Leprosy Reissue

Incredible.Brings me back to those wonderful years of the birth of true death metal. '84-'87 saw the rise of Metallica, Slayer, and other wickedly hard bands. Metal was finally gaining true recognition.Then came a band called Death. The first LP "Scream Bloody Gore" was excellent, but was dismissed by many as a "Fad" or "Horror show music" that would not last.How wrong they were. When Leprosy was unleashed, there was NO denying that this "Fad" was a movement that could not be stopped.The raw, shocking, and guttural lyrics by Chuck, the powerful double bass, and piercing guitar riffs all blended into a wonderfully morbid and incredibly heavy sound that no band had ever produced to that point.IMO, Death's Leprosy set forth the blueprint for all true death metal going forward.This remaster with rehearsal tracks is unbelievably good. I was 18 when the original LP came out. I'm 48 now, and this sounds just as good as it ever did.

This album is a great piece of work. The recording quality is better than average for the time and genre and the studio-ized efffects are minimal, so what you get is a raw but well crafted recording of classic death metal tracks.This isn't an album to rock out with in a rock and roll sense, this album is ominous and it feels like Chuck Schuldiner is singing (?) to you about you or someone you may know. And the story is one you may not like. But you aren't going anywhere. Your going to sit this whole album through, and you're going to like it.

This album brings back fond memories when my brother bought this on tape in '88. At the time, we were into the Big 4 as well as Kreator, Testament and countless speed metal and metal bands and something about Death put them into our regular listening catalog to this day. I am most impressed with the quality sound of this album. It feels like someone painstakingly and methodically cleaned up each song to perfection. I listen to this in my car and I have a decent stereo and I crank it up and it just roars like an angry lion. It amazes me how young Chuck was at the time of this release, and as a self-taught musician to create a masterpiece like this is beyond comprehension. No wonder he is in the top 100 metal guitarists of all time, an icon, legend and the Godfather of Death Metal. Thank you Chuck for your brilliance. RIP.

I pre-ordered this in advanced for only $13.99, had to wait a little longer but it was definitely worth the wait.Delivered with care, so no worries whatsoever.Great pressing and presentation from Death!

I don't have the original press but this 30th anny press sounds great.Being metal from the 80s' and not labeling every metal band that has their own sound/style with a new sub-sub genre like deathcore or grindcore or buttcore or pusscore.I'll accept Deathmetal but to me if it's METAL IT's just damn METAL! And that's a good thing.If you collect LP's and your collection is METAL then you should have Leprosy in your library matter O fact you should have every Death LP in your Vinyl collection.IF YOU DO NOT=GET IT NOW!

The album is a must have for 80’s thrash fans. Sound quality is there, plus a disc full of bonus tracks. What’s not to like?

Real deal metal. Great musicians

You know what this album is, get it now!

Well. What hasn't already been said about Leprosy. Released in 1988 in the heyday decade for metal, this sat very comfortably with all the other artistically realised vinyl covers on the shelves. It had a perfect logo, a superb front cover (you didn't even twig that the main colour was pink!) and some brutal song titles. It was only 8 tracks long (as was the norm at the time - something I feel should have continued in regard to quality over quantity) and looked liked it belonged slotted in next to the Anthrax's, Metallica's and Slayer's of the world in Our Price (ah memories). But it was when it was played that the realisation manifested.Opener and title track is both brutal, unlike anything I'd ever heard before (as a 13 year old at the time Schuldiner's guttural roar was literally scary), played with technical expertise and also more melodic than death metal should ever sound. This was the sound of a genre beginning. Which was not evident at the time, although it was clear that something different lay within those vinyl grooves. Their debut may be lauded quite correctly as the seminal catalyst for all death metal to gush but Leprosy was where the band honed their sound and progressed their vision with astounding results. It sounds unlike any modern death metal album as the genre has evolved itself over the 20+ years but the crushing kernel of the genre's core still remains beating in its riffs and growls. Literally for me the title track became an instant classic. 'Born Dead' follows with even more evil intent but with less scope, still forging ahead with mantra-like choruses that shouldn't be catchy but are. 'Forgotten Past' eschews any such notion of traditional death metal (and this as about as traditional as you can get!) as the chorus is almost catchy enough to be labelled pop - almost. But it is a giant of a track. 'Left to Die' finishes off side 1 (as it was back then) with a snarling, vicious trail of evil.'Pull the Plug' is more of the same but with yet another singalong chorus, albeit a rather vile singalong. 'Open Casket' is one of my favourites. The opening is both stunningly evil and beautiful and the crescendo of the chorus is pure horror metal. 'Primitive Ways' is another raw statement of evil intent. And 'Choke on It' finishes of the whole grimy, fetid proceeding with filthy brilliance.I am not particularly excited by death metal as I find it has very strict limitations and life is too short to be screamed at constantly, but Leprosy is one of the most upbeat expressions of the genre I have found. It is both a nostalgic reminder of my formative years finding my musical feet, as well as a near perfect heavy metal album, equalling the greats it was sharing the stage with, just in a very different fashion.Leprosy will infect you - but you'll live.

More and more often I receive damaged vinyl records from Amazon, and it has become a tradition. I wonder if the packer does not want to notice the defect, damage to the item, etc.

By far my favourite Death album I have yet listened too of the new reissues. Sound quality and packaging of the CD is excellent. The Extra CD has some great early takes on the songs but It's all about the main CD worth it for that. Leprosy was a high water mark for all death metal.

Every Death album well just brilliant.Nice to get this Vinyl on remastered and sounds great .

Great album splattered edition