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Scream Bloody Gore
Scream Bloody Gore is the debut studio album by American death metal band Death, released on May 25, 1987, by Combat Records. It is considered by many to be "the first true death metal record". Chuck Schuldiner, the band’s co-founder and leader, performed guitar, bass and vocals, and composed all tracks on the album.
John Hand is noted in the album's credits as playing rhythm guitar, though this was incorrect and Hand was only in the band for a short period and never performed or recorded on the album. This is the only Death album to feature drummer Chris Reifert, who had joined for the Mutilation demo, and the only Death album that was not recorded at Morrisound Recording.
Perseverance Holdings, Ltd. and Relapse Records reissued the album on May 20, 2016, on CD, vinyl, and cassette. The album was remastered for this release, and also included the original Florida session as well as recordings of rehearsals performed in 1986.
When Steve Sinclair agreed to sign Death, he said to me, ‘Somewhere in the credits, I'm gonna put, “This record is Don Kaye’s folly.” That way, if it's a big bust, I'm gonna blame you.’ And I said, ‘Okay,’ thinking he was joking. But Steve was a ball breaker. And sure enough, when we got copies of the album in the office, right there on the inside sleeve, under the lyrics and credits, it said, ‘This record is Don Kaye’s folly.’ I just thought, Oh god. Now Chuck was a guy who was very passionate and very serious about what he did, and he could be a little bit abrasive. But he saw this, and he called me, and he was just livid. He said, ‘Who's gonna take this record seriously when it says it's somebody’s folly?’ He was really pissed off. “But it showed me that, although sometimes to his detriment, Chuck took his music really seriously. He was really interested in death metal and going as far as he could with that.
Bassist Steve Di Giorgio, who had previously played with the band as it shared practice space with Sadus, recorded bass on a test pressing of the album.
The album was recorded twice. The first recording of the album was done in Florida at American Recording Studios, which was not equipped to produce. According to drummer Chris Reifert, "the deal was sealed and [Combat] trusted us to find a studio and go at it on our own, which turned out to be a terrible idea! [laughs] We were enthusiastic, but unaware that the studio we picked was a bad choice, due to the fact that the folks who ran it had NO idea of what metal was. We figured our brutality would shine through, ya know?" Reifert noted that, "[the engineers] just looked at us blankly, like they didn't know anything about metal." This version of the album only featured guitar and drum tracks, and was rejected by Combat Records when it was sent to them. Reifert remarked, "They heard what had been going on and said 'no, this is not gonna work,' so we had to scrap that plan." The track listing for the Florida sessions 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"), "Mutilation", "Land of No Return" and "Baptized in Blood".
Combat Records sent Death to a studio called the Music Grinder in Los Angeles. Reifert said it felt like an "airplane hangar." Schuldiner and Reifert re-recorded the album with Randy Burns as producer. Band manager Eric Greif recalled, "When Steve was making arrangements for the recording of [the album's] second incarnation [...] from what I understand from Randy, it was just like 'Try to refine this a little. Try to make this as mainstream metal as you can.' That was the instruction given to Randy when it came time to record the record."
The Los Angeles session was released as the complete album by label Combat Records (later Relativity). Once Schuldiner returned 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.[citation needed]
Scream Bloody Gore
Scream Bloody Gore is the debut studio album by American death metal band Death, released on May 25, 1987, by Combat Records. It is considered by many to be "the first true death metal record". Chuck Schuldiner, the band’s co-founder and leader, performed guitar, bass and vocals, and composed all tracks on the album.
John Hand is noted in the album's credits as playing rhythm guitar, though this was incorrect and Hand was only in the band for a short period and never performed or recorded on the album. This is the only Death album to feature drummer Chris Reifert, who had joined for the Mutilation demo, and the only Death album that was not recorded at Morrisound Recording.
Perseverance Holdings, Ltd. and Relapse Records reissued the album on May 20, 2016, on CD, vinyl, and cassette. The album was remastered for this release, and also included the original Florida session as well as recordings of rehearsals performed in 1986.
When Steve Sinclair agreed to sign Death, he said to me, ‘Somewhere in the credits, I'm gonna put, “This record is Don Kaye’s folly.” That way, if it's a big bust, I'm gonna blame you.’ And I said, ‘Okay,’ thinking he was joking. But Steve was a ball breaker. And sure enough, when we got copies of the album in the office, right there on the inside sleeve, under the lyrics and credits, it said, ‘This record is Don Kaye’s folly.’ I just thought, Oh god. Now Chuck was a guy who was very passionate and very serious about what he did, and he could be a little bit abrasive. But he saw this, and he called me, and he was just livid. He said, ‘Who's gonna take this record seriously when it says it's somebody’s folly?’ He was really pissed off. “But it showed me that, although sometimes to his detriment, Chuck took his music really seriously. He was really interested in death metal and going as far as he could with that.
Bassist Steve Di Giorgio, who had previously played with the band as it shared practice space with Sadus, recorded bass on a test pressing of the album.
The album was recorded twice. The first recording of the album was done in Florida at American Recording Studios, which was not equipped to produce. According to drummer Chris Reifert, "the deal was sealed and [Combat] trusted us to find a studio and go at it on our own, which turned out to be a terrible idea! [laughs] We were enthusiastic, but unaware that the studio we picked was a bad choice, due to the fact that the folks who ran it had NO idea of what metal was. We figured our brutality would shine through, ya know?" Reifert noted that, "[the engineers] just looked at us blankly, like they didn't know anything about metal." This version of the album only featured guitar and drum tracks, and was rejected by Combat Records when it was sent to them. Reifert remarked, "They heard what had been going on and said 'no, this is not gonna work,' so we had to scrap that plan." The track listing for the Florida sessions 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"), "Mutilation", "Land of No Return" and "Baptized in Blood".
Combat Records sent Death to a studio called the Music Grinder in Los Angeles. Reifert said it felt like an "airplane hangar." Schuldiner and Reifert re-recorded the album with Randy Burns as producer. Band manager Eric Greif recalled, "When Steve was making arrangements for the recording of [the album's] second incarnation [...] from what I understand from Randy, it was just like 'Try to refine this a little. Try to make this as mainstream metal as you can.' That was the instruction given to Randy when it came time to record the record."
The Los Angeles session was released as the complete album by label Combat Records (later Relativity). Once Schuldiner returned 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.[citation needed]