Death: Orlando, Florida.
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.
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.
| Pressing: Repress. |
| Original Release: 1988. |
| Genre: Metal. |
| Sub-Genre: Death / Progressive / Thrash. |
| Catalog No: RR7228. |
| Type: Digipak. |
| Additional: Double Compact Disc. |