December 26th, 2007

Raw Rehearsal: DEATH 1988 Rehearsal Tape

Posted in Raw Rehearsal, MP3s

Death 1988

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In January 1988, the members of Death convened in Orlando, Florida, to rehearse six of the songs that would eventually wind up on the band’s second and highly influential album, Leprosy—and MetalKult is proud to offer the rarely heard audio captured during that rehearsal.

“Left to Die”
“Open Casket”
“Pull the Plug”
“Choke on It”
“Born Dead”
“Forgotten Past”

The Death lineup at the time included guitarist/vocalist Chuck Schuldiner, guitarist Rick Rozz, bassist Terry Butler and drummer Bill Andrews.

Right-click the song names to download each mp3.

Photograph courtesy of Frank White.



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  1. chris said,
    on December 26th, 2007 at 10:54 pm

    Awesome! Chuck is greatly missed and so is DEATH!

  2. Way Too Loud! > Death Rehearsal Audio Posted said,
    on December 27th, 2007 at 12:30 am

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  3. » Death- Live in Free Download - Webzine - Metal e Rock, Video,Recensioni,News e Concerti |Zonarock.it said,
    on December 27th, 2007 at 7:54 am

    […] al sito Metalkult.com è possibile scarica in mp3 una esibizione dei Death live in Orlando (Florida) Questa la set-list: […]

  4. EdenBeast said,
    on December 27th, 2007 at 9:05 am

    Incredible!
    What a present, thanxs!

  5. Diabolical said,
    on December 27th, 2007 at 3:05 pm

    It is an interesting insight of the band at that time.

  6. josh said,
    on December 27th, 2007 at 4:45 pm

    one of the best bands ever! thank you soo much for this.

  7. Chromatic Death said,
    on December 27th, 2007 at 8:04 pm

    Man, this is simply AMAZING!!! Despite the sound quality, this rules! Death is one of the greatests bands ever, thanks.

  8. rafael said,
    on December 27th, 2007 at 8:57 pm

    Chuck is immortall !!

  9. Gangland said,
    on December 28th, 2007 at 2:31 am

    Holy shit! This is fucking awsome!

  10. R. Schuldiner said,
    on December 28th, 2007 at 11:47 am

    Chuck Rules! Fucking Awesome, great. The BEST band of ever.
    Thanks for it, man.

  11. marcelo said,
    on December 28th, 2007 at 5:26 pm

    i like this band

  12. watchtower fan said,
    on December 29th, 2007 at 12:57 pm

    thanks for this amazing present guys

  13. caligolas said,
    on December 29th, 2007 at 4:46 pm

    yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa DEATH IS FODA!

  14. Michael said,
    on December 30th, 2007 at 3:09 pm

    This is awesome. Thanks a lot for putting these on here.

  15. Dani said,
    on January 2nd, 2008 at 1:42 pm

    awesome, just like everything else with death.

    rip chuck, you are greatly missed..

    Death crushes all.

  16. bloodys Blog » Blog Archive » Death Rehearsal von 1988 said,
    on January 4th, 2008 at 10:01 am

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  17. Jordan said,
    on January 18th, 2008 at 4:52 pm

    Awesome.

    Now, please metal kult, get some of the super rare demos, like early rehearsal tapes, and live tapes.

  18. juan said,
    on January 25th, 2008 at 10:40 pm

    a toda madre este no lo tenia gracias por dejarnos estas joyas death

  19. Wyatt said,
    on February 5th, 2008 at 6:42 pm

    Does anyone have the human demo?

  20. nabin said,
    on February 19th, 2008 at 12:23 am

    fucking spirit crusher death rules……………………rip schuldiner

  21. Satyr666 said,
    on February 20th, 2008 at 2:36 am

    My husband recently introduced me to DEATH, and I must say I can’t get enough of crystal mountain! I was crushed to find out the main infuence behind it all has been ripped away! :( May he influence a great many more!

  22. mozian666 said,
    on February 27th, 2008 at 7:44 pm

    R.I.P. CHUCK SHULDINER— its too bad this rare rehersal was with bastards he left behind

  23. kenny said,
    on February 28th, 2008 at 5:18 pm

    this is great
    ive just resently started really getting into death
    my favorite are the later albums but this is hah
    just fantastic love chucks playingR.I.P.

  24. HIGGS said,
    on March 1st, 2008 at 1:47 am

    THANKS MK I HAVE BEEN A LARGE FAN AND FOLOWER OF DEATH SINCE 1988 CHUCK HAS HAD A LARGE INFLUENCE IN MY MUSIC WRITING/PLAYING ,BLESS CHUCK AND HIS FAMILY .
    FOR ALL THOSE OUT THERE WHO MAY NOT KNOW PLEASE VISIT WWW.EMPTYWORDS.COM
    TO LEARN MORE ABOUT CHUCK AND MUSIC
    KEEP THE METAL FAITH ALIVE THANKS HIGGS

  25. pabloheavy said,
    on March 15th, 2008 at 4:00 pm

    Holy shit!!!
    this is fucking great !!!
    this is one of my favorite bands and i don’t have this rehearsal…
    thanks a lot!!
    DEATH & CHUCK RLZ !!!!!!

  26. Timmy said,
    on April 7th, 2008 at 4:49 pm

    Thank you so much for this rare find. R.I.P Chuck. Your music lives forever!!!!!

  27. amina said,
    on May 16th, 2008 at 4:43 am

    i wanna be a fucin witch

  28. de avila said,
    on May 25th, 2008 at 3:53 pm

    man that the shit!death is the first metal band that turns me on to metal,still a fan to this day,r.i.p brother!

  29. baird2100 said,
    on September 29th, 2008 at 4:33 pm

    Yeah! I still remember when “Scream Bloody Gore” was freshly delivered to the local college radio station for their Monday Night Metal program and I stumbled across it and knew there was something that set them apart from the other mediorce bands trying to do what they did. What a legacy! Thanks Chuck!

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