The critically acclaimed heavy metal documentary Death By MetaL is slated to make its European debut at the Rokumentti Rock Film Festival in Joensuu, Finland on November 18th. The event is open to the public. A new preview clip for the documentary can be found below.

Tickets are available through the Rokumentti Rock Film Festival website.

Death By MetaL is the rockumentary of Death and Control Denied frontman Chuck Schuldiner, whose life and career was tragically cut short by cancer in 2001. Featuring exclusive interviews, rare footage and demos, it is the first film of its kind to tribute Schuldiner’s unparalleled role in the evolution of heavy metal. Death By MetaL is written and directed by Canadian filmmaker Felipe Belalcazar.

Death By MetaL description:

Get the hell out of the way, here comes death metal’s ancestor, high priest and big daddy. Death is widely considered the pioneering juggernaut of death metal and one of the most authentic bands of the genre. The leading force and architect of the band was the late Chuck Schuldiner, whose legacy can still be heard resonating in their music.

The documentary takes a thorough look at the history of metal and Schuldiner’s life's work as a musician. What was unique about Schuldiner is that he never took himself or the genre too seriously. He bravely pushed the envelope and couldn’t care less about what textbook metal was supposed to be like.

Although the documentary mainly focuses on Death and Schuldiner, it is also a compact information package about the early stages of death metal and how it evolved into its current shape. International cassette tape swapping, dedication and the will to develop as musicians are the key factors for the existence of this infernally fast-paced dark music.

Relapse will release the vinyl reissue of Death’s legendary final album, The Sound of Perseverance, later this month. Richard Christy unboxes the new vinyl reissue in the video below:

The reissue has been packaged into a super limited deluxe vinyl box set containing the album remastered on 2xLP with a bonus 3rd LP featuring demos from 1996 (on vinyl for the first time ever), all housed in an exclusive jacket with expanded art. All 3 LPs are pressed on an exclusive color of vinyl and come accompanied with an album art slipmat and an 11.75" x 11.75" album art LP flat signed by artist Travis Smith. Watch a trailer for the reissue below.

The Sound Of Perseverance reissues are due out this November 28th on 2xLP/Deluxe 3xLP Boxset via Relapse Records. Pre-orders are available now through Relapse.com here. The album can be streamed in full below.

Tracklisting:

LP1

“Scavenger Of Human Sorrow”
“Bite The Pain”
“Spirit Crusher”
“Story To Tell”
“Flesh And The Power It Holds”
“Voice Of The Soul”
“To Forgive Is To Suffer”
“A Moment Of Clarity”
“Painkiller”

LP2

“Spirit Crusher” - 1998 Demos (No Bass)
“ Flesh And The Power It Holds” - 1998 Demos (No Bass)
“Voice Of The Soul” - 1998 Demos (No Bass)
“Bite The Pain” - 1998 Demos
“A Moment Of Clarity” - 1998 Demos
“Story To Tell” - 1998 Demos
“Scavenger Of Human Sorrow” - 1998 Demos
“Bite The Pain” - 1997 Demos
“Story To Tell” - 1997 Demos
“A Moment Of Clarity” - 1997 Demos

LP3

“Bite The Pain” - 1996 Demos
“Story To Tell” - 1996 Demos
“A Moment Of Clarity” - 1996 Demos
“Bite The Pain” w/ Paul Payne On Vocals - 1996 Demos
“A Moment Of Clarity” w/ Paul Payne On Vocals - 1996 Demos
“A Moment Of Clarity” w/ Chuck Schuldiner On Vocals - 1996 Demos
“Story To Tell” w/ Chuck Schuldiner On Vocals - 1996 Demos
“Bite The Pain” w/ Shannon Hamm on Vocals - 1996 Demos
“A Moment Of Clarity” - 1996 Demos (Instrumental)
“Bite The Pain” - 1996 Demos (Instrumental)
“Story To Tell” - 1996 Demos (Instrumental)
“Voice Of The Soul” - 1996 Demos (Instrumental)
“A Moment Of Clarity” - 1996 Demos (Instrumental)

Trailer:

Album stream:

Over the course of more than a decade and seven increasingly accomplished albums, Chuck Schuldiner, the architect behind the ubiquitous Death, became a bona fide heavy metal icon. Now widely recognized as the father of death metal (if a single candidate must be chosen, his résumé is about as good as it gets), Schuldiner's singular drive and ruthless creative vision guaranteed that Death would ever represent the cutting edge of the style's development. Indeed, while the savagely raw aggression contained in Death's first three albums proved crucial to spearheading the first generation of death metal bands, the astounding musicianship and increasingly sophisticated songwriting found on their later-day efforts surely influenced even more groups to explore the limits of extreme metal's most progressive outposts. By all accounts a force to be reckoned with on-stage, Death also logged more frequent flier miles than perhaps any other band of their ilk, undertaking numerous far-reaching tours despite suffering from continuous and often acrimonious musician turnover within their ranks. Throughout this long journey and drastic evolutionary curve, Schuldiner was to be the only constant, the effective mastermind behind Death's continually groundbreaking career, and, as proven by his near-canonization at the time of his untimely passing, arguably unequalled in stature within one of rock's most uncompromising style.

View the full bio at Death’s artist page at this location.