Death The Sound of Perseverence 1998

Death was an American death metal band founded in 1983. The band's founder, Chuck Schuldiner, is considered "a pioneering force in death metal". The band ceased to exist after Schuldiner died of brain cancer in 2001, though it remains an enduring metal brand.
Death is considered one of the most influential bands in metal. The band's debut, Scream Bloody Gore, has been described as "death metal's first archetypal document" and "the first true death metal record". One music biographer has referred to Schuldiner as the "Father of Death Metal" while another has claimed that Schuldiner is "readily acknowledged as the true founder of the U.S. death metal scene".
As of 2008, Death had sold over 2 million albums worldwide, with over 500,000 copies sold by December 2009 in the U.S. alone (excluding the numerous sales before the SoundScan era) making them the top-selling death metal band worldwide, and only topped in the U.S. by Cannibal Corpse.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Chuck Schuldiner, except where noted.
No. Title Length
1. "Scavenger of Human Sorrow" 6:54
2. "Bite the Pain" 4:29
3. "Spirit Crusher" 6:44
4. "Story to Tell" 6:34
5. "Flesh and the Power It Holds" 8:25
6. "Voice of the Soul" (instrumental) 3:42
7. "To Forgive Is to Suffer" 5:55
8. "A Moment of Clarity" 7:22
9. "Painkiller" (Judas Priest cover; written by Glenn Tipton, Rob Halford, K.K. Downing)