Human
by Death (Metal)
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Death (Metal) bestography
Human is ranked 2nd best out of 12 albums by Death (Metal) on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Death (Metal) is Symbolic which is ranked number 1096 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,597.
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Human track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Human rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 8 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Hyggevinyl | Top 54 Music Albums of 1991 | 43/54 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Arthurknight | Top 99 Music Albums of 1991 | 83/99 | 1 |
| 2026 |  btener11 | Best Ever Death Metal | 6/100 | - |
| 2026 | stareaterogni0n | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 53/100 | 48 |
| 2026 | stareaterogni0n | Top 75 Music Albums of the 1990s | 57/75 | 5 |
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 56 Music Albums of 1991 | 6/56 | 5 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 85 Music Albums of 1991 | 50/85 | 2 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 50 Music Albums of 1991 | 47/50 | 0 |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 90 Music Albums of 1991 | 64/90 | 2 |
| 2026 |  LedZep | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 30/100 | 14 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 129 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 760 | |||
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Human ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 4 days ago | Artem | 872 | 77/100 |
| ! | 10/03/2026 19:45 | Siromynian | 1,786 | 74/100 |
| ! | 07/30/2026 21:57 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.8/100, a mean average of 78.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.9.
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Human forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 07/02/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5361): By deadhouse
CharlieBarley 03/07/2024 14:55 in Working My Way Through The BEA Overall Chart
Purplepash 04/04/2022 10:06 in What album are you listening to right now?Human comments
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This was the start of an incredible 4 album streak that would close Death's career due to Chuck unfortunately passing away. Human is a more technical and progressive release compared to their earlier work as displayed on the instrumental Cosmic Sea. One of the finest death metal albums ever. Pummeling yet intricate. (Edited)
Most people call "Symbolic" Death's best album but in my opinion this album matches, if not surpasses, that album's quality
AAL2014 TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/13/2020 18:39 | #249894 | TOP COMMENT
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Best production on a Death album up to the point of this release. Right away Sean Reinert's impact was felt in a huge way, to say he was a two cuts above anyone who had played in this band before him is an understatement. Both the drumming itself and the sound of the kit on Human is the best Chuck had to work with yet. What a fucking musician.
At some points of this album, it's almost jarring how much of a shift there started to be in the way of odd time changes and other types of odd phrasings. This a much more progressive band than they were on the release the year before, Spiritual Healing. Don't get me wrong, it's still very much Death, and an must-listen, but very different than their first act. A great record far ahead of it's time.
spigelwii 01/21/2022 17:29 | #279785 | TOP COMMENT
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Anyone who reads this and is a fan of this particular brand of technical metal is going to be very upset with the following statement:
Just because you CAN play doesn't mean that you SHOULD.
There are some enjoyable moments on the album for even the most casual metal listener (Suicide Machine especially), and the band can play the hell out of their respective instruments, but ultimately the average listener will merely come away with the impression that they just got bludgeoned on the head for 33 minutes and change.
Signed,
Not a Fan, But I Get It (Edited)
This was the fourth Death album I'vle listened to and so far it's the weakest (but still really good of course since it's Death) in my opinion. I may have not been in the right mood, but on this album I understood the complaints about the vocals. On Spiritual Healing, Sound of Perseverance, and Symbolic I could understand what was being sung, but here I couldn't hardly at all no matter how I tried. But the riffs and melodies alone make this STILL a great album.
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