAPSE RECORDS - RR7154-1 D 145368E4/A
• Matrix / Runout (Side E runout, stamped): RELAPSE RECORDS - RR7155-1 A 145370E1/A
• Matrix / Runout (Side F runout, stamped): RELAPSE RECORDS - RR7155-1 B 145370E2/B
• Other (SKU - Sticker, front of shrink): LP7155R
• Other (2xLP catalog number): RR7154
• Rights Society (AI to DVIII, EI to FVII): BMI
• Rights Society (DIX): ASCAP

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
NB 337, 27361 63372	Death	The Sound Of Perseverance ‎(CD, Album)	Nuclear Blast, Nuclear Blast	NB 337, 27361 63372	Germany	1998
1051	Death	The Sound Of Perseverance ‎(Cass, Album, Unofficial)	Metal Records	1051	Belarus	Unknown
RR7155	Death	The Sound Of Perseverance ‎(Box, Dlx, Ltd + 2xLP, Album, RE, RM, Cle + LP, Cle)	Relapse Records	RR7155	US	2016
RR7154	Death	The Sound Of Perseverance ‎(2xLP, Album, Ltd, RE, RM, Bon)	Relapse Records	RR7154	US	2017
MAB 100	Death	The Sound Of Perseverance ‎(Cass, Album)	M.A.B. Records	MAB 100	Czech Republic	1998

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