DEATH
- Scream Bloody Gore
Combat Records
Seems to be between Possessed '7 Churches' to Death's 'Scream Bloody Gore' where the conflict is which album founded the genre of death metal wholeheartedly? I'd have to say Death, especially well talked about on the Death By Metal documentary is that Possessed '7 Churches' was a bit "sloppy" and Death's 'Scream Bloody Gore' was "tighter". I'd have to agree with this synopsis. The music on here is raw, heavy and straightforward. Chuck did a great job on 3 avenues: vocals, guitar and bass Chris on drums. They practiced a shit-ton to get this album out and made. They had to go through some loopholes before finally making a recording on Combat.
Whether this is your first experience with Death or
not, one view is this: Chuck did not make any album sound the same. 'Leprosy' was close but you could hear from
that recording the songwriting progression.
And different lineup as Chris was let go of his drum duties handed over
to Bill Andrews ('Leprosy' and 'Spiritual Healing'). They acquired Terry Butler on those 2
recordings also on bass. 'Scream Bloody
Gore' is nothing polished but the sound wasn't so raw that you couldn't make
out the guitar riffs. And as Jim Morris
from Morrisound Recordings says "Chuck is talking to you in the
riffs." You'd better believe that!
The album itself is about 45 minutes and it's just
brutal. Chris wanted to stay in the band
but Chuck was already moving on. A lot
of death metal bands keep producing the same records over and over, Chuck
wanted to progress as a musician. So he
never really fit that mold to playing death metal exclusively throughout his
musical career. This album set the tone
for other death metal bands like Morbid Angel, Deicide, Malevolent Creation, et
al to move into this category. I think
that the fact that he always thought "metal is metal" and it
shouldn't follow in categories which now there are numerous categories of
metal. He was opposed to these
"categories."
These guys practiced and practiced for this to get
made and out to listeners. What to
expect in addition to what I said: "Zombie Ritual", what a great
song! It's fast, it's catchy, but like
all the songs on here. Other people have
commented that this album is "boring" and just the same thing over
and over. But those are the people who
aren't really listening. The production
isn't the best, but it was good enough for Combat and even though this album was
initially turned down, they found someone that could put in the time to make
the recording even though he didn't know what the band members talked about in
this genre (Courtesy of Death By Metal documentary). Check it out!
Ryan “Death8699” Fanucchi
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