In 1986, Schuldiner got an invitation from early Canadian thrash metal band Slaughter to play on their album, which he accepted, moving to Canada. However, Chuck was not happy with this incarnation of Death and moved back to Florida without a band. Schuldiner moved to the San Francisco Bay Area and recruited Dirty Rotten Imbeciles drummer Eric Brecht, then recorded the Back from the Dead demo. However, Kam had some 'personal problems' that caused him to be ejected from the band. Kam Lee played with Scott Carlson and Matt Olivo, bassist and guitarist respectively, of the band Genocide (later to be renamed Repulsion) for a short time.

Rick Rozz was out of the band by early 1985.

In 1985, the Infernal Death tape was recorded and released. Another demo was released, called Reign of Terror. Its members again included Rick Rozz and Kam Lee. Tim Aymar, in an article written in December 2010, states that Chuck Schuldiner renamed the band Death in order to turn his experience of the death of his brother Frank years earlier into 'something positive'. In 1984, Schuldiner dissolved Mantas and quickly started a new band under the name Death. These tapes, along with the Death by Metal demo, circulated through the tape-trader world, quickly establishing the band's name. Together with Kam Lee, and Rick Rozz, Schuldiner started to compose songs that were released on several rehearsal tapes in 1984. In the late 80s, the band was both a part of and integral in defining the death metal scene which gained international recognition with the release of albums by a number of area acts. Inspired by Nasty Savage, Death was among the first bands in the Florida death metal scene. Д¬huck Schuldiner, founder of Death, in 1992ДЇounded in 1984 by Chuck Schuldiner under the original name of Mantas in Altamonte Springs, Florida, Death was among the more widely known early pioneers of the death metal sound, along with California's Possessed. The band ceased to exist after Schuldiner died of glioma and pneumonia in December 2001, but remains an enduring influence on heavy metal. The group's style also progressed, from the raw sound on its first two albums to a more sophisticated one in its later stage.

Their debut album, Scream Bloody Gore, has been widely regarded one of the first death metal records, alongside the first records from Possessed and Necrophagia.Дeath had a revolving lineup, with Schuldiner being the sole consistent member. Death is considered to be among the most influential bands in heavy metal and a pioneering force in the extreme metal subgenre of death metal. Death was an American death metal band formed in Altamonte Springs, Florida in 1984 by guitarist and vocalist Chuck Schuldiner.

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