Leprosy by Death (CD, 2014)

RPE, Relapse

0781676722822

11046055072

2014

CD

Rock

Death

Leprosy

0.48 in

0.29 lb

5.69 in

4.94 in

18

2

1.1 Leprosy 1.2 Born Dead 1.3 Forgotten Past 1.4 Left to Die 1.5 Pull the Plug 1.6 Open Casket 1.7 Primitive Ways 1.8 Choke on It 2.1 Open Casket 2.2 Choke on It 2.3 Left to Die 2.4 Left to Die [Take 2] [Take] 2.5 Left to Die 2.6 Open Casket 2.7 Pull the Plug 2.8 Choke on It 2.9 Born Dead 2.10 Forgotten Past

The sixth installment in Relapse's exhaustive reissue campaign of Death's immensely influential catalog is LEPROSY the band's titanic second album. Originally released in 1988 LEPROSY was a pioneering album, building upon the thrash sounds of Metallica and Slayer but adding a previously unheard level of raw extremity. These songs are the roots of an entire genre: death metal. While this was only the second record Death released, it immediately cemented them as heavy metal icons.