Death

Death was an influential American death metal band founded in 1983 by guitarist and vocalist Chuck Schuldiner, considered a "pioneering death metal vocalist/guitarist". The band split up after Schuldiner's death in 2001.

Death is considered one of the most influential groups in death metal. The band's debut, Scream Bloody Gore, has been described as "death metal's first archetypal document". One music biographer has referred to Schuldiner as the "father of death metal" while another has claimed that Schuldiner is "readily acknowledged as the true founder of the U.S. death metal scene". Music biographer Garry Sharpe-Young considers Death "a genre breaking band...centred upon frontman Chuck Schuldiner" and that the band "would become one of the prime instigators of the Death Metal movement".

However, Schuldiner dismissed such attributions by stating, in an interview with Metal-Rules.com, "I dont think I should take the credits for this death metal stuff. Im just a guy from a band, and I think Death is a metal band".

As of 2008, Death have sold over 1.5 million albums worldwide, making them one of the biggest selling death metal bands.

Last known lineup:

Chuck Schuldiner

Shannon Hamm

Scott Clendenin

Richard Christy

Genre(s) :Death metal

Technical death metal

Progressive metal

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