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There are at least three artists by this name. A death metal band, 70s garage rock band, and a rapper.


1) (1984 - 2002)
Death was an influential death metal band founded by guitarist and singer Chuck Schuldiner in Orlando, Florida in 1983. They released several demos as Mantas before changing their name in 1984.

2) Death was a protopunk band formed in Detroit in 1971 by three African-American brothers, the Hackneys. Their only album was 1975’s …For the Whole World To See. These sessions were recorded between 1973 and 1974.

3) A horrorcore rapper from New Orleans, who released an album “Possessed by the Ouija Board” in 1993.

== Death 1 ==

Death is widely considered one of the most influential bands in the genre. The band’s debut, “Scream Bloody Gore”, has been described as “death metal’s first archetypal document,” and Schuldiner himself as the “father of death metal”. However, Schuldiner dismissed such attributions in an interview with Metal-Rules.com, stating, “I don’t think I should take the credit for this death metal stuff. I’m just a guy from a band, and I think Death is a metal band.”

As of 2008, Death has sold over 1.5 million albums worldwide, with 368,184 albums having been sold in the US alone (not counting sales prior to the Soundscan era), making them one of the top-selling death metal bands of all time. After the album “Spiritual Healing”, Death began moving away from their early death metal sound and adopting more of a progressive metal style, with jazz-influenced bass playing and more complex time signatures.
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  • jcpcc14

    "And all that 20 albums are from 20 bands, right?" - Well yea, very very few bands produce multiple albums that are truly top tier, though there are a handful. "coming from a guy that listens to 20 minute redundant guitar patterns from esoteric" - Yea, yea, whatever. Most of Esoteric's albums are a little too focused on atmosphere and don't quite justify their length, but I find that that specific album that you must be referring to is easily their best in regards to songs that develop into actual interesting compositions.

    yesterday evening

  • Sherazdionysus

    Old school death metal from Pakistan http://youtu.be/7ctXJLEafSA

    yesterday evening

  • GiaNXGX

    coming from a guy that listens to 20 minute redundant guitar patterns from esoteric - yik

    yesterday evening

  • Necrofilifobic

    "I could surely name ~20 OSDM albums I'd take over any single Death album most days of the week" And all that 20 albums are from 20 bands, right?

    yesterday evening

  • jcpcc14

    It's not necessarily a coincidence that people often associate quality and influence because influential artists are often doing something new and refreshing - these new and refreshing things in music often require some artistic vision, making many influential artists sound pretty inspired. That being the case, quality and influence are not directly related as SOME influential bands are less influential for trailblazing new musical territory and more influential for being sort of more accessible spokesmen for the genre in question. Death is one of these bands that merely made minor tweaks to an existing genre but meanwhile made a much more viable "product" out of it. Now, make no mistake, I am still not saying they lack quality - but yeah, I could surely name ~20 OSDM albums I'd take over any single Death album most days of the week, but who cares about my tastes anyway...

    yesterday morning

  • TZPEAZOA

    why you people vote down the doggy pic! D:<

    Friday evening

  • Derfag

    **I'd rule no and call vanity at trying to separate quality from influence. their influence is their quality, is it not?** // "quality" term usually means consumability of a product to an end-user, whose care for the roots and influence doesn't important in this case. nevertheless, your point is quite reasonable

    Friday evening

  • WasNotWhyNot

    primitivism can be minimalism, but you can bet your bottom that minimalism is not primitivism nine times out of ten. they're a stylistic aspect of music and do not describe a lack of quality. to be a technical asshole, minimalism refers to a specific school of classical music first, then to music influenced by that ideology. this shows, obviously, primitivism owes nothing to minimalism. to be more precise to the problem, people in this box keep referring to quality as some kind of factual aspect of a band's music, and are now butting heads over whose opinion is more factual. I know as self-imposed critics we all want to find universal qualities, but as people you're going to like things more or less than other people. now is "I don't like death very much" compulsory evidence for a lack of 'quality'? I'd rule no and call vanity at trying to separate quality from influence. their influence is their quality, is it not?

    Friday afternoon
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