| Chuck Schuldiner Benefit |
Metal Queen Management presents a
Memorial Benefit to Chuck Schuldiner on Friday December 10th
featuring
Atheretic (Neoblast), Bloodshoteye (Galy), Evirus, Wetwork, Bleak Destiny,
Cadaveric, Herd Thinner, Beyond Death
Club Rockit, 120 Church Street,
Toronto, ON, CANADA.
Doors at 7 pm. All Ages. $10 in advance/$12 at the
door.
Each band plays tribute to Chuck.
Jane Schuldiner donated Chuck's
Memorial Video which will be projected throughout the evening.
Chuck
Schuldiner (May 13, 1967 - December 13, 2001) by Steve. A.J.D.
Chuck
Schuldiner, one of the best loved musicians of the previous decade, was the
vocalist/guitarist and founder of the band Death. Death, a band so influential,
an entire subgenre of Metal bears its name. Chuck is considered the Godfather
of Death Metal.
While still a teenager in the eighties, Chuck formed
his first band, Mantas. Inspired by the heaviest acts of the day, Merciful
Fate, Exciter, Venom and Celtic Frost, young Chuck took it upon himself to
"bash out the most brutal riffs ever with the most brutal guitar sound
ever”. Eventually, Mantas evolved into Death, and Heavy Metal would never
be the same.
Death was heavy, some would say "brutal", and unlike
eighties thrash, not always fast. The vocals were not just distorted, but
guttural, like a monster devouring his microphone. This kind of vocal style
would become an important, almost indispensable element of the new "Death
Metal”. It was a new kind of sound, heavier than anything that came
before.
Before he'd even left high school, Chuck devoted himself fully
to his music, perfecting his technique while living in friend's basements, and
enduring lousy jobs (like Taco Bell!) to finance the project. He relocated many
times (even had a short stint in Toronto with Slaughter) until finally settling
in Florida to release the first Death album in 1987, "Scream Bloody Gore".
"Scream Bloody Gore" marked a new era. With bands like Possessed and
Morbid Angel, Death was heavier and more violent than previous bands,
celebrating brutality like some kind of musical splatter film. It did not delve
into occultism - such things didn't interest Chuck, being mainly concerned with
horror movie imagery. Basically a new kind of Metal - "Death Metal”. But
unlike the emerging grindcore bands who dealt with similar themes, Death was
also very technical, almost progressive at times.
Chuck was dedicated
to Metal in all its forms. In 1999 he explored it's more traditional elements
in Control Denied, with Tim Aymar on vocals. He said the first Control Denied
album, the Fragile Art of Existence, took Death "to the next step", and got
right to work on a followup.
Sadly, this is when Chuck was diagnosed
with a brainstem tumor. He battled the cancer for two years before succumbing
to it on December 13, 2001.
Chuck Schuldiner accomplished a great deal
in his short life. He took heavy music into new directions, inspiring many. He
will never be forgotten. The surviving members of Control Denied were
determined to finish the work Chuck started and released the second album in
his memory.
On Friday, December 10 we pay tribute to Chuck Schuldiner at
Club Rockit, 120 Church Street, Toronto.
For more information please
contact www.metalqueenmgmt.ca
News item submitted by Drew
Posted November 19th 2004 by
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