Death - Scream Bloody Gore (1987) [Reissue] (2007)

 

 Scream Bloody Gore is the debut studio album by American death metal band Death, released on May 25, 1987, through Combat Records. It is considered by some to be "the first true death metal record". Chuck Schuldiner played bass and guitar, wrote all the songs on the album and provided all the vocals. John Hand is noted on the cover as playing rhythm guitar, though this was incorrect and Hand was only in the band for a short period and was not on the recording. This is also the only Death album to feature drummer Chris Reifert, who had joined for the Mutilation demo, and the only one of the band's albums to not be recorded at Morrisound Recording

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 -Tracklist:

Disc 1

Side A
1. Infernal Death     02:54
2. Zombie Ritual     04:35
3. Denial of Life     03:38
4. Sacrificial     03:43
5. Mutilation     03:30

Side B
6. Regurgitated Guts     03:47
7. Baptized in Blood     04:32
8. Torn to Pieces     03:38
9. Evil Dead     03:02
10. Scream Bloody Gore     04:35 

37:54

Disc 2 - Bonus 12"

Side A
1. Beyond the Unholy Grave     03:05
2. Land of No Return     02:59

Side B
3. Open Casket (live)     04:49
4. Choke on It (live)     05:56 

16:49

 

-Lineup: 

• Chuck Schuldiner (R.I.P. 2001) : Vocals, Lyrics, Guitars, Songwriting, Bass
• Chris Reifert : Drums.

 

 Label: Back On Black - BOBV055LP

 Recorded at The Music Grinder, L.A., CA.

 Producer: Randy Burns.

Cover Illustration: Edward J. Repka.

2x LP Clear w/ Red Splatter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Death - Fate: The Best of Death [compilation] (1992)

 

 Fate: The Best of Death is a compilation album by Death. It contains songs collected from their first four albums, Scream Bloody Gore (1987), Leprosy (1988), Spiritual Healing (1990) and Human (1991), controlled by Relativity Records, subsequently purchased by Sony Music Entertainment, and licensed by them to Century Media in Germany. Even though Death was still signed to Relativity at the time of its release, neither Chuck Schuldiner nor the band had any involvement with this release. 

 

 

 

 

 

 -Tracklist:

01. Zombie Ritual (4:33)
02. Together As One (4:11)
03. Open Casket (4:56)
04. Spiritual Healing (7:44)
05. Mutilation (3:28)
06. Suicide Machine (4:24)
07. Altering The Future (5:34)
08. Baptized In Blood (4:29)
09. Left To Die (4:37)
10. Pull The Plug (4:27)

 

-Lineup: 

• Chuck Schuldiner : guitars and vocals (all tracks), bass (tracks 1, 3, 5, 8, 9 and 10)
• Paul Masvidal : guitars (tracks 2 and 6)
• Rick Rozz : guitars (tracks 3, 9 and 10)
• James Murphy : guitars (tracks 4 and 7)
• Steve DiGiorgio : bass (tracks 2 and 6)
• Terry Butler : bass (tracks 4 and 7)
• Chris Reifert : drums (tracks 1, 5 and 8)
• Sean Reinert : drums (tracks 2 and 6)
• Bill Andrews : drums (tracks 3, 4, 7, 9 and 10).

 

 

 

 Label: Under One Flag – M FLAG 71

 Compiled by Alan Becker.

Remastered by Allan Flaum.

 Photo by Michael Haynes.

 Track selection by Kevin Sharp.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Death - 1990.04.07 Live After Dark Club, Texas (Usa)

 

 Florida death metal Death released their third album, Spiritual Healing, in 1990 on Combat Records. The band had been going through some lineup changes but they were, of course, led by Chuck Schuldiner. To support the record, they embarked on a tour through the US and Canada that lasted nearly two months. The tour was supported by Devastation, the Texas-based thrash band. 

On April 7th, Death hit Houston, TX. They played at the After Dark Rock Club with locals Dark Reign, and before they show they even did a signing at Rock N Roll It Records & Tapes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 01. Living Monstrosity

 

 02. Pull The Plug

 

 03. Zombie Ritual

04. Altering the Future

 05. Left To Die

 06. Spiritual Healing

 07. Defensive Personalities

 08. Mutilation

 -Line-up:

• Chuck Schuldiner - Guitar, Vocals
• James Murphy - Guitar
• Terry Butler - Bass
• Bill Andrews - Drums.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Death - Leprosy

 

 Leprosy is the second studio album by American death metal band Death, released on November 16 1988, by Combat Records. Notably different in tone and quality from the 1987 debut, it is the first example of Scott Burns' work heard on many of the death metal and grindcore albums of that era. The cover is featured in Metal: A Headbanger's Journey. It is the first album to feature drummer Bill Andrews and the only one to feature guitarist Rick Rozz.

 

 -Tracklist:

 Side A:
1. Leprosy     06:19
2. Born Dead     03:25
3. Forgotten Past     04:13
4. Left to Die     04:35

Side B:
5. Pull the Plug     04:25
6. Open Casket     04:53
7. Primitive Ways     04:20
8. Choke on It     05:54

38:04

 

-Line-up:

⛧Chuck Schuldiner (R.I.P. 2001) : Guitars, Vocals, Bass, Lyrics, Songwriting
⛧Bill Andrews : Drums
⛧Rick Rozz : Guitars, Songwriting (tracks 2-4, 6-8)

 

 

 Label: Under One Flag

Recorded at Morisound Recording, Tampa. 

Mastered at Fullersound, Miami.

 Engineer: Scott Burns.

 Producer: Dan Johnson.

 Artwork: Edward J. Repka.

 

 

Chuck Schuldiner (May 13, 1967 – December 13, 2001)

 

Death - Symbolic (1995)

 

Originally founded in Orlando, Florida in 1983 as Mantas, changed their name to Death in late 1984.
Death was founded by guitarist and vocalist Chuck Schuldiner. Death is considered to be among the most influential bands in heavy metal and a pioneering force in the extreme metal subgenre of death metal. Their debut album, Scream Bloody Gore, has been widely regarded as the first death metal record (although there is some dispute to that claim as Possessed's debut album Seven Churches and Necrophagia's debut album Season of the Dead were released before).
Death had a revolving lineup, with Schuldiner being the sole consistent member. The group's style also progressed, from the raw sound on its first two albums to a more sophisticated one in its later stage.

Symbolic is the only album to feature Bobby Koelble and Kelly Conlon on guitar and bass, respectively, and the second and last album to feature drummer Gene Hoglan.

Death disbanded due to Chuck Schuldiner dying of a high-grade pontine glioma (a malignant type of brain cancer that invades the brainstem) on December 13th, 2001. The cause of death was that he took the drug vincristine to help combat the cancer and his condition worsened as he became ill with pneumonia. However, Chuck put Death on hold already in late 1998 after The Sounds of Perseverance tour in order to focus on his other project Control Denied.

RR 8957-4

 

-Tracklist:

Side A:
1. Symbolic     06:33
2. Zero Tolerance     04:49
3. Empty Words     06:22
4. Sacred Serenity     04:27
5. 1,000 Eyes     04:29
   
Side B:
6. Without Judgement     05:28
7. Crystal Mountain     05:07
8. Misanthrope     05:04
9. Perennial Quest     08:19

 

-Line up:

• Chuck Schuldiner (R.I.P. 2001): guitars, lyrics, songwriting, vocals
• Bobby Koelble: guitars
• Kelly Conlon: bass
• Gene Hoglan: drums.

 

 

Label: Roadrunner Records.

Recorded and mixed at Morrisound Recording, Tampa, FL.
Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York, N.Y.

 Producer & engineer: Jim Morris.
 Mastered by George Marino.
 Cover art & band photos: Rene Miville.

 

Death - Leprosy (1988) [Remastered] (2014)

 

Leprosy is the second studio album by American death metal band Death, released on November 16 1988, by Combat Records. Notably different in tone and quality from the 1987 debut, it is the first example of Scott Burns' work heard on many of the death metal and grindcore albums of that era. The cover is featured in Metal: A Headbanger's Journey. It is the first album to feature drummer Bill Andrews and the only one to feature guitarist Rick Rozz. 

-Tracklist:

Side A:
1. Leprosy     06:19
2. Born Dead     03:25
3. Forgotten Past     04:13
4. Left to Die     04:35

Side B:
5. Pull the Plug     04:25
6. Open Casket     04:53
7. Primitive Ways     04:20
8. Choke on It     05:54

 

-Line up:

• Chuck Schuldiner (R.I.P. 2001):  Guitars, vocals, bass, lyrics
• Bill Andrews:  Drums
• Rick Rozz: Guitars.

 

 

 

Label: Relapse Records.

2nd riff for "Choke on It" was originally used in a rare "Rigor Mortis" song, which was released as a demo in 1985.
US version comes in gatefold cover with lyrics and band photos on the inside.
Canadian version comes in non-gatefold cover.
Despite being both credited and pictured on this album, Chuck Schuldiner said that he handled the bass parts not Terry Butler, who only joined the band right after the recording sessions of Leprosy were completed. So, this means that Spiritual Healing was Butler's only proper recording with Death.

Recorded at Morrisound Recording, Tampa.
Mastered at Fullersound, Miami.

Originally mastered by Michael Fuller.
 Remastered by Alan Douches.

 Cover artwork by Edward J. Repka.

Includes download card and insert with band photos and lyrics. 

Limited to 2500 copies.

 

 

Death - Rehearsals / Live '85-'88

 

One of the first death metal bands, originally founded in 1983 as Mantas, changed their name to Death in late 1984.
Death disbanded due to Chuck Schuldiner dying of a high-grade pontine glioma (a malignant type of brain cancer that invades the brainstem) on December 13th, 2001. The cause of death was that he took the drug vincristine to help combat the cancer and his condition worsened as he became ill with pneumonia.

Throughout their career, Death went through constant line-up changes; however, the long enduring name was and still is regarded as a moniker of mastermind Chuck Schuldiner, who was the only member to appear on all recordings, except for one demo, which Kam Lee released, under the name Death, after Chuck's move to San Francisco in 1985. The demo is better considered Massacre material.
Death had some dramatic changes in their sound; in the beginning, before even releasing a demo and under the name Mantas, the band wanted to play Venom/Celtic Frost influenced metal, but upon hearing bands like Possessed, Mantas wanted to play and expand death metal. Thus, they decided to change their name to Death to sum up what their music and lyrics were about. So Death started off as death metal with gore related lyrics, as heard on Scream Bloody Gore. Starting with Human, the band underwent a noticeable transformation, with lyrics not relating to gore but more to the human mind; starting Individual Thought Patterns, the band had brought in progressive elements: thus the last studio album, The Sound of Perseverance, has a sound significantly different from that of the traditional death metal the band originally helped to define.

 
A tribute album is in the works for Death and Chuck courtesy of ex-guitarist James Murphy and will have appearances by members of: Obituary, Six Feet Under, Iced Earth, Shadows Fall, Testament among many other big names in metal.
Beginning in 2012, former members of the band and others have toured as cover/tribute band under the names Death to All, Death DTA, and Death DTA Tours. These acts have the support of the Schuldiner family's Perseverance Holdings Ltd., which manages Chuck's legacy. 

-Tracklist:

01. Infernal Death
02. Summoned To Die
03. Corpse Grinder
04. Evil Dead
05. Power Of Darkness
06. Baptized In Blood
07.  Baptized In Blood (2nd attempt)
08. Baptized In Blood (3rd attempt)
09. Seizure
10. Beyond The Unholy Grave
11. Power Of Darkness
12. Baptized In Blood
13. Baptized In Blood (2nd attempt)
14. Archangel
15. Infernal Death
16. Infernal Death (2nd attempt)
17. Summoned To Die
18. Corpse Grinder
19. Death By Metal
20.Death By Metal (2nd attempt)
21. Legion Of Doom
22. Slaughterhouse
23. Curse Of The Priest
24. Slayer medley
25. Left To Die
26. Pull The Plug
27. Forgotten Past 
28. Denial Of Life.

 

-Line up:

• Chuck Schuldiner (R.I.P. 2001): Guitars, Vocals
• Kam Lee: Drums
• Rick Rozz: Guitars.

 

 

 

These 28 tracks are 2 two "cleaned up" rehearsal tapes from april/march 1985.
and as bonus the 4 live tracks from the Combat tour in 1988.