 CLICK TO ENLARGE: | SLAUGHTER 'Fuck Of Death' (Ltd. Edition CD) $9.00
FORMATS: 12" PICTURE DISC / 12" LP / CD
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1986 rehearsal from Canadian Death/Thrash legends, SLAUGHTER with Evil Chuck Schuldiner on vocals/guitar. Contains liner notes by Dave Hewson along with band pics and concert flyers. This is an official SLAUGHTER release! Co-release with NunSlaughter Records. This is an official approved SLAUGHTER release made available in a limited pressing for the die-hard underground fan base from this inspiring legend. You will not find this in you local mall metal shop! This is NOT exploitation of Chuck's legacy and is by no means of "cashing in"!!! This is homage to the pioneers of Death Metal and the memory of Chuck. And for the illiterate… the title is "Fuck of Death", not "Fuck off Death"!!!!! "SLAUGHTER are a revered name amongst the annals of the Thrash / Death Metal genre. The band, raised in Scarborough, Ontario, was created during August of 1984 making their mark with the brace of demo sessions 'Bloody Karnage' and 'Meatcleaver' with 'Surrender Or Die' following in 1985. SLAUGHTER capitalised on this with the debut album 'Strappado', recorded for the Fringe subsidiary Diabolic Force, and subsequent tour supports with the likes of CELTIC FROST, KREATOR, G.B.H., VOIVOD and SACRIFICE among others. 1986 witnessed a fan club edition three track EP. Limited to 1000 copies the 7" EP would soon become a sought after rarity. The same year SLAUGHTER would be joined by DEATH frontman Chuck Schuldiner. Having relocated from Florida Schuldiner's tenure lasted a matter of weeks before he journeyed back home to re-activate DEATH. SLAUGHTER cut a further album 'Paranormal' but these tapes would remain consigned to the vaults. Sumners made his exit and was replaced by two former LETHAL PRESENCE personnel guitarist Bobby Sadzak and drummer Brian Lourie. SLAUGHTER cut a further album 'Paranormal' in July of 1988 but these tapes would remain consigned to the vaults. Metal Blade Records showed interest, prompted by the band's December 1988 demo 'The Dark', and the track 'Coffin Of Ice' was duly included on the 'Metal Massacre X' compilation. Further ructions hit the band in 1992 when Sadler bade his farewell. Hewson would then form an alliance with guitarist Bobby Sadzak, bassist Mike Dalton and drummer Brian Lourie creating STRAPPADO. This unit issued the 1992 opus 'Fatal Judgement' before splitting. However, the Headache label fanned the flames of the burgeoning SLAUGHTER legend by issuing a bootleg CD of 'Strappado' combined with 'Not Dead Yet'. SLAUGHTER was resurrected in 1994 in order to donate a version of 'Dethroned Emperor' to a CELTIC FROST tribute album. This revised version of the band would collapse once again although Hewson and Sadzak, together with singer Kelly Montico, subsequently created the Industrial outfit INNER THOUGHT releasing 'Worldy Seperation' in 1994 and the 1996 follow up 'Perspectives'.
A slew of SLAUGHTER re-releases arrived during 2000 including the shelved 'Paranormal', live cuts and demos. The German Nuclear Blast label would re-issue 'Strappado' complete with an extra CD compiled of live recordings from SLAUGHTER's inaugural March 1985 gig and rehearsal tapes. The band's legacy was given further prominence during 2004 when Hells Headbangers Records released 'Fuck Of Death', a compilation of the 1986 rehearsal recordings conducted with late DEATH frontman Chuck Schuldiner. This vinyl only outing would be restricted to 500 copies, the first 100 pressed on coloured vinyl." |
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