Death, the heavy metal institution founded, realized, and helmed by legendary guitarist Chuck Schuldiner, released theIndividual Thought Patternsalbum (the follow-up to their watershedHumanrelease) in 1993. Expectations were high followingHuman, but Schuldiner proved once again that he could rise to any occasion.Individual Thought Patternsfurther honed the forward-thinking and progressive direction birthed withHuman, and includedThe Philosopher; arguably the best song to ever come from the world of extreme metal and to this date the most widely-recognized.