Artist: MANTAS [pre-DEATH]
Album: DEATH BY METAL (CD)

Release date: 2012
Media type: CD

This is where it all began.  For the first time ever Chuck Schuldiner’s pre-DEATH band MANTAS’s recordings have been officially collected into one fully authorized compilation.  ‘Death By Metal’ is the brutally raw sound of an entire genre being born out of the basement of Chuck Schuldiner’s Florida home close to 3 decades ago.  These are the earliest recordings of death metal legend, pioneer and groundbreaker Chuck Schuldiner absolutely ripping the face off of hordes of devotees worldwide.  This is the first time that these recordings have been legitimately available since their original release as the Death By Metal demo tape (1984).  This is the beginning of DEATH!

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TRACKLIST:

Death By Metal (1st Version) Demo
1. Legion of Doom
2. Evil Dead
3. Mantas
4. Death By Metal
5. Power of Darkness

Death By Metal (2nd Version) Demo
6. Legion of Doom
7. Power of Darkness
8. Death By Metal
9. Evil Dead

Rehearsal Early 1984 - Rehearsal
10. Legion of Doom
11. Mantas
12. Death By Metal
13. Evil Dead
14. Rise of Satan