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Leprosy (Reissue)

by Death

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Dan Hébert
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Dan Hébert A classic of early death metal. Even on their second album, Chuck was evolving in terms of lyrics and songwriting. Favorite track: Primitive Ways.
Rabbit
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Rabbit I'm totally biased but I strongly believe this to be the peak of Death metal as a whole. I swear after the initial wave of OSDM the genre just continually devolved into senseless spaghetti-riffing with increasingly stereotypical, monotonous growling.
Then with the emergence of MDM it went commercial and cheesy as shit too. Black metal has it's own issues but at least it stuck to it's guns. Favorite track: Pull The Plug.
brutaldeath666
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brutaldeath666 The first time around I heard this seemed different but now years later I go back to revisit and I’m speechless up there with sop easily. Favorite track: Open Casket.
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Leprosy 06:20
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Born Dead 03:27
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Left To Die 04:37
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Open Casket 04:55
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The sixth installment in Relapse’s exhaustive reissue campaign of DEATH’S immensely influential catalog is ‘Leprosy’, the band’s titanic second album. Originally released in 1988 ‘Leprosy’ was a pioneering album, building upon the thrash sounds of Metallica and Slayer but adding a previously unheard level of raw extremity. These songs are the roots of an entire genre: death metal. While this was only the second record Death released, it immediately cemented them as heavy metal icons.

Meticulous care has been put into this reissue. The entire album, as well as the bonus material has been painstakingly remastered by Alan Douches (Mastodon, Nile, etc). Deluxe 2XCD contains 50 minutes of previously unheard and unreleased Leprosy demos and rehearsal material housed in an embossed o-card package with a 24 page booklet featuring unseen pictures of the band as well as brand new liner notes from Ian Christe (Sirius/XM) and Jeremy Wagner (Broken Hope). LP features the remastered core album on wax together with a download card for all of the music included on the 2XCD.

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released April 29, 2014

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Death was an American metal band founded in 1983. The band's founder, Chuck Schuldiner, is considered "a pioneering force in death metal and grindcore". The band ceased to exist after Schuldiner died of brain cancer in 2001, though remains an enduring heavy metal brand.

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