Mutilation is a demo album by American death metal band Death, released in 1986. The following year, the band would release their full-length debut album, Scream Bloody Gore on Combat Records. American heavy metal magazine Metal Maniacs noted that the demo was "the most polished of the early Death recordings" and that "the underground and Combat Records were in agreement about Mutilation".[2]
| Mutilation | ||||
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| Demo album by | ||||
| Released | April 1986 | |||
| Recorded | April 12–13, 1986 | |||
| Studio | ATR Studios, Lafayette, California | |||
| Genre | Death metal | |||
| Length | 10:24 | |||
| Label | Independent | |||
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Writer Albert Mudrian noted in his book Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal & Grindcore that the Mutilation demo "earned [Chuck] Schuldiner that elusive recording contract", stating it was "the band's most polished material in the form of the three-track demo".[3] Author Ian Christe, in his book Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal, noted that Death's demos "became as heavily shared by tape traders as any well-established act in metal".[4]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Land of No Return" | 2:48 |
| 2. | "Zombie Ritual" | 4:22 |
| 3. | "Mutilation" | 3:14 |
| Total length: | 10:24 | |
Personnel
editCredits adapted from liner notes.[5]
Death
edit- Chuck Schuldiner – lead vocals, guitar, bass guitar
- Chris Reifert – drums
Additional personnel
edit- Mark Sikora – artwork
References
edit- ^ "Death - Back from the Dead". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
- ^ Grayson, P. Precious Memories of Chuck Schuldiner, Metal Maniacs, May 2002 (retrieved June 3, 2010)
- ^ Mudrian, A. Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal & Grindcore, 2004, p. 75, Feral House
- ^ Christe, I. Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal, 2003, p. 241, Harper Collins
- ^ Mutilation Demo (retrieved July 7, 2016)