Artist: Death
Title: Leprosy
Label: Relapse Records
Cat #: CD7228R
Release Year: 2020
Duration: Album
Format: 2 CD
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
Special Attributes: Reissue

The sixth instalment 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.

Meticulous care has been put into this reissue. The entire album, as well as the bonus material has been painstakingly remastered by Alan Douches (Mastodon, Nile, etc). Deluxe 2XCD contains 50 minutes of previously unheard and unreleased Leprosy demos and rehearsal material housed in an embossed o-card package with a 24 page booklet featuring unseen pictures of the band as well as brand new liner notes from Ian Christe (Sirius/XM) and Jeremy Wagner (Broken Hope).

Recommended if you like: Dismember, Obituary, Bolt Thrower, Carcass, Napalm Death, Suffocation, Cannibal Corpse, Morbid Angel, Deicide, Vektor, Sodom, Kreator, Amon Amarth, Malevolent Creation, Behemoth, Decapitated

Track Listing:

Disc 1
01. Leprosy
02. Born Dead
03. Forgotten Past
04. Left To Die
05. Pull The Plug
06. Open Casket
07. Primitive Ways
08. Choke On It

Disc 2
Leprosy - 9/23/87 Rehearsal
01. Open Casket
02. Choke On It
03. Left To Die
04. Left To Die - Take 2

Leprosy - 12/05/87 Rehearsals
05. Left To Die
06. Open Casket
07. Pull The Plug
08. Choke On It
09. Born Dead
10. Forgotten Past