Leprosy is the second studio album by American
death metal band
Death, released on November 16, 1988, by
Combat Records.[3] The album is notable in its different tone and quality from the band's
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.
In a poll by the German Rock Hard magazine, Leprosy was voted the number one of the 25 most important death metal albums of all time. On April 29, 2014, a three-disc remastered edition containing bonus tracks was released via
Relapse Records.[4]
The title track was covered by the
blackened death metal band
Akercocke on their 2007 album Antichrist. Dutch
melodic death metal band
Callenish Circle covered "Pull the Plug" as a bonus on their Flesh Power Dominion album, released in 2002; shortly thereafter, Norwegian band
Zyklon also recorded "Pull the Plug" to be used as a bonus track. Finnish
thrash metal band
Mokoma covered the track "Open Casket", with lyrics in Finnish and titled "Avoin Hauta", on their
EPViides Vuodenaika. "Pull the Plug" was also covered by American band
Revocation.
Track listing
All music written by
Chuck Schuldiner and
Rick Rozz, unless stated. All lyrics written by Chuck Schuldiner. All songs published by Mutilation Music.[5][6]
Leprosy is the second studio album by American
death metal band
Death, released on November 16, 1988, by
Combat Records.[3] The album is notable in its different tone and quality from the band's
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.
In a poll by the German Rock Hard magazine, Leprosy was voted the number one of the 25 most important death metal albums of all time. On April 29, 2014, a three-disc remastered edition containing bonus tracks was released via
Relapse Records.[4]
The title track was covered by the
blackened death metal band
Akercocke on their 2007 album Antichrist. Dutch
melodic death metal band
Callenish Circle covered "Pull the Plug" as a bonus on their Flesh Power Dominion album, released in 2002; shortly thereafter, Norwegian band
Zyklon also recorded "Pull the Plug" to be used as a bonus track. Finnish
thrash metal band
Mokoma covered the track "Open Casket", with lyrics in Finnish and titled "Avoin Hauta", on their
EPViides Vuodenaika. "Pull the Plug" was also covered by American band
Revocation.
Track listing
All music written by
Chuck Schuldiner and
Rick Rozz, unless stated. All lyrics written by Chuck Schuldiner. All songs published by Mutilation Music.[5][6]