Carino also recorded additional bass overdub on "Cosmic Sea" after a couple of issues were discovered during the mixing stage.

Human, his followup to Spiritual Healing, was a calculated retaliation to his former bandmates, who claimed he was washed up; to the media, which painted him as a narcissistic monster; and to anyone deluded enough to believe his detractors.

This edition was remixed by Jim Morris of Morrisound Recording Studios, includes bonus tracks,[5] and was authorized by Schuldiner intellectual property lawyer Eric Greif.

[7] The album marked the beginning of a major stylistic change for Death, being more technically complex and progressive than the band's previous efforts.

assessed, "On the one hand, the album sees Death, arguably the genre's birth mother, exploring progressive sonic ground and lyrical themes that were completely new for them, much less any other artist within this branch of music.

[12] Additionally, the album contains melodic guitar riffs that are reminiscent of the New wave of British heavy metal, and have drawn comparisons to Iron Maiden.

[10] Steve Huey of AllMusic described Chuck Schuldiner's harmonized guitar riffs as "strange" and "dissonant", and argued the album's back side is "actually almost subdued by death metal standards.

"[2] According to Marcus Jervis at About.com, Human "was undeniable proof that extreme metal was capable of being about something more than angry kids pretending to worship the devil.

The track "Lack of Comprehension" has an accompanying music video, which received airplay on MTV and helped boost the sales of the album.