The best Death album since
1990's Spiritual Healing. Symbolic burns with
gargantuan detuned riffs, frantic drum blasts and Chuck Schuldiner's
trademark vocal agony and comes across as far less pretentious
than Human (1991) and Individual Thought Patterns
(1993). This is
a refreshing return to form for one of the pioneers of the Death
metal genre and fans of catchy, guitar-driven Death Metal should
find Symbolic a most impressive effort.
David Horn - SOD #6/1995