LABEL: Relapse
VINYL RELEASE DATE: 04/12/2024
ORIGINAL RELEASE DATE: 1988
VARIANT: Pink, White, Blue Splatter Vinyl LP

The sixth installment in Relapse's exhaustive reissue campaign of Death's immensely influential catalog is Leprosy, the band's titanic second album. Originally released in 1988 Leprosy was a pioneering album, building upon the thrash sounds of Metallica and Slayer but adding a previously unheard level of raw extremity. These songs are the roots of an entire genre: Death metal. While this was only the second record Death released, it immediately cemented them as heavy metal icons.