Following that, I immediately started a deep dive in their discography, which inevitably led me to the topic of this review, an album that has just refused to leave my head ever since I first listened to it. Among said bands was Death, more specifically their last two albums, Symbolic and The Sound of Perseverance (because apparently the production on the early stuff was bad). While most of it was heavy alternative music, there were a handful of extreme metal bands that, while admittedly surface level, made an impression on me. A few years ago, I used to often go on car rides with my cousin, who was big into metal and always had music playing whenever he was driving. Instead of boring you with details about Death’s history (death metal pioneers, tech and prog innovators, yadda yadda), I’m going to bore you with how I got into them. Rather, I’m going to start gushing about how good this album is, and its importance to my journey as a metal fan. While I could just refuse to elaborate further and leave it as is, it wouldn’t be much of a review.
DEATH LEPROSY REISSUE 320 FULL
Now, in a rather anticlimactic fashion, I’m going to spoil the verdict of this review right off the bat: Death’s Leprosy is the greatest metal album of all time, full stop. Leprosy is vintage death metal galore! Check it out! But what later happens, is the musical direction towards a more melodic sound. Even if people say Possessed is responsible for this rise in death metal I say no Chuck's band was responsible for the early rise in this genre. This big move into the real heavy stuff thanks to Chuck. Definitely, so this is the beginning of movement all across the board with Carcass, Obituary, Deicide, et al. It's in my opinion, better than their debut. This is Chuck playing raw but not so much as on 'Scream Bloody Gore'. If you're into CD's or Vinyl, better yet. I'm surprised it took me so long to write about this one, maybe it's bringing it out of the archives and revisiting the sounds. I couldn't ask for a better Death release. The music, leads, vocals, production and mixing all went through really well. I don't think that this album really had many flaws, hence the perfect score. Obviously, Rick was probably disappointed with his removal from the band going towards Massacre (his formed band). Rick brought a new element to Death, but not good enough for what Chuck's direction was going towards. The vocals on this album go perfect with the songs (music). Hence, moving forward to Control Denied and Death's main man Chuck died in 2001. But as time went on and lineups/musical direction changed Death turned from death metal to more progressive metal. Even though I like all Death releases, the earlier stuff namely this one is creative and innovative. Rick Rozz adds a different element to the lead department, a lot of whammy bar solos that complement the music, ABSOLUTELY. But you see that he's getting away from the "gore" in his songs and putting more effort into the words. This album the whole way through has great songs filled with Chuck's songwriting and lyrical concepts. Safe to say here this is the band that began death metal itself, arguably though. And 'Leprosy' is another evolution to Death's music. 'Scream Bloody Gore' was the beginning of death metal, better (in my opinion) than Possessed's 'Seven Churches'. This album is heavy like I said but catchy. Most people don't operate out of a stereo anymore, but not me! It gives 'Leprosy' better audio (to me). I had this album on cassette and later bought the CD to capture it on my stereo. Pretty much a new lineup every recording (with exceptions). Heavy AS FUCK! This is the beginning to Death's musical evolution in music.
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