Chuck Schuldiner's Pre-DEATH band, MANTAS Demo Collection To See Release

Relapse Records has been on a mission to release as much Death material as humanly possible, and we absolutely love it! Anything that the legendary Chuck Schuldiner was involved in, is being excavated and re-released. Death, Control Denied and now Mantas; It's all being properly re-released as it should have been many years ago, and the next chapter in Relapse's re-release campaign is an extremely historic and essential release. The label has painstakingly collected all of evil Chuck's pre-Death material from his first band Mantas into a deluxe collection, entitled Death By Metal.

Compiling the group’s first two demos and a rehearsal from 1984, Death By Metal is the brutally raw sound of an entire genre being born out of the basement of Chuck Schuldiner’s Florida home close to 3 decades ago.  Additionally, this marks the first time these recordings have ever been officially collected into one fully authorized compilation and legitimately available since their original release as the Death By Metal demo tape in 1984.

Mantas’ Death By Metal is set for a June 19th North American release date, June 22nd in Benelux / Germany, and June 25th in the UK and rest of Europe.  The collection will be released as a CD, Limited Edition Deluxe 2CD, LP, Digital Download and a limited collector's edition containing the Deluxe 2CD, LP on an exclusive color, exclusive Demo cover T-Shirt, and a reproduction of the original Death By Metal demo cassette!  Pre-order options can be found here. Here is the trailer for the upcoming release:

Death By Metal Tracklisting:

Disc 1

Death By Metal (1st Version) Demo
1. Legion Of Doom
2. Evil Dead
3. Mantas
4. Death By Metal
5. Power Of Darkness

Death By Metal (2nd Version) Demo
6. Legion Of Doom
7. Power Of Darkness
8. Death By Metal
9. Evil Dead

Rehearsal Early 1984 – Rehearsal
10. Legion Of Doom
11. Mantas
12. Death By Metal
13. Evil Dead
14. Rise Of Satan

Disc 2 (Deluxe Edition Only)

Emotional Rehearsal Demo 1984 – Rehearsal
1. Legion Of Doom – Take 1
2. Legion Of Doom – Take 2
3. Legion Of Doom – Take 3
4. Evil Dead – Take 1
5. Evil Dead – Take 2
6. Mantas – Take 1
7. Mantas – Take 2

Live at Knights Of Columbus Hall, Orlando, FL 09/01/1984
8. Legion Of Doom
9. Zombie
10. Demon Flight
11. Death By Metal
12. Evil Dead
13. Power Of Darkness
14. Black Magic
15. Evil Chuck Solo
16. Beyond The Unholy Grave
17. Poison

Emotional Rehearsal Demo 1984 – Rehearsal
1. Legion Of Doom – Take 1
2. Legion Of Doom – Take 2
3. Legion Of Doom – Take 3
4. Evil Dead – Take 1
5. Evil Dead – Take 2
6. Mantas – Take 1
7. Mantas – Take 2

Live at Knights Of Columbus Hall, Orlando, FL 09/01/1984
8. Legion Of Doom
9. Zombie
10. Demon Flight
11. Death By Metal
12. Evil Dead
13. Power Of Darkness
14. Black Magic
15. Evil Chuck Solo
16. Beyond The Unholy Grave
17. Poison