Spiritual Healing (album)
Occupation
- Vocals, Electric Guitar: Chuck Schuldiner
- Electric Guitar: James Murphy
- Bass: Terry Butler
- Drums: Bill Andrews
Spiritual Healing is the third studio album by the American death metal band Death. It is the last album by the band with a cover by Ed Repka.
Background
Founding member Rick Rozz ( guitar ) was replaced by James Murphy. Eric Griffin, the former manager of the band, plays the title song Spiritual Healing keyboard. Chuck Schuldiner used the main riff of the piece Legion of Doom, which can be found on the demo recorded in 1983 Death by Metal, in the title song Spiritual Healing.
The band members were close in a motel room at Busch Gardens in Florida to take in six weeks with Scott Burns album and mix down. Bassist Terry Butler and drummer Bill Andrews, however, left the band and often went home because they lived near the motel.
Schuldiner has recorded in their own words like on the last album Leprosy the bass tracks himself.
Spiritual Healing is the last Death album, with drummer Bill Andrews, guitarist James Murphy and bassist Terry Butler participated because Schuldiner replaced them in 1991 with new musicians, as they went without his consent after the release of the album with a guest singer on tour in Europe.
Style of music and texts
On Spiritual Healing the band had their "total characteristic blend of brutal Death Metal, significant progressive slots and traditional heavy metal attitude " found. The song lyrics are not of violence, but fall out of socio-critical and deal with contentious issues such as abortion.