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Death
- Country of origin:
- United States
- Location:
- Altamonte Springs, Florida
- Status:
- Split-up
- Formed in:
- 1984
- Genre:
- Death Metal (early); Progressive Death Metal (later)
- Lyrical themes:
- Death, Gore (early); Society, Enlightenment (later)
- Last label:
- Nuclear Blast
- Years active:
- 1983-1984 (as Mantas), 1984-2001
| Last known | |
| Chuck Schuldiner | Guitars, Vocals (1984-2001) |
| (R.I.P. 2001) See also: ex-Control Denied, ex-Mantas, ex-Slaughter, ex-Voodoocult | |
| Scott Clendenin | Bass (1996-2001) |
| (R.I.P. 2015) See also: ex-Control Denied | |
| Richard Christy | Drums (1996-2001) |
| See also: Böar Glüe, Charred Walls of the Damned, Monument of Bones, ex-Burning Inside, ex-Control Denied, ex-Iced Earth, ex-Tiwanaku, ex-Incantation (live), ex-Wykked Wytch (live), ex-Acheron, ex-Leash Law, ex-Public Assassin, ex-Demons & Wizards (live), ex-Caninus, ex-Bung Dizeez (live), ex-Syzygy (live) | |
| Shannon Hamm | Guitars (1996-2001) |
| See also: Beyond Unknown, ex-Control Denied, ex-Metalstorm, ex-Synesis Absorption, ex-Order of Ennead (live), ex-Talonzfury | |
| Past | |
| Kam Lee | Drums, Vocals (additional) (1984-1985) |
| See also: Akatharta, Broken Gravestones, Grave Wax, Kam Lee, Massacre, Metal Against Coronavirus, The Skeletal, Nattravnen, ex-Bone Gnawer, ex-The Grotesquery, ex-Mantas, ex-Phlegethon, Necropalypse, Troikadon, ex-Denial Fiend, ex-Skincrawler, ex-Abhorrent Existence, ex-Beware, ex-Cadaverizer, ex-Corpse Rot, ex-Cryptidz, ex-Demiurge, ex-Gods of Death, ex-Kauldron, ex-My Black Omen, ex-Shadows with Knives | |
| Rick Rozz | Guitars (1984-1985, 1987-1989) |
| See also: Gangs of Old Ladies, ex-('M') Inc., ex-The End, ex-Mantas, Left to Die, The Ride, ex-Death Before Dying, ex-Massacre, ex-Thatcher, ex-Flo, ex-Gods of Death, ex-Hidden Force | |
| Erik Meade | Bass (1985) |
| Scott Carlson | Bass, Vocals (1985) |
| See also: Repulsion, Septic Tank, Death Breath (live), ex-Cathedral, ex-Genocide, ex-Church of Misery, ex-From Beyond, ex-The Superbees | |
| Eric Brecht | Drums (1985) |
| See also: ex-Attitude, ex-D.R.I., ex-Hirax, ex-Suburbanites, ex-Two-Bit Thief, ex-US D.R.I. | |
| Matt Olivo | Guitars (1985) |
| See also: Cryptic Slaughter, Expulsion, Repulsion, ex-Alyze, ex-Dejecta, ex-Genocide, ex-Mirror, ex-Lowlife | |
| Steve DiGiorgio | Bass (1986, 1991, 1992-1994, 1997-1998) |
| See also: Act of Denial, Charred Walls of the Damned, Futures End, Geoda, Gone in April, Itself, Johnny Newman, Mythodea, Spirits of Fire, Synesis Absorption, Terra Odium, Testament, ex-Control Denied, Bassists Alliance Project, Death To All, Devil's Highway, Quadvium, Death DTA (live), ex-Anatomy of I, ex-Artension, ex-Beltfed Weapon, ex-Dragonlord, ex-Faust, ex-Memorain, ex-Sadus, ex-Sebastian Bach, ex-SMRT, ex-Obituary (live), ex-Obscura (live), ex-Ephel Duath, ex-James Murphy, ex-Painmuseum, ex-Dark Hall, ex-Soen, ex-Suicide Shift | |
| Chris Reifert | Drums (1986-1987) |
| See also: Autopsy, Siege of Power, Static Abyss, ex-Abscess, ex-Doomed, ex-The Ravenous, Painted Doll, Violation Wound, ex-Burnt Offering, ex-Frightmare, ex-Desecration (live), ex-Eat My Fuk, ex-Guillotine, ex-Mirror Snake | |
| Terry Butler | Bass (1987-1990) |
| See also: Castrofate, Denial Fiend, Inhuman Condition, Obituary, Hideous, Left to Die, Living Monstrosity, ex-Massacre, ex-Six Feet Under, ex-Obliterhate | |
| Bill Andrews | Drums (1987-1990) |
| See also: ex-Massacre | |
| John Hand | Guitars (rhythm) (1987) |
| See also: Death Resurrected, Hand of Death | |
| Mark Carter | Guitars (1989) |
| See also: ex-Tempter | |
| James Murphy | Guitars (1989-1990) |
| See also: Metal Against Coronavirus, Tiwanaku, ex-Disincarnate, ex-James Murphy, Living Monstrosity, ex-Cancer, ex-Konkhra, ex-Obituary, ex-Testament, ex-Agent Steel (live), ex-Hallows Eve | |
| Sean Reinert | Drums (1990-1992) |
| (R.I.P. 2020) See also: ex-Anomaly, ex-C-187, ex-Portal, ex-Aghora, ex-Cynic, ex-Levi / Werstler, ex-Seaweed, ex-Æon Spoke, ex-Crypha, ex-Perfect Beings, ex-Sean Malone, ex-Death DTA (live) | |
| Paul Masvidal | Guitars (1990-1992) |
| See also: Cynic, ex-Portal, Æon Spoke, Onward with Love, ex-Master, ex-Seaweed, ex-Crypha, ex-Kobold, ex-Death DTA (live) | |
| Scott Carino | Bass (1991-1992) |
| See also: Nasty Savage, ex-Fester, ex-Lowbrow, ex-Fierce Atmospheres | |
| Gene Hoglan | Drums (1993-1995) |
| See also: Brendon Small's Galaktikon, Dark Angel, Dethklok, Anthrax (live), ex-Daemon, ex-Meldrum, ex-Strapping Young Lad, ex-Tenet, ex-Mechanism, ex-Pitch Black Forecast, Death DTA (live), ex-Devin Townsend, ex-Fear Factory, ex-Just Cause, ex-Memorain, ex-Testament, ex-Viking, ex-Zimmers Hole, ex-Old Man's Child (live), ex-Opeth (live), ex-Unearth (live), ex-Forbidden, ex-Wargod, ex-Carnage, ex-The Almighty Punchdrunk, ex-The Ani Kyd Band, ex-Glostik Willy (live) | |
| Kelly Conlon | Bass (1994-1995) |
| See also: Kill Procedure, Metal Against Coronavirus, Pessimist, Shatter Messiah, Sargon, ex-Fires of Babylon, ex-Wynterborne, ex-Infinity Minus One, ex-Monstrosity, ex-Vital Remains (live) | |
| Bobby Koelble | Guitars (1995) |
| See also: Expedition Delta, Leviathan Project, Nader Sadek (live), ex-Azrael, Death DTA (live) | |
| Past (Live) | |
| Paul Masvidal | Guitars (1989) |
| See also: Cynic, ex-Portal, Æon Spoke, Onward with Love, ex-Master, ex-Seaweed, ex-Crypha, ex-Kobold, ex-Death DTA (live) | |
| Walter Trachsler | Guitars (1990) |
| See also: Rotting Corpse, ex-Devastation | |
| Albert Gonzales | Guitars (1990) |
| See also: Anger as Art, Evildead, Faeost, ex-Rise | |
| Louie Carrisalez | Vocals (1990) |
| See also: ex-Death Tripper, ex-Indignation, ex-Rotting Corpse, ex-Devastation, ex-Helldogs | |
| Ralph Santolla | Guitars (1993) |
| (R.I.P. 2018) See also: ex-Hollow, ex-Millenium, ex-Deicide, ex-Memorain, ex-Obituary, ex-Sebastian Bach, ex-Toxik, ex-Iced Earth (live), ex-Melechesh (live), ex-Vital Remains (live), ex-Devil's Highway, ex-Eyewitness, ex-Monarch, ex-Ralph Santolla, ex-Redscream, ex-Serpent Seduced Eve, ex-Stare | |
| Craig Locicero | Guitars (1993) |
| See also: The Boneless Ones, Forbidden, ex-Demonica, ex-Forbidden Evil, Dress the Dead, ex-Exodus (live), ex-Manmade God, ex-SpiralArms | |
| Brian Benson | Bass (1995) |
| See also: ex-Control Denied, ex-Pain Principle | |
| Chuck Schuldiner | Guitars, Vocals (1984-2001) |
| (R.I.P. 2001) See also: ex-Control Denied, ex-Mantas, ex-Slaughter, ex-Voodoocult | |
| Scott Clendenin | Bass (1996-2001) |
| (R.I.P. 2015) See also: ex-Control Denied | |
| Richard Christy | Drums (1996-2001) |
| See also: Böar Glüe, Charred Walls of the Damned, Monument of Bones, ex-Burning Inside, ex-Control Denied, ex-Iced Earth, ex-Tiwanaku, ex-Incantation (live), ex-Wykked Wytch (live), ex-Acheron, ex-Leash Law, ex-Public Assassin, ex-Demons & Wizards (live), ex-Caninus, ex-Bung Dizeez (live), ex-Syzygy (live) | |
| Shannon Hamm | Guitars (1996-2001) |
| See also: Beyond Unknown, ex-Control Denied, ex-Metalstorm, ex-Synesis Absorption, ex-Order of Ennead (live), ex-Talonzfury | |
| Kam Lee | Drums, Vocals (additional) (1984-1985) |
| See also: Akatharta, Broken Gravestones, Grave Wax, Kam Lee, Massacre, Metal Against Coronavirus, The Skeletal, Nattravnen, ex-Bone Gnawer, ex-The Grotesquery, ex-Mantas, ex-Phlegethon, Necropalypse, Troikadon, ex-Denial Fiend, ex-Skincrawler, ex-Abhorrent Existence, ex-Beware, ex-Cadaverizer, ex-Corpse Rot, ex-Cryptidz, ex-Demiurge, ex-Gods of Death, ex-Kauldron, ex-My Black Omen, ex-Shadows with Knives | |
| Rick Rozz | Guitars (1984-1985, 1987-1989) |
| See also: Gangs of Old Ladies, ex-('M') Inc., ex-The End, ex-Mantas, Left to Die, The Ride, ex-Death Before Dying, ex-Massacre, ex-Thatcher, ex-Flo, ex-Gods of Death, ex-Hidden Force | |
| Erik Meade | Bass (1985) |
| Scott Carlson | Bass, Vocals (1985) |
| See also: Repulsion, Septic Tank, Death Breath (live), ex-Cathedral, ex-Genocide, ex-Church of Misery, ex-From Beyond, ex-The Superbees | |
| Eric Brecht | Drums (1985) |
| See also: ex-Attitude, ex-D.R.I., ex-Hirax, ex-Suburbanites, ex-Two-Bit Thief, ex-US D.R.I. | |
| Matt Olivo | Guitars (1985) |
| See also: Cryptic Slaughter, Expulsion, Repulsion, ex-Alyze, ex-Dejecta, ex-Genocide, ex-Mirror, ex-Lowlife | |
| Steve DiGiorgio | Bass (1986, 1991, 1992-1994, 1997-1998) |
| See also: Act of Denial, Charred Walls of the Damned, Futures End, Geoda, Gone in April, Itself, Johnny Newman, Mythodea, Spirits of Fire, Synesis Absorption, Terra Odium, Testament, ex-Control Denied, Bassists Alliance Project, Death To All, Devil's Highway, Quadvium, Death DTA (live), ex-Anatomy of I, ex-Artension, ex-Beltfed Weapon, ex-Dragonlord, ex-Faust, ex-Memorain, ex-Sadus, ex-Sebastian Bach, ex-SMRT, ex-Obituary (live), ex-Obscura (live), ex-Ephel Duath, ex-James Murphy, ex-Painmuseum, ex-Dark Hall, ex-Soen, ex-Suicide Shift | |
| Chris Reifert | Drums (1986-1987) |
| See also: Autopsy, Siege of Power, Static Abyss, ex-Abscess, ex-Doomed, ex-The Ravenous, Painted Doll, Violation Wound, ex-Burnt Offering, ex-Frightmare, ex-Desecration (live), ex-Eat My Fuk, ex-Guillotine, ex-Mirror Snake | |
| Terry Butler | Bass (1987-1990) |
| See also: Castrofate, Denial Fiend, Inhuman Condition, Obituary, Hideous, Left to Die, Living Monstrosity, ex-Massacre, ex-Six Feet Under, ex-Obliterhate | |
| Bill Andrews | Drums (1987-1990) |
| See also: ex-Massacre | |
| John Hand | Guitars (rhythm) (1987) |
| See also: Death Resurrected, Hand of Death | |
| Mark Carter | Guitars (1989) |
| See also: ex-Tempter | |
| James Murphy | Guitars (1989-1990) |
| See also: Metal Against Coronavirus, Tiwanaku, ex-Disincarnate, ex-James Murphy, Living Monstrosity, ex-Cancer, ex-Konkhra, ex-Obituary, ex-Testament, ex-Agent Steel (live), ex-Hallows Eve | |
| Sean Reinert | Drums (1990-1992) |
| (R.I.P. 2020) See also: ex-Anomaly, ex-C-187, ex-Portal, ex-Aghora, ex-Cynic, ex-Levi / Werstler, ex-Seaweed, ex-Æon Spoke, ex-Crypha, ex-Perfect Beings, ex-Sean Malone, ex-Death DTA (live) | |
| Paul Masvidal | Guitars (1990-1992) |
| See also: Cynic, ex-Portal, Æon Spoke, Onward with Love, ex-Master, ex-Seaweed, ex-Crypha, ex-Kobold, ex-Death DTA (live) | |
| Scott Carino | Bass (1991-1992) |
| See also: Nasty Savage, ex-Fester, ex-Lowbrow, ex-Fierce Atmospheres | |
| Gene Hoglan | Drums (1993-1995) |
| See also: Brendon Small's Galaktikon, Dark Angel, Dethklok, Anthrax (live), ex-Daemon, ex-Meldrum, ex-Strapping Young Lad, ex-Tenet, ex-Mechanism, ex-Pitch Black Forecast, Death DTA (live), ex-Devin Townsend, ex-Fear Factory, ex-Just Cause, ex-Memorain, ex-Testament, ex-Viking, ex-Zimmers Hole, ex-Old Man's Child (live), ex-Opeth (live), ex-Unearth (live), ex-Forbidden, ex-Wargod, ex-Carnage, ex-The Almighty Punchdrunk, ex-The Ani Kyd Band, ex-Glostik Willy (live) | |
| Kelly Conlon | Bass (1994-1995) |
| See also: Kill Procedure, Metal Against Coronavirus, Pessimist, Shatter Messiah, Sargon, ex-Fires of Babylon, ex-Wynterborne, ex-Infinity Minus One, ex-Monstrosity, ex-Vital Remains (live) | |
| Bobby Koelble | Guitars (1995) |
| See also: Expedition Delta, Leviathan Project, Nader Sadek (live), ex-Azrael, Death DTA (live) | |
| Past | |
| Paul Masvidal | Guitars (1989) |
| See also: Cynic, ex-Portal, Æon Spoke, Onward with Love, ex-Master, ex-Seaweed, ex-Crypha, ex-Kobold, ex-Death DTA (live) | |
| Walter Trachsler | Guitars (1990) |
| See also: Rotting Corpse, ex-Devastation | |
| Albert Gonzales | Guitars (1990) |
| See also: Anger as Art, Evildead, Faeost, ex-Rise | |
| Louie Carrisalez | Vocals (1990) |
| See also: ex-Death Tripper, ex-Indignation, ex-Rotting Corpse, ex-Devastation, ex-Helldogs | |
| Ralph Santolla | Guitars (1993) |
| (R.I.P. 2018) See also: ex-Hollow, ex-Millenium, ex-Deicide, ex-Memorain, ex-Obituary, ex-Sebastian Bach, ex-Toxik, ex-Iced Earth (live), ex-Melechesh (live), ex-Vital Remains (live), ex-Devil's Highway, ex-Eyewitness, ex-Monarch, ex-Ralph Santolla, ex-Redscream, ex-Serpent Seduced Eve, ex-Stare | |
| Craig Locicero | Guitars (1993) |
| See also: The Boneless Ones, Forbidden, ex-Demonica, ex-Forbidden Evil, Dress the Dead, ex-Exodus (live), ex-Manmade God, ex-SpiralArms | |
| Brian Benson | Bass (1995) |
| See also: ex-Control Denied, ex-Pain Principle | |
| Added by: Disciple_Of_Metal | Modified by: AgnosticPuppy666 |
| Added on: 2002-07-17 20:34:19 | Last modified on: 2022-05-25 21:19:51 |
The information on the rehearsal tapes shown here differs a bit from the information that can be found in the official Death site, due to inconsistencies found in the latter.
One of the first death metal bands, originally founded in 1983 as Mantas, changed their name to Death in late 1984.
Death disbanded due to Chuck Schuldiner dying of ...