Ranking the Studio Albums: Death

Chucky was my best friend when we were 12 or 13 he and his father took me to my first Kiss show...he lost his brother to suicide early on and i always wondered how i went on to tec for 80s bands he went a whole different direction.. He is truly missed. Thanx for this episode. Brooks.

Ranking the Studio albums: Bolt Thrower. Another band that aint got any bad album

Perfect discography. This band never had a "St. Anger" or "Risk", nothing even close.

My ranking might be different on any new day, cause it‘s REALLY hard to rank Death‘s discography. Each album is awesome. All I can say is my favorite is "Human" as it perfectly combines the raw and the technical periods of the band.

Woow, Deep Purple, Jethro Tull & now Death? I thought I was the only one with a weird taste of music. :)

Human is my favorite Death album that cover art just brings you right in......

Commenting before watch: 1. Symbolic 2. Human 3. Scream bloody gore 4. Leprosy 5. Individual thought patterns 6. The sound of perseverance 7. Spiritual healing Thanks buddy for making this! Death is one of my favourite bands of all time!!

Symbolic is a death metal essential album! Death’s music has always been fun to me and they NEVER get old.

Leprosy was my first introduction to Death back in 88 and it blew my mind plus I loved the LP cover.

It blows me away...the leaps Chuck was taking with his guitar playing and compositional skills with every subsequent album. A hugely creative, innovative, and influential musician. A great loss to be sure.

Symbolic is my all time favorite Death album! The rest of the albums was great as well! R.I.P. CHUCK !

Finally, my favorite metal band. Love a lot of death metal, especially from the 90s that I have gotten into over the past little while, but no death metal band in my eyes no matter how many I like or love, has come to close to the catalog of records and the abundance of great songs that Death produced in their short, but stellar career. When even the weakest records in my eyes at least helped influence an entire movement, you know you got a legacy worth remembering main rule: No bad Death albums, not even one record I would classify as weak or inessential, but there are definitely ones that are stronger than others, but it's really only by a thin margin. 7) Scream Bloody Gore- maybe meat and potatoes nowadays compared to how the genre has evolved since its release, and maybe even by the standards of Death's catalog, but a record that was unlike anything at the time, even in the infant phase of extreme metal. Blood curdling screams, pounding drums, piercing guitar riffs and solos, just badass. But as a fan who got into Death's later catalog first, definitely one that I feel has aged quite a bit over the decades. Still, a monumental album, but the band had a lot to improve. 6) Spiritual Healing- as you stated, the start of Death becoming more complicated with their lyrical themes, and instrumentation, definitely more refined. A bit rough in certain spots and some tracks are better than others but it has "Living Monstrosity", the title track, "Within In the Mind" so it has its fair share of kickass classics of the band's song library. 5) Leprosy- took what Scream Bloody Gore had and made it better. Longer songs, more intricate performances, refined but still raw and angry, this along with Morbid Angel's Altars of Madness helped shape the Floridian death metal scene to come. But aside from the historical significance, just a fucking kickass release, but again lyrically, prefer the later stuff. 4) Human- From here on in, all personal preferences, as I feel these next four releases are some of the finest metal releases of the 90s. Human started this run, and it takes all the potential of Spiritual Healing and capitalizes on it. Shorter songs, more jazz influences, obviously due to Cynic being in the band at this time, but a lot of ideas put it in that for the most part succeed splendidly. 3) Individual Thought Patterns- Definitely Death's angriest album, if you read the lyrics. Takes the approach of Human and goes one step further. Some absolutely mind blowing performances, though understandable considering Andy LaRocque from King Diamond is on this release, along with drumming demigod Gene Hoglan, that's to be expected. 2) Symbolic- Had it at my number one for a long while, but that has since changed. However, the record is just, of course superb. Longer tracks return, and it's definitely Chuck at his most adventurous, both lyrically and as a guitarist. I mean what death metal album has songs about the loss of childhood innocence, losing privacy, the dangers of greed, and it's still a head banging opus. And his guitar work is just divine. 1) The Sound of Perseverance- It's not just that this album is the most complex, or the most ambitious, or the most accessible as you mention of the band's catalog, it's simply put that track by track it fucking kills. While they were originally made for his Control Denied band, I will say Chuck did a damn great job of making those tracks into Death tracks. The most different out of all the albums, but then again Death was never a band that stuck to one direction for long. Probably a very long post, but given that it's my favorite band in my favorite genre, I think it's really worth it. I love many bands, many solo artists, my tastes are growing wider and wider, but will any band overtake this one, I seriously doubt it.

funny because "Spiritual Healing" is my favorite. Symbolic absolutely rules, but I can't help it, I'm an absolute C.H.U.D. for those early beasts

Hail to Chuck....

Death Is amazing band no bad records. Killer band always 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

Great ranking! lot different to my list I prefer leprosy and scream to the others but I love every death album so ranking them is always hard.

7. Leprosy 6. Spiritual Healing 5. Symbolic 4. Scream Bloody Gore 3. Individual Thought Patterns 2. The Sound of Perserverance 1. Human They're all bloody brilliant

For the most part, I like their “proggy” albums best. But sometimes I am in the mood for their more "meat and potatoes" death metal albums. Like you said, there are no bad Death albums. 1. Symbolic 2. The Sound Of Perseverance 3. Individual Thought Patterns 4. Human 5. Spiritual Healing 6. Scream Bloody Gore 7. Leprosy

Human is the best IMO it's all about Sean Reinert's drumming RIP

it's very pleasant to watch your channel ! :) such a great rotation.purple,tull and now death ! you're great ! :)