{"product_id":"death-leprosy-1988","title":"DEATH Leprosy (1988)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere is a before and after Leprosy in death metal history. When Chuck Schuldiner released this in 1988, the genre was still finding its footing, and he basically planted a flag and told everyone else where the ceiling was.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeprosy is tighter, heavier, and more deliberately constructed than Scream Bloody Gore, with Rick Rozz and Bill Andrews locking in behind Schuldiner's riffs in a way that made the whole thing feel like a machine rather than a rehearsal. The title track alone justifies the price of admission, but Born Dead, Pull the Plug and Open Casket are the kind of songs that made a generation of teenagers realise music could be genuinely extreme without being sloppy. This isn't nostalgia bait. It's foundational. Death metal as a genre has a direct lineage from this record to almost everything worth hearing in the extreme metal underground, including a fair amount of what gets stocked here.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1988 full length album on black vinyl LP. American death metal. Classic reissue pressing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFans of: Autopsy, Possessed, Vader, Obituary, Malevolent Creation, Carcass\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ALT CVLT","offers":[{"title":"Black Vinyl","offer_id":45550077345983,"sku":"0781676722815","price":54.66,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Cassette","offer_id":45550077378751,"sku":"781676722891","price":34.66,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0742\/3633\/0175\/files\/original_fcfd6598-446e-4772-b1b7-48f3b016f7a3.jpg?v=1777067363","url":"https:\/\/www.alt-cvlt.com.au\/products\/death-leprosy-1988","provider":"ALT CVLT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}