''Mutilation'' is a demo album by American

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band Death, released in 1986. The following year, the band would release their full-length debut album, '' Scream Bloody Gore'' on Combat Records. American heavy metal magazine '' Metal Maniacs'' noted that the demo was "the most polished of the early Death recordings" and that "the underground and Combat Records were in agreement about ''Mutilation''". Writer Albert Mudrian noted in his book '' Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal & Grindcore'' that the ''Mutilation'' demo "earned

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Schuldiner that elusive recording contract", stating it was "the band's most polished material in the form of the three-track demo". Author Ian Christe, in his book '' Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal'', noted that Death's demos "became as heavily shared by tape traders as any well-established act in metal".

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.''Mutilation Demo''
(retrieved July 7, 2016)

Death

* Chuck Schuldiner – lead vocals, guitar, bass guitar *

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– drums

Additional personnel

*Mark Sikora – artwork

References

{{Authority control Death (metal band) albums 1986 albums Demo albums