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2024 reissue, 12″ LP, Relapse Records. Reflective cover, tri color w/ splatter vinyl.
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.
Leprosy is the second studio album by American death metal band Death, released on November 16 1988, by Combat Records. Notably different in tone and quality from the 1987 debut, it is the first example of Scott Burns’ work heard on many of the death metal and grindcore albums of that era. The cover is featured in Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey. It is the first album to feature drummer Bill Andrews and the only one to feature guitarist Rick Rozz.
