A History of Death and Chuck Schuldiner // VIDEO ESSAY

From Scream Bloody Gore, to The Sound of Perseverance, the emerging of the Florida Death Metal scene, and tragedy, the history of Chuck Schuldiner's band Death, and the impact they left on too many genres and bands/artists to count, is one that deserves to be properly talked about.
With a flawless discography, an everchanging line-up consisting of powerful figures in the heavy metal, thrash metal, death metal and progressive death metal scenes, and a nonstop innovating style, Death left an imprint of death metal, technical death metal, melodic death metal and so much more that will never be replicated to the same degree.
A household name now, with the recognition in the heavy metal world unlike many--if any--other death metal bands, Death's tragic ending, and the road to that point is not only fascinating to examine, but wonderful to pay homage to.
Rest in power, Chuck. Wherever you are, just know we'll never forget what you gave us while you were here.
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[@TheMetalTempestYT]

Hey there, Review Family! With 1.2k, nearly 1.3k votes, Death won the poll by 49% for the band you guys wanted to see have a history video of! What're your thoughts of Death, or your favorite Death record/thoughts of Chuck?! Be sure to let me know down below! Thank you all so much for the votes on the poll and support recently, I appreciate it very much!!!!!!! But for now, cheers, rock on, stay heavy and have yourselves a wonderful rest of your day!!!!!!! 🤘 🤘 🤘 🤘 🤘 🤘 🤘

[@mindful2864]

Death is one of the greatest and most legendary bands in metal with a flawless discography. Chuck Schuldiner was a genius songwriter and fantastic guitarist. He will be sorely missed.

[@annihilisthtx2297]

When I'm skipping through songs on my daily drive, I regularly pass up bands I love. However, when Death pops up in the list, 99% of the time I'm leaving it on, regardless of which album it's from. Chuck's story first inspired me in an issue of Guitar World back in 2007, and when I saw/listened to Pull the Plug live on the DVD that came with that issue, I was blown away by the intensity and visible, audible passion. I was 14 years old. To this day, closing in on 32, I am still inspired by Chuck and his music. He had uncompromising integrity, which is something we can all learn from. R.I.P to Chuck. We all miss you, man. Great video, man!

[@lanaijaholmes273]

One of the greatest metal bands to have existed like they have literal not one bad song chuck is a fucking legend you did a great job on the video

[@serra9941]

Huge talent gone too soon. I began listening to Death during my teenage years, around 2011, which made me fall in love with metal in general. Certainly helped me through rough times, and still doing so. Of course, was devastated once I learned that he passed away already. Not just because it would've been a dream come true to see him live, but also because he seemed like such a gentle, loving soul. I love his other project, Control Denied, which has mixed opinions. The demos for his next album sounded amazing too... such a shame. My personal favorite albums are Symbolic and the Sound of Perseverance. "The Moment of Clarity" has a special place in my heart. I hope one day I'll manage to visit his grave at least. Was great listening to you talking about Death. Greetings from Berlin, Germany :)

[@unclebobboomergames]

I started listening to chuck in 2006 ish. Around freshman/sophomore in HS. I had and have never since had an artist that was gone before i found them that i feel like...i miss them. The only artists i usually feel comfortable enough saying i miss...truly...i was around for. Plenty of artists who also died before i found them. But i dont feel like i miss them like that. Because i wasnt there. Chuck is different. I feel like something i never even had was robbed from me. His best work is the album playing. My favorite is the album the fragile art of existence. I enjoyed chuck more with his progressive vision. Also a power metal junkie. Come on. But the best album is the one playing. There isnt an album you can hear that opinion for and think its wrong. I listened to scream bloody gore drunk the other week and even when its the polar opposite of my favorite, i couldnt help but wonder "was this chucks best?"

[@InkAndPoet]

Chuck and Death pretty much were the pioneers for almost every subgenre of Death Metal, from MeloDeath to Technical Death to Prog Death. All because of whatever Chuck was into at the time.

[@matthewmckenzie1077]

Chuck was and still is the key to my musical preference and obsession of death metal. I found Death in the mid 90s and from there I found myself in a beautiful rabbit hole of some of the most darkest,nastiest, beautiful,and brutal music ever produced. Most humble thanks to Chuck Schuldiner for his genius and his existence.

[@dethmetalhed9178]

Death is my favorite band of all time, great video.

[@metalstitches4130]

Good video man!! The Sound Of Perseverance was always my favourite Death Album!! :)

[@zandig666]

One of my favorite players and band EVER !!!!!!! 🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟

[@lukevonah8235]

Death has been monumental in my life, it all started with symbolic, and after years of changing my favorite albums by them Ive come back around to Symbolic

[@williamashworth8538]

Great job explaining the genius that is Death and Chuck. It very hard to fully articulate what Death created, how they did it, and the impact it had being such a multi-faceted band even from one album to the next, while still being the epitome of iconic. I like how you touched on how Death transitioned between albums based on the different band members and how it impacted the nuances of the band and their sound on each record.

[@Pawel-t4b]

Great video and tribute paid to Death and Chuck! One of the key difference between Desth and other bands was definatelly the vsriety of styles Chuck explored. I personally switched into jazz years ago but still like to listen to their records and never get bored of it.

[@jagzin6147]

Human will always be my favourite death metal album, the drums are incredible, to this day I'm yet to hear anyone play metal the way that Sean Reinert did. RIP Sean and Chuck.

[@wowzers7844]

You should do a video on dissection and their impact

[@vanguardstudios8525]

I’m not a metal head. But I love Death.

[@hectorescobar9450]

Yep, totally agree. Death are my 3rd all time favorite band. My favorite album is The Sound Of Perseverance

[@sebastianahrens2385]

Which are the other two?

[@hectorescobar9450]

@@sebastianahrens2385 Iron Maiden and Blind Guardian

[@sebastianahrens2385]

@@hectorescobar9450 Noice.

[@jackko21]

I think my favourite death album would be spiritual healing because it bridges the gap between the sound of their early stuff and their later prog stuff

[@unclebobboomergames]

I enjoy how if you listen to scream bloody gore and the fragile art of existence they sound like they not even related. But when you listen to all 8 chuck albums you hear a very step by step evolution. The journey makes sense. Every next album sounds like the last with a lil something extra

[@jackko21]

@@unclebobboomergames your not wrong mate

[@unclebobboomergames]

@@jackko21 its why you may have a favorite. But the only answer to "the best" is the one playing

[@mushroomnerdcgn293]

The man himself; for me there is two of them lol good ole Chuck, and the other "man himself", Quorthon ❤ very amazing video... i feel like every metal channel should have it's own video about Chuck Schuldiner lol i am only a beginner metalhead for now, but... he is the man himself 🙏 \m/

[@EncoreASMR]

Chuck dying young will always leave a hole in my emo heart ❤️ 💙 💜

[@user-zk6hl2jc2i]

loveee chuck he is such an inspiration to me and many more

[@garrethenderson9695]

Good video mate.

[@posthuman84]

Chuck is a legend! Great video as always, my fave Death album is probably Leprosy

[@mkly0126]

Death's music is absolutely timeless and will never get old for me, my favorite album from them has to be Symbolic

[@donquique1]

To me chuck is my bach. I miss him so much. I have been listening to metal since the mid 80s up to the stuff like djent and technical death metal so i have a large frame of reference.

[@tonyeckman4822]

Hell yes! Chuck eternal!! I still have my first pressings of Scream, Leprosy and Spiritual. Looking forward to the Post Mortem Superstar review!

[@loicestrade4054]

Kinda like you, my favorite album is also The Sound of Perseverance. I think the music really pops, especially the guitar tone, which to me, is much more audible than in the other albums. I also prefer screamed vocals over growled ones so...there's that.

[@sebastianahrens2385]

One thing I'd like to point out here is the evolution of the band logos across time. You can see them mature as all the clutter (blood drops, spider web, and eventually the reaper) gets removed piece by piece. By TSOP, Death had achieved their final form, and it shows. Its sound is so different from anything else, but it absolutely positively slays. This growing maturity is also reflected in the lyrics, which went from "Decapitated head licking your cunt" (Sorry, but this is Painkiller level of lyrics) to "Passion is a poison laced with pleasure bitter sweet" in just a little more than a decade. I always wondered why I learned about verse meters in school. Where the hell would I ever use these irl? Well, right here. To appreciate the lyrical beauty of a death metal song. PS: I don't mean to shit-talk Painkiller, I think it's a 10/10 album/song, but the lyrics are... interesting. Oh, and one more thing: IIRC, Schuldiner died of a Glioblastome. Even in our modern day, survival chances are grim. On average, people often even don't make it past two years after diagnosis. A quarter century back, no money in the world could've helped Chuck, imho. I wonder how many great songs and albums we lost.

[@godless_pacifist]

Chuck is definitely one of the greatest guitarists of all time! He’s up there with Jimi Hendrix and Eddie Van Halen!

[@MaelstromMephistoPEM]

Is there a Death song with blast beats?

[@mylerwilson4879]

No

[@MaelstromMephistoPEM]

@@mylerwilson4879 Just what I thought.

[@donquique1]

So what. Oooh blast beats.

[@MaelstromMephistoPEM]

​@@donquique1I was just curious about whether I missed something or not XD

[@spederm0n283]

good morning do you have a moment to talk about Death

[@Okbuddypal]

Do you have a moment to talk about our lord and savior Chuck Schuldiner?

[@gabrielhemingway]

Death’s near the tippy top for me

[@Hazzymane56]

I just started listening to them they got some good shi rip tho vocalist tho

[@andychinn7674]

Scott Burns was the 1st tgat naiked down production and signitured his (TYPE WRITER DOUBKE BASS)!! IF U WANTED A QUALITY MIX AND BE WITH THE TOP DOGS...IT WAS SCOTTY BURNS... THere was another cat i think last name Richardson he was the next guy right behind him...CHUCK AND SCOTT BURNS BOTH SHOUKD B ON MT RUSHMORE OF DEATH METAL!!

[@jackko21]

Death, possessed, morbid angel, Entombed, Dismember, demilich, are the only death metal I like other than that I really don't like death metal especially once cannibal corpse got popular because now their are so many copycat cannibal corpse clones in the genre now that's all it's become its unfortunate

[@andychinn7674]

FALSE BUDDY TGE SOUNDS OF PERSERVERANCE Line UP PUT OUT A FULL LENGTH ALBUM UNDER CONTROL DENIED!! IF YOU HAVENT HEARD CHUCK COMPOSITION ON THAT ALBUM YOU BETTER GET TO IT BUB!! PLUS I CANT PIC OUT A FAV TheY ALL HAVE A DIFFERENT TASTE AND THEY ALL WERE CREATED WHEN MY BUDDIES AND MYSELD WERE IN SCHOOL AND INTO HIGHSCHOOL!! THE LATE 80'S TO MID 90'S WAS THE GREATEST ERA of metal and composition in hiztory of music!!! Chuck was my buddies and my BACH OR MOTZART ETC.... HE WAS ONCE In A LIFETIME!! I WENT INTO A 6-8;MONTH DEEP DEPRESSION WHEN HE PASSED MY HEART AND SOUL ACHED for so long it still does to this day!!!😢😢😢 R.I.P. CHUCK!! OH YSAH CHUCK WAS NOT EVIL HE HATED EVIL!! TGE ONES TGAT CALL HIM EVIL CHUCK WELL THDY ARE COMPLETELY "OUT OF TOUCH" WITH WHO CHUCK WAS AS A PSRSON ANS HIS LATER ALBUMS CHUCK WAS AN ENEMY TO THE EVIL AND WICKED THINGZ OF THIS WORLD!! GO WATCH INTERVIEWS AND READ LYRICS LAST 3 DEATH ALBUMS AND HIS CONTFOL DENIED ALBUM!! SONG "CUT DOWN" Says it all!! Pretty neat the young cats gettin hip to the KING OF METAL CHUCK!!

[@type_o_negative459]

Good job! I love death

[@cooterdavenport-te8yq]

its funmy seeing these youngsters do a biography on a band/genre that they were not even born on nor near....😂😂😂 i was 17 in the 80s and this kind of music was never popular nor even talked about.... its weird how this music has lasted the test of time

[@khatogast6916]

I just discoved death and went through every album over the past month and its awsome and it saddens me that i dont think another band like death will be created again,