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Death
Death started in Florida as a teenage project of guitarist and singer Chuck Schuldiner, and by the time Scream Bloody Gore arrived in 1987 they had helped draw the blueprint for death metal itself — faster, harsher and more technically demanding than anything around them. What set Schuldiner apart was how far he kept pushing it: album by album, the songs grew more intricate and the lyrics turned from gore to philosophy, until the band was making metal as thoughtful as it was brutal. He died in 2001, and the seven records he left behind are still the measuring stick for nearly every extreme metal band that followed.
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Symbolic (1995). It catches the band at the perfect balance of early ferocity and later precision. "Crystal Mountain," "Zero Tolerance" and the title track are some of the finest songs Schuldiner ever wrote.
Biography
Death was an American death metal band formed in Altamonte Springs, Florida, in 1983 by guitarist Chuck Schuldiner (who later became the band's sole vocalist), drummer/vocalist Kam Lee, and guitarist Rick Rozz. Formed out of what would become the Florida death metal scene, Death is considered a pioneering death metal band. The band's 1987 debut album, Scream Bloody Gore, is regarded as one of the first death metal records, alongside the first records from Possessed and Necrophagia.
Death had a fluctuating lineup, with Schuldiner, aside from a European tour, the sole consistent member. The group's style progressed from the raw sound on its first two albums to a more complex one in its later stage. The band disbanded after Schuldiner died of glioma and pneumonia in December 2001, but remains an enduring influence on death metal.
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Studio albums
Discography
Official studio albums and EPs.
- 1998The Sound of PerseveranceAlbum
- 1995SymbolicAlbum
- 1993Individual Thought PatternsAlbum
- 1991HumanAlbum
- 1990Spiritual HealingAlbum
- 1988LeprosyAlbum
- 1987Scream Bloody GoreAlbum
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