Bravewords.com reminded me that today (may 13th) would have been the late Death singer, Chuck Schuldiner’s 42nd birthday. Chuck died of complications of the brain cancer in December of 2001. He established himself as an icon in [death] metal and will forever be missed. Rest In Peace, Chuck.
 

I dare you to tell me that this song doesn’t kick so much ass it makes it painful to walk! Try and tell me that that opening riff just doesn’t give you at least a half-chub! Scavenger Of Human Sorrow is the opening track from Death’s last album The Sound Of Perseverance. Seriously, it makes me want to dig up Chuck Schuldiner and bring him back to life like some kind of Frankenstein monster, throw a B.C. Rich Stealth in his hands and just let him go crazy! We’ve lost way too many metal geniuses in the last 30 years. …read more

Doing the Top 10 Death Metal songs a bit ago had me remembering back to 1993 when this video was actually in rotation on Headbanger’s Ball. This is an awesome song from a great Death album.
 

Unless you’re only into some of the new Death metal or Deathcore, then you probably know at least some part of American Death Metal history. That history being that so many influential and break through death metal bands paved the way for so many other bands out of The Sunshine State.
January’s issue of Revolver Magazine has a great article on the history of Florida Death Metal with contribution from David Vincent (Morbid Angel), Glen Benton (Deicide), John Tardy (Obituary), Paul Masvidal (Death, Cynic) and Scott Burns. If you don’t have a clue who Scott Burns is, he is responsible …read more

IGN.Com, a video game site recently published a post on the 10 Best Death Metal Singers and I must say that it is a hell of a list. I couldn’t agree more with it. Take a peak at the list below, but visit the site to get their insight on them, essential albums and a song/video from the band. My 10 picks aren’t much different, but when you put together a list like they did, it’s tough not to pick some of the same ones.

Frank Mullen – Suffocation
Lars Göran Petrov – Entombed
Paul Pavlovich – Assük
David Vincent – Morbid Angel
Mikael …read more

Heres a quick excerpt from Blabbermouth concerning a tribute concert to be held in Quebes City fro late Death Singer/Guitars Chuck Schuldiner. Click the link at the bottom to read the whole article at Blabbermouth.net
On December 13 2001, one of the most influential musicians in the extreme metal world, DEATH/CONTROL DENIED mastermind Chuck Schuldiner, tragically passed away at age 34 after a a battle with pontine glioma, a rare type of brain tumor. In order to keep his memory alive, Capitale du Metal will present a very special benefit concert on December 12, 2007 at the Theatre Imperial in …read more

Another pioneering band from Florida, (in case you didn’t know, most of the bands that paved the path for death metal came from Florida) Death started way back before death metal was even close to being mainstream. Chuck Schuldiner, the founding and only member to be with the band from beginning to end, died in 2001 due to complications from a brain tumor. Death, a very technical and unique death metal band put out 4 records before releasing “Fate” The Best Of Death. Chuck’s vocals are one thing that really  sets them apart from other death metal bands. …read more