Death band: composition, genre, discography

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

Emerging in North America, the group "Death" appeared before heavy music lovers as the founder of the death metal genre. The legendary musicians began their journey as a school band, later becoming the founding fathers of the brutal style.

Composition of the group

In 1983, school friends led by Chuck Schuldiner decided to form the musical group MANTAS. After the release of the first album, this name was changed. The newcomers looked to Slayer and Venom for inspiration.

The original members of the group were:

• Chuck Schuldiner (guitarist and vocalist).
• Barney Lee (drummer).
• Frederick DeLillo (guitarist).

The band immediately started playing brutal death metal. A demo of the first 5 songs was called Death By Metal. It sold out in large numbers among cassette dealers. In their hometown of Orlando, the band was underestimated. This is due not only to a lot of noise in the records, but also to the new style of heavy music.

By the end of 1984, the Death group breaks up due to constant internal conflicts. Chuckcontinues to write music and promises himself to continue to develop in a given direction. He wanted to create compositions that were even faster and heavier than before.

Deadly Overdrive

In the same 1984, Chuck creates a new team, joining forces with Rick Rose and Ken Lee. In October, the legendary demo "Reign of Terror" was recorded by common efforts. Such an event cost the musicians only $ 80 - they worked on the basis of a music store. A couple of months later, the guys performed at the local Rusty's Pub with the legendary Nasty Savage.

The next record to attract famous studio companies was called "Death in Hell". She entered the list of the heaviest creations of the group. Until 1986, the composition of the team was constantly changing. Chuck was joined by Scott Carlson and Matt Olivo, and later by Eric Bretsch. However, the vocalist did not agree with any of them in musical taste. After a trip to Canada, Chuck returned to Florida.

First album

It wasn't until 1987 that Death released its debut album, Scream Bloody Gore. Tracklist includes:

• Cursed Death.
• Zombie Ritual.
• Renunciation of life.
• "Sacrificial".
• "Mutilation".
• Gut-Regurgitator.
• "Baptized in Blood".
• "Torn apart".
• Evil Dead.
• "Scream of Cursed Blood".

The record immediately attracted the attention of the music community. She became one of the most important releases of deathmetal. After another rise in popularity, only Chuck remained in the group again. The beginning of concert activity was marked by his joining the Masacre group. This event marked the beginning of the group's concert activity.

Despite the fact that the record enjoyed wide popularity, Schuldiner himself was not enthusiastic about his offspring.

Later, in 1990, Death made an epic tour of Europe without their leader. Luis Carrisales became the vocalist. After that, Chuck quarreled with the rest of the members, and the name Death remained with him.

Discography

During its existence (from 1984 to 2001) the group released the following albums:

1. "Lousy Blood Shout" - 10 tracks included in the album.
2. Leprosy - The disc was released in 1988 and became one of the big steps in the development of the death metal direction. The first track on the album was inspired by John Carpenter's The Fog.
3. "Spiritual Healing" - excellent guitar parts can be traced in this collection. In alliance with Chuck S, James Murphy plays. We can also note the greater melody of the album compared to the previous ones.
4. "Man" - the collection is characterized by the dynamism of the compositions and the technicality of the musicians.
5. "Fate" is a melodic metal phenomenon.
6. "Individual Thought Patterns" - All tracks feature alternating guitar parts by Chuck Schuldiner and Andy LaRoca. The album ranked 11 among the greatest extreme metal albums.
7. "Symbolic" - minormoods prevail in the compositions of this album.
8. "The Sound of Tenacity" is the ultimate in progressive metal. The album also contains an instrumental composition, which is a part of soft guitars without drums.
9. "Live in Eindhoven" is a mini-live designed to bring the band to the attention of record companies.
10. Live in Los Angeles was originally created to raise money for Schuldiner's cancer treatment. However, shortly after its release, Chuck dies.

The brutal sound of Death, whose songs became the basis for the creation of a new style of heavy music, is now considered a metal classic.

Richard Christie

In 1996, Richard Christie was invited to take the place of the drummer. With its unbelievable complexity of confused rhythms, the Sound of Tenacity album immediately appealed to fans. Richard himself in an interview said that he considers his playing on this album a great achievement. He admits that since childhood he listened to Chuck Schuldiner and admired his compositions. The time spent in the band Death, he considers the best in his career as a drummer.

Working in a garage in Florida, he has been honing his craft for 10 years. At school, the guy got into a military band, and later collaborated with many well-known bands: Demons and Wizards, Burning Inside, Acheron, etc.

Death returns

The most difficult period for fans was 1988 and 2001. After recording the Symbolic album, Chuck took a break from the development of the band and took up side projects. However, inStudio Sound of Perseverance sound remains the same, which pleased the fans. In 1999, doctors discovered a brain tumor in Chuck, and in connection with this, he suspended his musical activities. By 2001, he had released the live album Live In L. A. On December 13, 2001, Chuck Schuldiner's life ended. In this regard, the Death group ceased to exist.