Years before Chuck Schuldiner was known as the "Father of Death Metal", he was simply known as Evil Chuck in an unknown extreme Metal band from Florida known as MANTAS. Now, eleven years after his passing, Relapse Records has been remastering and re-releasing all his work. They surprised us all by releasing "Death By Metal", Chuck's demo with MANTAS, the band that would soon evolve into DEATH. With "Death By Metal", you hear the pure, unadulterated aggression that Chuck brought to Metal. Their sound, unrefined. Their intensity, second to none. Years before DEATH was known as a technical and progressive juggernaut, MANTAS was the simplistic and just pure evil vehicle for Chuck to express himself.