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Death - Scream Bloody Gore



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Release date: 1987
Style: Death metal

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01. Infernal Death
02. Zombie Ritual
03. Denial Of Life
04. Sacrificial
05. Mutilation
06. Regurgitated Guts
07. Baptized In Blood
08. Torn To Pieces
09. Evil Dead
10. Scream Bloody Gore
11. Beyond The Unholy Grave [bonus]
12. Land Of No Return [bonus]
13. Open Casket [live] [1998 remastered bonus]
14. Choke On It [live] [1998 remastered bonus]
15. Denial Of Life [live] [2008 remastered bonus]

Additional info
Produced by Randy Burns
Music and lyrics by Chuck Schuldiner
Cover art by Edward J. Repka

Guest review by
Yanko
Rating:
10
The year is 1987, thrash metal is in its heyday, Metallica are preparing to release "?And Justice For All" and Chuck Schuldiner is about to put the beginning of his glorious career as a musician. This is the man, who decided that metal should take a deadly shape, crating an album of not only musical, but of historic value. This is considered by many the first death metal album and I would pretty much agree with them. For the first time the lyrical concept deals with desecrating, brutal killing, a lot of blood and a lot of death.

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published 15.09.2003 | Comments (22)

Guest review by
K✞ulu
Rating:
7.7
You know I really love albums on which I can hear the bass really distinctly. Well, Scream Bloody Gore is one of those albums. There are a couple of things about reviewing this album and the album itself that I think are funny. First, I have never paid attention to that distinct bass sound before I decided to review this album. Second, I started this review from this exact point, with no introduction. And third, this great raw bass sound comes from the band that used to rehearse, record, and play shows without a bassist in the early days. As Chuck once said, "Two guitars and drums, no bass...just complete raw metal." Well, fortunately bass is present on this one, and it's actually a very important feature, which adds some extra heaviness that young Chuck definitely wanted to hear on his first record.

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published 05.10.2008 | Comments (12)

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25.02.2012 - 17:21
Rating: 7
Alex F
Slick Dick Rick
"Zombie Ritual" might be one of the best songs of all time. I love going back to listen to this album
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10.07.2012 - 14:06
Rating: 8
musicalkaratekid

This is one of the best examples of a transition between finely tuned thrash metal and raw death metal. It's also death's first album, and a sign of great things to come. I personally thought there were a few too many songs here...
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05.10.2012 - 20:55
Rating: 10
AtrumHiberna

I prefer their early, raw works. the latter more progressive stuff just doesn't make that click to me.
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05.10.2012 - 21:15
Rating: 10
Angelic Storm
Melodious
Definitely a total classic, not just of extreme metal, but of metal generally. Along with Individual Thought Patterns, this is my fave album from Death. Much as that album set the standard for all tech death bands to follow, this one set a new standard for visceral barbarity in metal at the time. And of course, it helps that the songs are all stone cold classics! "Torn To Pieces" has to be my fave though! xD
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08.10.2014 - 10:32
MichaelAngeloT

A Thrash / Death Metal album... hmm not bad at all, maybe i dont like it so much cause i love all the other efforts they did from Leprosy and after.. but still
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16.01.2015 - 00:08
Toxik

Written by Reality03 on 30.05.2013 at 15:40

Totally classic and probably Deaths 2nd best. This should get more Attention than TSOP.

IMO TSOP tends to be a bit overrated
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16.01.2015 - 00:21
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
Written by Toxik on 16.01.2015 at 00:08


IMO TSOP tends to be a bit overrated


IMO TSOP is not a bit overrated, IMO it is extremely overrated, Death's weakest album by far.
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16.01.2015 - 19:25
Toxik

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 16.01.2015 at 00:21

Written by Toxik on 16.01.2015 at 00:08


IMO TSOP tends to be a bit overrated


IMO TSOP is not a bit overrated, IMO it is extremely overrated, Death's weakest album by far.

To me it's not that bad. it's not as good as the others
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17.01.2015 - 16:58
Toxik

Written by Reality03 on 16.01.2015 at 22:14

Written by Toxik on 16.01.2015 at 00:08

Written by Reality03 on 30.05.2013 at 15:40

Totally classic and probably Deaths 2nd best. This should get more Attention than TSOP.

IMO TSOP tends to be a bit overrated


Yeah, i could never understand the praise for TSOP. Its well played at all, but musically just not interesting.

And Chuck voice is not that good on TSOP
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17.01.2015 - 21:44
Rating: 7
Alex F
Slick Dick Rick
Written by Toxik on 17.01.2015 at 16:58

And Chuck voice is not that good on TSOP

If by "not that good" you mean completely dreadful, then I'll have to agree with you. Unfortunately, Chuck's voice has, for me, always been what kept this album from being highly addictive. Fortunately on Leprosy the riffing is good enough for me to ignore the subpar vocals and become completely immersed in the music, but the rest of Death's discography would definitely have benefited from a different vocalist. His singing is definitely at its' worst on TSOP though, where Marcel best put it as sounding like a helium influenced Donald Duck
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18.01.2015 - 00:22
Toxik

Written by Alex F on 17.01.2015 at 21:44

Written by Toxik on 17.01.2015 at 16:58

And Chuck voice is not that good on TSOP

If by "not that good" you mean completely dreadful, then I'll have to agree with you. Unfortunately, Chuck's voice has, for me, always been what kept this album from being highly addictive. Fortunately on Leprosy the riffing is good enough for me to ignore the subpar vocals and become completely immersed in the music, but the rest of Death's discography would definitely have benefited from a different vocalist. His singing is definitely at its' worst on TSOP though, where Marcel best put it as sounding like a helium influenced Donald Duck

Exactly
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07.07.2015 - 16:21
Rating: 10
-Behnam-

Zombie Ritual YEAH
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03.07.2016 - 08:34
Rating: 10
Kimakaze

I have sinned against the gods of death metal by not listening to this sooner...
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03.07.2016 - 09:20
Cynic Metalhead
Paisa Vich Nasha
Written by Kimakaze on 03.07.2016 at 08:34

I have sinned against the gods of death metal by not listening to this sooner...


You shall be put down in hot cauldron of dead bodies of crocodiles, toss up and bbq, put down again for gravy and served to gods of death metal.
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11.08.2016 - 18:39
Rating: 10
Kimakaze

Written by Cynic Metalhead on 03.07.2016 at 09:20

Written by Kimakaze on 03.07.2016 at 08:34

I have sinned against the gods of death metal by not listening to this sooner...


You shall be put down in hot cauldron of dead bodies of crocodiles, toss up and bbq, put down again for gravy and served to gods of death metal.


Whatever must be done to appease their wrath.
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12.11.2017 - 00:27
Maco
Pvt Funderground
I should have listened to the remastered version from 2008 sooner because it sounds great, sure it's loud but also adds extra punch to the music, it sounds a lot cleaner without being overpolished.
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10.12.2017 - 23:10
Boxcar Willy
yr a kook
Death pisses me off, Chuck's vocals being absolutely atrocious in the records after Leprosy ruins the majority of the discography, Leprosy's totally overkill snare sound, and the stupid clunky sounding bass ruins this one. They're so close to being so much better if only the production wasn't totally fucked up.
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14:22 - Marcel Hubregtse
I do your mum

DESTROY DRUM TRIGGERS
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23.12.2017 - 00:56
Rating: 7
Antares8001

A pretty average album actually if it wasn't so influential. Listening to this you'd never think this was the same band that would later release such masterpieces as Human, Individual Thought Patterns, Symbolic or The Sound of Perseverance.
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27.11.2019 - 07:46
Rating: 9
DeathMetal

EVIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIL. Dead.
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20.06.2020 - 22:28
Mandarin48
Account deleted
One of my favorite death albums, certainly underrated near human and TSOP
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15.09.2021 - 03:20
Rating: 9
F3ynman2000
Nocturnal Bro
Decent album, musically seen. Chuck's vocals are great with that sickened death metal sound in "Eviiiiiil Dead" or "drink from the Goblet, goblet of goooore"
The absolute highlights are obviously the opening riffs to Infernal Death, Zombie Ritual, and Evil Dead.
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15.09.2021 - 10:38
Rating: 8
Metal Rasputin

This is such a fun metal album, not overly technical and still has that enjoyable dirty and raw production. I read they actually had to record this album twice because the first version was so bad.
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15.09.2021 - 12:11
gavdann

For me the first three Death albums are their best (at least their most enjoyable).

Personally I prefer Leprosy but SBG is awesome as well.

I think they became less and less enjoyable as they incorporated more and more technical elements, culminating in the shambolic mess that is The Sound of Perseverance where songwriting went completely out of the window.... And yes, I'm fully aware others don't share this view.
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15.09.2021 - 19:54
Rating: 9
F3ynman2000
Nocturnal Bro
Written by gavdann on 15.09.2021 at 12:11

For me the first three Death albums are their best (at least their most enjoyable).

I think they became less and less enjoyable as they incorporated more and more technical elements,

You may be right. I was introduced to Death through their later albums (Symbolic, SoP, Human) and then tried to work my way to their older albums. It was at first hard to get used to the brutal death metal sound, but now I can appreciate the greatness of the first three records (especially Spiritual Healing and Leprosy).
Now I find myself listening to those older albums more than their later ones. I don't necessarily dislike the more progressive albums now - they're just different. It helps if one imagines that the first three and last 4 albums are made by two different bands entirely - then one doesn't fall into the trap of endlessly comparing them and can enjoy the diversity and musical masterclass of Chuck Schuldiner
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16.09.2021 - 10:59
gavdann

Written by F3ynman2000 on 15.09.2021 at 19:54

It helps if one imagines that the first three and last 4 albums are made by two different bands entirely - then one doesn't fall into the trap of endlessly

The reality is that each of their albums are effectively by different bands. No two were recorded by the same lineup.
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16.09.2021 - 14:49
Rating: 9
F3ynman2000
Nocturnal Bro
Written by gavdann on 16.09.2021 at 10:59

The reality is that each of their albums are effectively by different bands. No two were recorded by the same lineup.

Good point
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06.01.2023 - 04:37
Rating: 9
HoboStew

This should be one of their highest rated, they were at their best playing the foundations for death metal.
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