1354 - Death Zombie Ritual 1987

"Scream Bloody Gore" is the debut album by American band Death, released in 1987 and considered “the first true death metal record”. Chuck Schuldiner plays bass, wrote all the songs on the album and provides vocals in addition to guitar for the album. 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. This is also the only Death album to feature drummer Chris Reifert, who had joined for the Mutilation demo. "Zombie Ritual", "Mutilation" and "Land of No Return" originally appeared on the Mutilation demo. The combination of early death metal, punk/thrash influenced riffs and a great vocal performance lead to tracks like "Zombie Ritual", inspired by "Zombie", film directed by Italian director Lucio Fulci, being some of the catchiest death metal songs.