Scream Bloody Gore

Scream Bloody Gore is the debut album by American death metal band Death, released in 1987. The album bears little resemblance to the far more technical works of the band. 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', though this was incorrect and Hand was only in the band for a short period and was not on the recording. T... more

Scream Bloody Gore is the debut album by American death metal band Death, released in 1987. The album bears little resemblance to the far more technical works of the band. 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', though this was incorrect and Hand was only in the band for a short period and was not on the recording. This is also the only Death album to feature drummer Chris Reifert, who had joined for the Mutilation demo. Reifert and Schuldiner were 19 and 20 while recording. Scream Bloody Gore was actually recorded twice, with the second, Los Angeles-based session being released as the 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... less