Death discography explained

Artist:Death
Studio:7
Live:10
Compilation:1
Video:9
Music Videos:2
Singles:3
Option Name:Demos
Option:7

The discography of Death consists of seven studio albums and four live albums. Death was an American death metal band formed in 1984. The band's founder, Chuck Schuldiner, is considered "a pioneering force in death metal".[1] The band ceased to exist after Schuldiner died of brain cancer in 2001,[2] though it remains an enduring death metal legacy.

, Death have sold over 368,000 albums in the United States according to Nielsen SoundScan, making them the sixth best-selling death metal band in the country.[3]

Studio albums

YearAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsSales
US
[4]
US
Heat.
[5]
AUT
[6]
GER
[7]
NLD
[8]
1987Scream Bloody Gore
  • Released: May 25, 1987
  • Label: Combat (8146)
  • Format: CD, CS, LP
174
1988Leprosy
  • Released: November 16,1988
  • Label: Combat (8248)
  • Format: CD, CS, LP
1990Spiritual Healing
  • Released: February 16, 1990
  • Label: Combat (2011)
  • Format: CD, CS, LP
63
1991Human
  • Released: October 22, 1991
  • Label: Relativity (2036)
  • Format: CD, LP
34
  • US: 95,000+[9]
1993Individual Thought Patterns
  • Released: June 22, 1993
  • Label: Relativity (90792)
  • Format: CD, CS, LP
3086
1995Symbolic
  • Released: March 21, 1995
  • Label: Roadrunner (8957)
  • Format: CD, LP
68
1998The Sound of Perseverance 47356093
  • US: 33,000+
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Live albums

YearAlbum details
2001Live in L.A. (Death & Raw)
  • Released: October 16, 2001
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Format: CD
Live in Eindhoven
  • Released: October 30, 2001
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Format: CD+DVD
2005Live in Cottbus '98
  • Released: November 11, 2005
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Format: DVD
2012Vivus!
  • Released: February 28, 2012
  • Label: Relapse Records
  • Format: CD
2020
  • Released: March 31, 2020
  • Label: Relapse Records
  • Format: Digital, LP, CD
2020
  • Released: April 14, 2020
  • Label: Relapse Records
  • Format: Digital, LP
2020
  • Released: April 20, 2020
  • Label: Relapse Records
  • Format: Digital, LP, CD
2020
  • Released: May 11, 2020
  • Label: Relapse Records
  • Format: Digital, LP
2020
  • Released: May 27, 2020
  • Label: Relapse Records
  • Format: Digital, LP
2020
  • Released: June 8, 2020
  • Label: Relapse Records
  • Format: Digital, LP

Demo albums

Prior to the release of the band's debut album in 1987, Death released many demos and rehearsal tapes. Below is a list of the band's official demos according to its website.[12]

Singles

YearSongAlbum
1993"The Philosopher"Individual Thought Patterns
1995"Empty Words"Symbolic
1998"Spirit Crusher"The Sound of Perseverance

Video albums

Music videos

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20050602235328/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1451543/20011218/death.jhtml Mancini, R. Death Frontman Chuck Schuldiner Dies
  2. http://www.emptywords.org/BANDPerryGrayson.htm Grayson, M. Perry Precious Memories of Chuck Schuldiner
  3. Web site: Blabbermouth . 2003-11-17 . It's Official: CANNIBAL CORPSE Are The Top-Selling Death Metal Band Of The SoundScan Era . 2023-05-16 . BLABBERMOUTH.NET . en.
  4. Billboard 200: Death Chart History. Billboard. 2018-01-09.
  5. Peak chart positions for Death in the United States:
  6. Web site: Discographie Death . German . Hung Medien . 2011-05-06 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121104212140/http://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Death . 2012-11-04 .
  7. Web site: Chartverfolgung / Death / Longplay. German. PhonoNet. 2011-05-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20121017032756/http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/DEATH/?type=longplay. 2012-10-17. dead.
  8. Web site: Discografie Death . Dutch . Hung Medien . 2011-05-06 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121025082219/http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Death . 2012-10-25 .
  9. Web site: Blabbermouth . 2011-05-23 . DEATH's 'Human' Album Reissue: Complete Track Listing Revealed . 2023-05-16 . BLABBERMOUTH.NET . en.
  10. Web site: Blabbermouth.net . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20021030123911/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=2000 . 30 October 2002 . 12 January 2022 . www.roadrunnerrecords.com.
  11. Web site: Blabbermouth . 2008-04-08 . DEATH: 'Symbolic' Reissue Audio Samples Available . 2023-05-16 . BLABBERMOUTH.NET . en.
  12. Web site: Timeline . Woning . Robbie . Grayson . Perry . Empty Words . May 29, 2020.