Death is of those rare bands that never made a "bad" album. We demand more Death in this channel!

Hell yes, please do something off their album Symbolic next. RIP Chuck Shuldiner

Death are second to none. Literaly a league on their own, throughout the years of their musical and sound evolution (up until fate struck)...There are no filler tracks, each and everyone is unique in its way, lyrics and Chuck's voice are always powerful and visceral. All the lineups throughout the albums were recorded by some of the best musicians in the scene. Trully epic band.

You'll love the bass on the song Philosopher from Death.

This is death metal; when it still was raw. The band later progressed into a more technical DM band. You could say they birthed several metal genres.

Death was essentially driven by one man, who developed 4 unique sounds in a 20-year span... 1st 1983-1990 - the pioneering, thrashy gore-era (3 records) (plus many demos) 2nd 1991-1993 - the increasingly technically-progressive era (2 records) 3rd 1995-1998 - the melodic-progressive era (2 records) 4th 1998-2001 - the full-on power metal (NOT DEATH METAL) era (in the Control Denied project) (1 record) An incredible output in such a short time from Chuck Schuldiner. Digging into the rich catalogue for a quick periodic dip is totally worth it here.

Fun fact: Chuck was 20-years-old when he recorded Leprosy. Another fun fact: he recorded all the bass parts.

Death is an amazing band. Voice of the soul is probably one of my favorite songs ever.

Death is one of my favorite bands ever! Starting with 1991's "Human" album is when they really start to shine and bring in more progressive elements. Chuck was so talented and worked with some incredible musicians. Look forward to seeing you react to some of Death's later work. "Flesh and the power it holds“ is my favorite

Good catch on the punk influence. One thing a lot of people coming into metal don't always catch is just that. Metal got a lot of its aggression(specifically around the thrash era) from the influence of Punk and Hardcore punk. A death long form would be great, would be intersting to hear you react to a track from each of their albums as they grew more and more progressive as they went on, and they never put out a bad album. Also have to throw in my usual request for more Dillinger escape plan, hopefully a long form ;p keep up with the awesome content!

Death is my favorite band so this is unexpected.

Next stop: Morbid Angel's 'Altars of Madness". Absolutely game changing record from 1989, insane drumming, mind-warping sideways guitar playing - off the charts innovation and musicianship.

Chuck was a genius and all around fantastic musician. Death kept getting better with every album. Individual Thought Patterns was a masterpiece and you need to check that out immediately.

"Flattening of Emotions" by Death next please, Geebz. It was a game changer for metal in 1991. Sean Reinert changed metal forever with his jazz fusion chops playing over his blistering feet on the "Human" album.

Their catalog is such an amazing body of work. Each album has an evolution in sound, musicianship and production. The last album is an entire different beast than the 'standard' Death albums, it was turning into weird prog-death metal that was the perfect way for Chuck to go out. The dude is definitely the wizard of Death Metal. As an 80s metal fan that had to endure the switch of the 90s, Death never let me down. 'Symbolic' was an album that all my metal friends could appreciate. It's such a gem. But 'Individual Thought Patterns' is my personal fav. Gene on drums is just like nothing else. Hope you discover more of their music, their catalog always gets 'better' album by album. But their old raw stuff is also like nothing else.

I just caught Rick Rozz and Terry Butler playing under the moniker "Left to Die" last night. They're playing all 'Leprosy' and 'Scream bloody Gore' material on tour right now and it is excellent! Highly recommended for those who dig the oldschool death metal.

RIP Chuck RIP Sean both legends .. suggestions would be Lack of Comprehension, Symbolic, Empty Words, Crystal Mountain or Flesh and the Power it Holds.

Gotta check out their last 2 albums, "Symbolic", and "The Sound of Perseverance"!! Also, Chuck Schuldiner's last project was a band called Control Denied, and they only had 1 album, except there was a point where that album almost became Death's last album, instead of "The Sound of Perseverance"! 😯 ...Control Denied is basically Death with power metal vocals...

The Philosopher, Spirit Crusher, Voice of the Soul, Empty words, Zero tolerance, Symbolic, these are the songs for you!

This is my favourite Death Metal production ever. GOAT drum sound.

You should do something off of their last album, Sound of Perseverance. Very nice production and technical as hell.

Love seeing you listen to extreme metal bands. when you said "This is sick!" I couldn't help but smile. Can't wait to see you listen to more like this.

YES Geebz I've been waiting for you to do some Death for over a year now! My all-time favorite band! You should really delve into at least one track from each of their albums so you can see how their style evolves over time.

Glad you reacted to Death, Geebz. You should react to Lack of Comprehension or The Philosopher next.

I’m so thrilled that this video appeared in my feed!!! Leprosy was a groundbreaking album for Death and the first production by Scott Burns at Morrisound Recording in Tampa. I was lucky enough to intern with the man after I did an interview for my “Audio 4” class in college. However - the album Human, only 2 albums after this was an ABSOLUTE game changer and took the band into the “technical and prog” metal labels you see. Hiring the lead guitar and drummer from Miami, FL’s Cynic was an important factor in sculpting the sound of Death and it basically changed the landscape of the death metal genre as well as the other sub-genres referenced. Thanks again! Get Lack of Comprehension Or Flattening of Emotions from the Human record. Stellar shit.

Death's Voice of the Soul would have been so damn nice to dissect imho. It is instrumental (which is not quite typical for the band) with prominently featuring acoustic guitar, quite melodic yet haunting.

Yes, finally!!! Many thanks for checking out Death! Can't wait for the next pick from their discography! If you want to do an 'evolution' of Death, I'd suggest "Flattening of Emotions" from the next album "Human"

Wow this is NOT the Death track I expected you'd start with haha 🤘 This is THE band I wish I could go back to see of all bands. Got into them way too late :( Chuck's evolution through this band was amazing. From the full on birth of death metal on to tech prog death by their last album. And his vocals evolved from nasty death growls to goblin like in the end. An amazing cast of musicians (drummers in particular) has rolled through Death. I'd suggest Zero Tolerance off their 96 album Symbolic for a good taste of their later work. Good one Geebz!!💀

Since you've went into the realm of Death, I would suggest something from the album, Human. But, I think you should do the whole album, not just a specific song. It's a journey from beginning to end, with one of the most brilliant drum performances ever laid down on tape!

Has Geebz reacted to any Carcass yet? Any track from Necroticism: Descanting The Insalubrious would be my choice. Also Coroner, I'd have to go with Sirens as first pick (or any track from Mental Vortex).

This is my favorite Death track of all-time. It’s the prototypical death metal song. I prefer the grimier era of Death, but Chuck was a legend and his whole catalog is insane.

"Flesh and the Power It Holds" or "Spirit Crusher" are more progressive and interesting songs, this one is pretty straight-forward but very cool. Also would love to see you react to some more Type O Negative (you did one already i think)! Very interesting mixing and sound effects in songs like Love You to Death or Black No. 1.

I love that you started with Leprosy, still holds up as one of the best death metal albums ever. Legends!

Definitely try something from Symbolic. Chuck really found the sweet spot between melody and heaviness on that album. The riffs are awesome and the songwriting and composition is top notch.

Man, you gotta do more Death! Every album sounds different from each other

Everything Chuck touched was fucking gold, the man was a genius, taken far too soon. R.I.P

I really hope you'll start a journey with Death's music. The evolution in both the musicianship and production of this band was incredible. From the rawness of the early stuff to the final album which was basically prog death metal, I think you would enjoy the ride. Chuck really was a musical genius. Besides singing, playing guitar, writing the songs and the incredible lyrics, he also always brought in great musicians that helped evolve the sound of the band and the entire genre.

Including the agression, punch, hardness and rawness of the punk rock in metal was what started the evolution of the extreme metal, starting with Motörhead and Venom in the late 70's-early 80's. Thrash metal, Black metal and Death metal all came out of it.

I really love early death metal with experiments, when the genre was not yet fully formed. A lot of cool European bands played here, for example Edge of Sanity, Phlebotomized, Carbonized

My favorite album of Death is Individual Thought Patterns. It has some amazingly creative sections and musicianship.

Death is just a legend. I'm so lucky I saw them on stage twice. Too bad you didn't start with the first record. Could be very interresting for you to follow the time line from now. To see how the band evolved will blow your mind ! Next one should be from "Spiritual Healing" and I warmly suggest the song "Low Life" from this album. Enjoy ! Peace.

I remember! They started the whole genre . Love this song. I believe Chuck died of brain cancer 😢 Terry Butler the bassist is badass remember, this was totally new . The minor keys , the doom sounds. Just incredible. I can understand the words , I listen to this all the time . This and pull the plug are my all time favorites. They have their own sound. They sound even better live. Just an incredible band . I can't say enough.

Please have a listen at their albums Individual Thoughts Patterns and Symbolic ! These will blow your mind !

Before Death became Death they were Mantas (83-84). Kam Lee was on main vocals and drums and is one of the originators of the growl (inspired by Tom G. Warrior from Hellhammer). His growl is crazy. Rick Rozz and Charles "Evil Chuck" Shuldiner were on guitars, Chuck on additional vocals. They had a basist for a short while. From Mantas came Death and Massacre, another influential death metal band. Oh, by the way, what you're hearing is Shuldiner on vocals, Lee was the vocalist in Massacre.

Yes, this 2014 reissue is a full blown remaster as well. It was a part of the entire catalog getting remastered in reverse order of release under the record label, Relapse Records, except for their 1995 album "Symbolic" because it was a Roadrunner Records release, and they never released the rights to it to the widow of Chuck. The funny thing is that Century Media put out a set of "remasters" in 2008, but honestly, they weren't much different than the original recordings. However the Relapse Remasters, which started in 2011, and ran thru 2016, were PROPER remasters in that they really went in and cleaned up the sound, got rid of the muddiness that was prevalent in the first three albums, and issued bonus discs for all albums. So they were considered Deluxe Releases. The bonus discs contained live versions, demo versions, instrumental versions, and rehearsals versions. These remasters are the best these albums have ever sounded.

who needs diatonic keys when you can just hop between random minor 2nds, tritones, minor thirds, and perfect fourths and fifths and hope for the best

Well, there's only one thing left to do now: check out Morbid Angel's "Altars of Madness"

If you love Death you should definitely listen to Deify Thy Master by Pestilence. They're a Dutch band and I think one of the earliest extreme metal bands from The Netherlands. The whole album (Consuming Impulse) is a masterpiece. Their vocalist left after that album and went on to form Asphyx, another well known Dutch Death Metal bands

The death metal sound back then man Obituary covered Celtic Frost "Circle of the Tyrants" I think that's my favorite jam in that vein..

At last, some Death ☠. Nice reaction. Great musicians... More Death needed

That era of Death & another band from Florida, Atheist, that were pushing boundaries of thrash into more progressive areas & what would also become death metal were something else. All the dudes in Death went on to some amazing bands across numerous metal genres & stellar musical careers after Chuck passed. Most people seem to prefer the Human album but I was always more partial to Individual Thought Patterns. Seemed like the tunes on that one had a bit more groove to go with all the technicality & speed bursts. Plus I like the "gooey" bass tone on that album. Suggestions from that album Overactive Imagination, In Human Form, Trapped in a Corner, Mentally Blind, The Philosopher

Oh YES! Death, finally! Good stuff as always Geebz!

You’ve been putting in words what I enjoy so much about that era of music. More perfect and synchronized doesn’t always mean more better. Tape saturation is something I felt, but couldn’t imagine that it existed until you described it 👌🏼 Also these sync issues make it so natural sounding.

Finally some Death!! Been waiting for this!

I love the guttural scream Chuck lets loose at 8 minutes. It strikes me as a slight stylistic nod to Tom G. Warrior of Celtic Frost. Now that I’m thinking about it there seem to be a number of similarities between the feel of this song and Celtic Frost’s “Into the Crypt of Rays”.

I hate to comment twice but if you love this Individual will blow your mind. Chuck , Gene and Steve were the line up. RIP Chuck and Sean.

Crystal Mountain, Spirit Crusher, Flesh and the Power It Holds, Painkiller.... So many good Death songs. Actually kinda surprised to see this one chosen. Still a good one tho. Their drummer is top level.

I love you did these guys so much!!!

Yes!! Awesome! So happy to see this in my subscription box

Finally! It is just the band that got a hole Genre named after them. Grandfather of Death Metal.

Been waiting forever for a death reaction! Can’t wait to see more! Thanks

Great heavy, rich sound!!!!! Chuck was awesome 🤘

Fun fact. Chuck actually played all the Bass on Leprosy, not Terry Butler. According to Terry, his first studio appearance was to be Leprosy. But Terry had a panic attack in the studio and asked Chuck if he would play the Bass parts for the record. Terry killed it on Spiritual Healing though.

You need to do "Voice of the Soul" from their album The Sound of Perseverance. Excellent band to start diving into. They also have a real kickass cover of "Painkiller" featuring Rob Halford of Judas Priest. Keep on keepin' on Geebz! \m/

I'm a die hard DEATH fan and this is so cool to see you enjoying this band listen to spiritual healing it's a masterpiece

First time watching you. Very insightful on a band I have been a fan of since their start.

Thank you so much for choosing Death. I have been asking since I first started listening to you back when you did Mr. Bungle. More please! Death is the best and your show is great! It satisfies me to see you react like I feel about music, especially when I know it's your 1st time hearing.

That is one of my all-time favorite bands and I’m so happy you’re finally covering them. They are to make any recommendation for next song to listen to I’d say either “story to tell”, it shows so much technical proficiency and goes through so many amazing changes that will leave you guessing on single turn it takes wondering where the song will go next

Such an awesome band! I don´t know how many times I´ve listened to this album back in the day. 🤘

Very good and real reaction. Thanks for the honesty.

I dig it !!! Thanks Geebz, have a great day ! 🤙

Voice of the soul by Death is something out of this world and I would really enjoy seeing a reaction to it from you !

There's so much to delve into Death and the journey they take you on. No matter how many times I listen to them it's always fresh and makes me feel good.

Love Death, one of my favourite bands, was lucky enough to see them live a couple of times, great choice and try some more, good work.

can't wait for more death! you gotta check one song from each album in chronological order, it only gets better

Fantastic breakdown! I love to learn more about the recording processes in the 80s, and the organic flow of music. I like a lot of electronic music but there are days where I need to hear that raw humanity through some black metal chugs and screams, or a somber melodic death song. It's something in music that will always be desired!

Right on! In terms of evolution of the genre, the immediate precursor to this was Slayer’s 1986 masterpiece Reign in Blood-check it out!

They played this song live in 1988, you should definitely check it out!

Lack of Comprehension is one of my favs hope u get round to it \m/

Thanks a lot Geeb, I almost cried as soon as I saw on YT that you made this Death band video ... Honestly, I was about to try to recommend you a song, but I was thinking about "The Philosopher". Maybe someday I will live to see you and you will not be disappointed with it. Thanks a lot. BTW. I recommend NEVERMORE band, one of my favorites, ever.

Yess! This was one of my first death metal band i listened to!

Amazing Death was a game changer, the evolution through the discography is a testament of hungry for keep forward, since "Scream Bloody Gore" till Control Denied "The Fragile Art Of Existence" Chuck was one of a kind thanks for this #Geebz

Awesome! Chuck is sorely missed. So many good times seeing Death live.

Lovely to see you get into Death, and hope you progress to other tracks very soon. Scavenger of Human Sorrow for example. Open Casket is my favourite from Leprosy.

Hi Geebz, thank you for your dissection and thoughts on the band Death and Chuck Schuldiner. Your awesome breakdown is just the beginning of this incredible band and you're right about it being very raw and punkish. Chuck and his band continued to develop & evolve into an incredible force of melodic & progressive death metal beauty that is so revered and respected by fans & musicians alike. Kudos to you for recognizing this from music very early in their musical journey. I would love to hear more. Thank you so much. RIP Chuck.🤘💯🎸

Chuck Schuldiner never wrote a bad song. They're all classics.

Death are awesome, really one of the big names of the metal scene for a long time and very inspirational to a lot of bands out there. Great you are reviewing them, look into them more - Albums like Human, Symbolic and Spiritual Healing might be up your alley!

Geebz just wait until you get to the other albums! so glad you finally checked out Chuck and Death !!

What a great reaction Geebz. You have to look at their last 2 albums, Symbolic and The Sound of Perseverance. Chuck's voice evolves into a banshee-like scream that is haunting. And the pictures painted by the band's music and Chuck's lyrics became so large and thematic. The music also became much more progressive and had so many spine-tingling moments.

please do more of these!!

Within the mind was the song that hooked me to metal forever

I had the cable guy over the other day, he saw my guitar and we got to talking music (mostly metal natch). Turns out the main dude from Death, Chuck Schuldiner, lived just down the street from me in sunny Florida!

I'm so glad you liked the track Geebz! It's not considered the most popular track from Leprosy, but it is a personal favorite of mine \m/ When it comes to production oldschool is the best school ;-)

This is what I've been waiting for

From what i understand is that Chuck's band told him he would never make it and quit. He then wrote Human. Proved them wrong. brought on Steve Digorgio on bass. Then added Gene Hogland on drums for Thought Patterns. Way to middle finger those that dont believe.

Check out Suffocation, they (kinda?) revolutionized Death metal in the 90s. highly recommend Pierced from Within.

Death - The Philosopher. Bass playing there is gonna blow your mind...

excellent choice...

whoa! old school Death reaction, from out of nowhere??! yes!! feel like there are a lot more better choices even from that album, but still stoked! death #1

I do agree with you about the tape saturation sound the whole album leprosy sounds that way. All the rest of their albums are cleared up. Also I agree they were a total level up back in the day! In some ways they still are! RIP Chuck!