When I first saw the Death Adders Coach Jacket (Soon to drop) I wanted one immediately because of its reference to Death, the band, of which I only have one album: The Sound of Perseverance. But, I knew their significance in the death metal scene. I also had read a lot about Chuck Schuldiner and had a lot of respect for him and his crazy guitar picking techniques. I heard once he did a pick style he called the figure eight!?!

As is written on Wikipedia:“Death was an influential American death metal band founded in 1983 by guitarist and vocalist Chuck Schuldiner, and dissolved in 2001. They are widely credited as the creators of the death metal genre, from the release of their first demo in 1984. The band’s label debut Scream Bloody Gore is considered a template of the genre, described as death metal’s first archetypal document. Schulinder was the only member to remain in the band from start to end. Music biographers have referred to Schuldiner as the father of death metal.”

This is their first video which surprisingly got some MTV airplay. Look at how high they’re holding their guitars! Ripping some crazy double bass… Now that’s some real metal! There’s hardly a breakdown in the whole song, it’s just crazy solos and speed metal riffs… Completely nuts!

Check out the whole Wikipedia page for Death, it has a lot of other crazy statistics, like when one of their video’s was aired on Beavis and Butthead in 1994. It also documents Chuck Schuldiner struggle with brain cancer, of which he sadly passed away from in December of 2001. R.I.P to a death metal god.
Anyhow, I’m very proud of my boys at Mishka, this is a seriously awesome reference.

P.S. I wrote this post before My Pal the Crook gave us all the info on the Death Adders Coaches jacket, good timing.