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'{{Infobox album | name = Scream Bloody Gore | type = studio | artist = [[Death (metal band)|Death]] | cover = Scream Bloody Gore.jpg | alt = | released = May 25, 1987 | recorded = November 1986 | venue = | studio = The Music Grinder in [[Los Angeles, California]] | genre = [[Death metal]] | length = 37:51 | label = [[Combat Records|Combat]] | producer = Randy Burns, Chuck Schuldiner | prev_title = [[Mutilation (demo)|Mutilation]] | prev_year = 1986 | next_title = [[Leprosy (album)|Leprosy]] | next_year = 1988 }} '''''Scream Bloody Gore''''' is the debut studio album by American [[death metal]] band [[Death (metal band)|Death]], released on May 25, 1987, through [[Combat Records]]. It was considered "the first true [[death metal]] record".<ref>Aldis, N. & Sherry, J. ''Heavy metal Thunder'', 2006, San Francisco: Chronicle {{ISBN|0-8118-5353-5}}</ref> [[Chuck Schuldiner]] plays bass and guitar, wrote all the songs on the album and provided all the vocals. John Hand is noted on the cover as playing rhythm guitar, though this was incorrect and Hand was only in the band for a short period and was not on the recording.<ref name="Blabbermouth Reifert interview">{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=71774 |title=Blabbermouth Reifert interview |publisher=Roadrunnerrecords.com |date= |accessdate=October 13, 2011}}</ref> This is also the only Death album to feature drummer [[Chris Reifert]], who had joined for the [[Mutilation (demo)|''Mutilation'']] demo.<ref>[http://www.metal-rules.com/zine/content/view/892/0/ Lahtinen L. ''Chris Reifert - Ex-DEATH, ex-AUTOPSY & ABSCESS'', metal-rules.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100614064757/http://www.metal-rules.com/zine/content/view/892/0 |date=2010-06-14 }}, (retrieved May 23, 2010)</ref> [[Eric Greif|Perseverance Holdings, Ltd.]] and [[Relapse Records]] reissued the album on May 20, 2016, on CD, vinyl, and cassette.<ref>http://www.relapse.com/death-scream-bloody-gore/</ref> The album was remastered for this release, and also included the original Florida session as well as recordings of rehearsals performed in 1986. ==Overview== The album was actually recorded twice, with the second Los Angeles-based session being released as the complete album by label Combat Records (later Relativity). It was first recorded in Florida, although only the rhythm guitar and drum tracks were recorded. The track listing consisted of "Torn to Pieces", "Legion of Doom", "Scream Bloody Gore", "Sacrificial Cunt" (later shortened to "Sacrificial" because the label asked the band to do so, possibly because "they didn't want to get [[Parents Music Resource Center|P.M.R.C.]] on their case"<ref>''Death''. In: [[Metalion|Jon Kristiansen]]: ''Metalion: The Slayer Mag Diaries''. Bazillion Points Books 2011, p. 134.</ref>), "Mutilation", "Land of No Return", and "Baptized in Blood". The label were unsatisfied after hearing the initial [[audio mixing (recorded music)|mix]], so Schuldiner and Reifert re-recorded the album in California with Randy Burns as producer. Once returning to Florida, the first session was released as a promotional tape, and was eventually bootlegged. "Legion of Doom" was a longtime staple of Death's rehearsals and live shows, and was indeed the first song written, reaching back to when they were known as Mantas. Despite the many songs written during Death's demo days, only half of them were re-recorded for the album, the rest being new compositions. "Infernal Death" and "Baptized in Blood" originally appeared on the ''Infernal Death'' demo. "Mutilation" originally appeared on the "Back from the Dead" demo. "Zombie Ritual" and "Land of No Return" originally appeared on the ''Mutilation'' demo, and "Evil Dead" and "Beyond the Unholy Grave" were originally on ''Death By Metal''. "Beyond the Unholy Grave" and "Land of No Return" were also cut from the vinyl and casette versions of the album, though were included as CD-only bonus tracks and on subseque re-releases in other formats, along with two live audio tracks taken from the ''Ultimate Revenge II'' video. Certain songs on the album were inspired by horror movies. "Regurgitated Guts" was inspired by the 1980 film ''[[City of the Living Dead]]'' (a.k.a. ''The Gates of Hell''), "Beyond the Unholy Grave" was influenced by the 1981 film ''[[The Beyond (film)|The Beyond]]'', and "Zombie Ritual" was inspired by the 1979 film ''[[Zombi 2|Zombie]]'', all of which were directed by Italian director [[Lucio Fulci]].<ref>{{cite journal |date=March 2002 |title=Diamonds Are Forever |journal=Hard Rock Magazine|url=http://www.emptywords.org/HardRock03-2002.htm|accessdate=May 11, 2011}}</ref> ==Reception and legacy== {{Album ratings | rev1 = [[AllMusic]] | rev1Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Huey |first=Steve |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/r5284 |title=Scream Bloody Gore - Death |publisher=[[Allmusic]] |date= |accessdate=October 13, 2011}}</ref> | rev3 = [[Sputnikmusic]] | rev3Score = 4.5/5<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/1143/Death-Scream-Bloody-Gore/ |title=Death - Scream Bloody Gore (album review) |publisher=[[Sputnikmusic]] |date= |accessdate=October 13, 2011}}</ref> }} ''Scream Bloody Gore'' is often considered the first [[death metal]] album. Although some critics consider Possessed's ''[[Seven Churches (album)|Seven Churches]]'' to be the first death metal record, [[AllMusic]]'s Eduardo Rivadavia suggests that ''Seven Churches'' was a transition between [[thrash metal]] and death metal, while ''Scream Bloody Gore'' defined the core elements of death metal.<ref>{{cite web|last=Rivadavia|first=Eduardo|title=Death Biography|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p4050|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=Allmusic|accessdate=January 21, 2014}}</ref> According to music journalist [[Joel McIver]], Death's debut album was a "turning-point in [[extreme metal]]",<ref>McIver, J. ''The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists'', 2009, #10: Chuck Schuldiner, Jawbone Press</ref> and qualified it as "the first true death metal album".<ref>McIver, J. ''Justice for All: The Truth About Metallica'', 2004, p. 155, Omnibus Press</ref> Writer Ian Christe stated in ''[[Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal]]'' that "''Scream Bloody Gore'' emulated [[hardcore punk]]. It also evoked the dark moods of horror sound tracks from the drive-in zombie and cannibal horror films of George Romero".<ref>Christe, I. ''The Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal'', 2003, p. 241, Harper Collins</ref> ''[[Metal Forces]]'' described the album as "death metal at its utmost extreme, brutal, raw and offensive – the kind that separates the true death metallers from countless trend-following wimps".<ref>as noted in Mudrian, A. ''Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal & Grindcore'', 2004, p. 75, Feral House</ref> {{Clear}} In 2016, a re-release of the album was one of the top 200 selling albums in the United States in its first week of release, marking Death's first appearance in the US Billboard 200 chart at {{Numero|174}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/death-scream-bloody-gore-album-anniversary/|title=32 Years Ago: Death Start a Revolution With ‘Scream Bloody Gore’|publisher=[[Loudwire]]|accessdate=June 25, 2019|author=Jon Widerhorn}}</ref> ==Track listing== All songs written by [[Chuck Schuldiner]]. {{Track listing | title1 = Infernal Death | length1 = 2:54 | title2 = Zombie Ritual | length2 = 4:35 | title3 = Denial of Life | length3 = 3:37 | title4 = Sacrificial | length4 = 3:43 | title5 = Mutilation | length5 = 3:30 | title6 = Regurgitated Guts | length6 = 3:47 | title7 = Baptized in Blood | length7 = 4:31 | title8 = Torn to Pieces | length8 = 3:38 | title9 = Evil Dead | length9 = 3:01 | title10 = Scream Bloody Gore | length10 = 4:35 }} {{tracklist | headline = CD bonus tracks | title11 = Beyond the Unholy Grave | length11 = 3:08 | title12 = Land of No Return | length12 = 3:00 }} {{tracklist | headline = 1999 remastered version | title13 = Open Casket | note13 = Live | length13 = 4:50 | title14 = Choke on It | note14 = Live | length14 = 5:56 }} {{tracklist | headline = 2008 remastered digipack version | title13 = Denial of Life | note13 = Live | length13 = 3:47 }} {{tracklist | collapsed = yes | headline = 2016 reissued Relapse Records version (bonus disc 1) | total_length = | title1 = Torn to Pieces | note1 = Original Florida Session | length1 = 3:29 | title2 = Legion of Doom | note2 = Original Florida Session | length2 = 3:11 | title3 = Scream Bloody Gore | note3 = Original Florida Session | length3 = 4:29 | title4 = Sacrificial | note4 = Original Florida Session | length4 = 3:41 | title5 = Mutilation | note5 = Original Florida Session | length5 = 3:25 | title6 = Land of No Return | note6 = Original Florida Session | length6 = 2:59 | title7 = Baptised in Blood | note7 = Original Florida Session | length7 = 4:25 | title8 = Regurgitated Guts | note8 = Rehearsals 08-20-1986 | length8 = 3:48 | title9 = Sacrificial | note9 = Rehearsals 08-20-1986 | length9 = 4:08 | title10 = Sacrificial - Take 2 | note10 = Rehearsals 08-20-1986 | length10 = 1:39 | title11 = Torn to Pieces | note11 = Rehearsals 08-20-1986 | length11 = 3:54 | title12 = Do You Love Me? - Version 1 | note12 = Rehearsals 08-20-1986 | length12 = 0:56 | title13 = Infernal Death | note13 = Rehearsals 08-20-1986 | length13 = 3:01 | title14 = Zombie Ritual | note14 = Rehearsals 08-20-1986 | length14 = 4:49 | title15 = Beyond The Unholy Grave | note15 = Rehearsals 08-20-1986 | length15 = 3:01 | title16 = Do You Love Me? - Version 2 | note16 = Rehearsals 08-20-1986 | length16 = 3:09 | title17 = Denial of Life | note17 = Rehearsals 08-20-1986 | length17 = 3:49 }} {{tracklist | collapsed = yes | headline = 2016 reissued Relapse Records version (bonus disc 2) | total_length = | title1 = (Part of) Scream Bloody Gore | note1 = Rehearsals 5/28/86 | length1 = 3:06 | title2 = Legion of Doom | note2 = Rehearsals 5/28/86 | length2 = 3:28 | title3 = Beyond The Unholy Grave | note3 = Rehearsals 5/28/86 | length3 = 3:12 | title4 = Scream Bloody Gore | note4 = Rehearsals 5/28/86 | length4 = 4:45 | title5 = Torn to Pieces | note5 = Rehearsals 5/28/86 | length5 = 3:39 | title6 = Mutilation | note6 = Rehearsals 5/26/86 | length6 = 4:16 | title7 = Torn to Pieces | note7 = Rehearsals 5/26/86 | length7 = 3:29 | title8 = Zombie Ritual | note8 = Rehearsals 5/26/86 | length8 = 4:41 | title9 = Land of No Return | note9 = Rehearsals 5/26/86 | length9 = 3:10 | title10 = (Part of) Evil Dead | note10 = Rehearsals 5/26/86 | length10 = 1:19 | title11 = Baptised in Blood | note11 = Rehearsals 5/26/86 | length11 = 4:59 | title12 = Infernal Death | note12 = Rehearsals 5/26/86 | length12 = 2:57 | title13 = Denial of Life | note13 = Rehearsals 5/26/86 | length13 = 3:22 | title14 = Death Metal ([[Possessed (band)|Possessed]] cover) | note14 = Rehearsals 5/26/86 | length14 = 2:00 }} ==Personnel== * [[Chuck Schuldiner]] – [[lead guitar]], [[rhythm guitar]], [[Singing|vocals]], [[Bass guitar|bass]] * [[Chris Reifert]] – [[Drum kit|drums]] * [[Edward J. Repka|Edward Repka]] – design, illustrations * Randy Burns – percussion, producer * John Hand – credited on album as rhythm guitar but did not actually play on album (or during any live performances)<ref name="Blabbermouth Reifert interview"/> ==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2016) ! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position |- {{albumchart|Billboard200|174|artist=Death|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 1, 2016}} |- |} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Death (band)|Death}} [[Category:Death (metal band) albums]] [[Category:1987 debut albums]] [[Category:Albums with cover art by Ed Repka]] [[Category:Combat Records albums]]'