i had a lot of fun getting into suffocation's early recordings recently. i loved the cover artworks and the overall sound of those releases. all at once i could hang with this death metal sound of the early nineties. when i was ordering from nuclear blast and had already two records in my cart - carnifex and the depression sessions - i stumbled upon another record that looked interesting. death's "scream bloody gore".
i knew about the re-pressings of classic death records that relapse records was throwing in the pit last and this year. i was always tempted to buy coloured copies of "leprosy" and "spiritual healing". the problem was that for these two records relapse only had shop exclusive colour copies to offer, no european distro version. eventually i declined because oversea shipping seemed too much.
now, seeing death's debut record on coloured vinyl ready for the taking, i didn't think twice and took the opportunity. i read some reviews stating that "scream bloody gore" is considered to be one of the very first death metal records. listening to it, that seems to be true. the record has the fast parts, the groove parts, the raw vocals and the shocking imagery. it was released in 1987 and i believe a lot of parents freaked out when they saw what new horrors their kid brought home from the record store.
relapse put a lot of work into this re-press. everything looks and feels top notch. the record comes in a sturdy slip-sleeve with awesome red foil print on the cover. the insert is a fold out affair with tons of photos from the good ol' days and loads of liner notes from drummer chris reifert, producer randy burns and friend of the band max cavalera. the album was re-mastered by the infamous alan douches and the record itself comes on lovely "halloween" orange vinyl. 2.000 copies made. relapse records. 2016.
