| Scream Bloody Gore |
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| Studio album by Death |
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| Released |
May 25th, 1987 |
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| Recorded |
November 1986 at the Music Grinder in Los Angeles, California, USA |
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| Genre |
Death metal |
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| Length |
37:51 |
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| Label |
Combat |
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| Producer |
Randy Burns, Chuck Schuldiner |
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| Death album chronology |
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Scream Bloody Gore Aborted Sessions
(1986)
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Scream Bloody Gore
(1987)
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Leprosy
(1988)
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Scream Bloody Gore is the first studio album by American Death metal band Death, released on May 25, 1987 by Combat Records. It was considered "the first true death metal record".[1] Chuck Schuldiner plays bass, wrote all the songs on the album and provides vocals in addition to guitar for the album. 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.[2] This is also the only Death album to feature drummer Chris Reifert, who had joined for the Mutilation demo.[3] The album is currently out of print, pending a re-issue via Perseverance Holdings, Ltd. and Relapse Records. It is however available for download through digital music retailers.
Overview
Scream Bloody Gore was actually recorded twice, with the second Los Angeles-based session being released as the complete album by label Combat Records (later Relativity). It was first recorded in Florida, although only the rhythm guitar and drum tracks were recorded. The track listing consisted of "Torn to Pieces", "Legion of Doom", "Scream Bloody Gore", "Sacrificial Cunt" (later shortened to "Sacrificial" because the label asked the band to do so, possibly because "they didn't want to get P.M.R.C. on their case"[4]), "Mutilation", "Land of No Return", and "Baptized in Blood". The label were unsatisfied after hearing the initial mix, so Schuldiner and Reifert re-recorded the album in California with Randy Burns as producer. Once returning to Florida, the first session was released as a promotional tape, and was eventually bootlegged. "Legion of Doom" was a longtime staple of Death's rehearsals and live shows, and was indeed the first song written, reaching back to when they were known as Mantas.
Despite the many songs written during Death's demo days, only half of them were re-recorded for the album, the rest being new compositions. "Infernal Death" and "Baptized in Blood" originally appeared on the Infernal Death demo. "Zombie Ritual", "Mutilation" and "Land of No Return" originally appeared on the Mutilation demo, and "Evil Dead" and "Beyond the Unholy Grave" were originally on Death By Metal. "Beyond the Unholy Grave" and "Land of No Return" were also cut from the album, though were included on the re-release, with the live audio tracks taken from the Ultimate Revenge II video.
Certain songs on the album were inspired by horror movies. For example, "Regurgitated Guts" was inspired by the 1980 film City of the Living Dead (a.k.a. The Gates of Hell), "Beyond the Unholy Grave" was influenced by the 1981 film The Beyond]', and "Zombie Ritual" was inspired by the 1979 film Zombie, all of which were directed by Italian director Lucio Fulci.[5]
Track listing
All songs written by Chuck Schuldiner.
| 1. |
"Infernal Death" |
2:54 |
| 2. |
"Zombie Ritual" |
4:35 |
| 3. |
"Denial of Life" |
3:37 |
| 4. |
"Sacrificial" |
3:43 |
| 5. |
"Mutilation" |
3:30 |
| 6. |
"Regurgitated Guts" |
3:47 |
| 7. |
"Baptized in Blood" |
4:31 |
| 8. |
"Torn to Pieces" |
3:38 |
| 9. |
"Evil Dead" |
3:01 |
| 10. |
"Scream Bloody Gore" |
4:35 |
| 11. |
"Beyond the Unholy Grave" |
3:08 |
| 12. |
"Land of No Return" |
3:00 |
| 13. |
"Open Casket" (Live) |
4:50 |
| 14. |
"Choke on It" (Live) |
5:56 |
| 13. |
"Denial of Life" (Live) |
3:47 |
Credits
- Band members
- Additional musician
- Randy Burns - Additional percussion
- Production
- Edward J. Repka - Cover art, Design
- Steve Sinclair - Executive producer
- Randy Burns - Producer
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