Death To All

[State of Epicicity]

Oh my God, I just came back from seeing them at the House of Blues Chicago. Holy crap, that was one of the best, most powerful shows I've ever seen. This included my favorite bassist, Steve DiGiorgio, and my favorite drummer, Gene Hoglan, and it was amazing in every single way. I was a little hesitant because Death is my favorite band, and I just didn't want to see anything less than the best in tribute to Chuck Schuldiner's songwriting, but this absolutely was The Best. The performances were just done right, with all the feel and passion they deserve. I just couldn't stop from headbanging almost the whole night. I'll never forget this show.

 

[mikah912]

Oh my God, I just came back from seeing them at the House of Blues Chicago. Holy crap, that was one of the best, most powerful shows I've ever seen. This included my favorite bassist, Steve DiGiorgio, and my favorite drummer, Gene Hoglan, and it was amazing in every single way. I was a little hesitant because Death is my favorite band, and I just didn't want to see anything less than the best in tribute to Chuck Schuldiner's songwriting, but this absolutely was The Best. The performances were just done right, with all the feel and passion they deserve. I just couldn't stop from headbanging almost the whole night. I'll never forget this show.

The guy fronting this outfit, Max Phelps, is a really cool guitarist/songwriter who has an ace progressive jazz metal band of his own called Exist. If you haven't already, you should check their stuff out.

 

[JiveTurkey]

What's up with this happening at the same time as the Left To Die thing is going? I assume they are doing the less progressive Death era vs. DTA who can do it all?

 

[TheTrueZoltan!]

Still makes me sad that Chuck lost the fight and died. Human and Individual Thought Patterns really raised the bar in terms of skilled musicianship, clever, adventurous and catchy songwriting, substance and diversity in Death Metal. And IMHO to this day nothing has kicked these albums off their throne in the Tech Death genre they originated.

 

[JiveTurkey]

Still makes me sad that Chuck lost the fight and died. Human and Individual Thought Patterns really raised the bar in terms of musicianship, songwriting, substance and diversity in Death Metal. And IMHO to this day nothing has kicked these albums off their throne in the Prog Death genre they originated.

He set the bar for that. And really; most things that try to hit that mark (and probably surpass it by far in "brutality") miss the mark overall because they are there decades later. That being said; I'll jam the sh!t out of Scream Bloody Gore 24x7

 

[TheTrueZoltan!]

He set the bar for that. And really; most things that try to hit that mark (and probably surpass it by far in "brutality") miss the mark overall because they are there decades later. That being said; I'll jam the sh!t out of Scream Bloody Gore 24x7

Sure, Scream Bloody Gore has its very own charm! And you're right with the "decades later" statement. I mean, for example, I really like Obscura's "Diluvium". It's like a Death & Cynic Greatest Hits compilation channeled into new songs. But despite its clever songwriting, catchy melodies and technical brilliance it's just missing the aspect of innovation, evolution and progress that made Death so inimitably fascinating.

 

[JiveTurkey]

Sure, Scream Bloody Gore has its very own charm! And you're right with the "decades later" statement. I mean, for example, I really like Obscura's "Diluvium". It's like a Death & Cynic Greatest Hits compilation channeled into new songs. But despite its clever songwriting, catchy melodies and technical brilliance it's just missing the aspect of innovation, evolution and progress that made Death so inimitably fascinating.

Absolutely. Chuck's catchiness was very unique compared to the people/bands directly influenced by the later period Death stuff, imo.

 

[State of Epicicity]

What's up with this happening at the same time as the Left To Die thing is going? I assume they are doing the less progressive Death era vs. DTA who can do it all?

Man, I hadn't heard of Left To Die. What I saw was the 30th anniversary of Individual Thought Patterns, but they played from every single album, with their own virtuoso level of musicianship. It was just incredible. Someone at the show told me about Exist, and said that Phelps plays with Cynic too, which tells you all you need to know. He played the Schuldiner solos nearly note for note, but way cleaner, almost like a Petrucci-covers-Schuldiner thing going on. Really cool. Like, I love Schuldiner's passion and fire, but he was entirely self taught, and this guy was just utterly controlled. Bobby K. was much looser on stage, and still excellent. He did a lot of improvised parts, and it was great. And watching, DiGiorgio, I think he just improvised the whole show.

 

[spawnofthesith]

Well shit this is gonna be in Denver on Saturday....




I might already have tickets to the disco biscuits that evening though

 

[JiveTurkey]

Well s**t this is gonna be in Denver on Saturday....




I might already have tickets to the disco biscuits that evening though

You know what you need to do

 

[State of Epicicity]

Well s**t this is gonna be in Denver on Saturday....




I might already have tickets to the disco biscuits that evening though

That's funny; we just moved to Wisconsin from Denver, and the first time I saw Death To All, it was in Denver, with Paul Masvidal and Sean Reinert. It was a celebration of Human, and they only played songs up to that point.

 

[State of Epicicity]

It's weird, because I saw Death twice (Symbolic and Sound of Perseverance tours), and now I've seen Death to All twice. The thing about Schuldiner live was, he didn't move very much, but he had this weirdly commanding presence. It was really powerful to see.

 

[James Freeman]

Sound Of Perseverance is on rotation here often.
Never grew fond of the earlier stuff though mainly because it doesn't sound as good.

 

[State of Epicicity]

Sound Of Perseverance is on rotation here often.
Never grew fond of the earlier stuff though mainly because it doesn't sound as good.

I guess it's a preference thing. To me they're best production was Spiritual Healing, followed by Symbolic. I listened to the Control Denied album yesterday and couldn't deal with the sound at all. I love The Sound of Perseverance for the music, but the production always turned me off haha.

 

[LCW]

Saw Death To All last night. They played The Sound of Perseverance in its entirety along with songs from Human, Individual Thought Patterns and Symbolic.

It was so fucking good!!! Sound quality was amazing too! My mind is blown!!!

I missed the first night where they played Scream Bloody Gore in its entirety with songs off Leprosy and Spiritual Healing.

DiGorgio, Hogland and Koelble were solid AF. But Max Phelps on vocals and playing Chuck’s guitar parts was mind blowing. He did justice to Chuck’s memory 100%!!

 

[LCW]

I haven't had the chance to see them, but I'm a huge supporter of Max's main band, Exist. Very much an evolution of the proggier side of Death, and they're great live. In fact, they just dropped the new album.

I’ll have to check them out. They mentioned this new Exist album.

 

[spawnofthesith]

Shit I think this is Tomorrow and the next day here, maybe I can redeem myself from last year lol (I have 0 regrets still going to that disco biscuits show though)

 

[LCW]

Shit I think this is Tomorrow and the next day here, maybe I can redeem myself from last year lol (I have 0 regrets still going to that disco biscuits show though)

Lawrence KS on 6/7 one night only and then Denver for 2 nights (6/8 & 9).

DEATH TO ALL Announces May/June 2024 'The Scream Of Perseverance Tour' With CRYPTOPSY

DEATH TO ALL (DTA) — which features former members of DEATH celebrating the life and music of Chuck Schuldiner — will embark on "The Scream Of Perseverance Tour" in May. The current lineup of DEATH TO ALL includes Gene Hoglan (also of DARK ANGEL and DETHKLOK),Steve DiGiorgio (TESTAMENT, CONTROL...

blabbermouth.net

 

[spawnofthesith]

Didn’t go last night but I believe I am securing some discounted tickets for tonight as I type

 

[spawnofthesith]

That was incredible. So many goosebumps throughout the evening. I never thought I’d be able to see all these songs live in any capacity so that was real special. Insane musicianship all around

Venue also less than 10 minutes from my house, and home by 10