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LEFT TO DIE Releases Debut Album July 17, Features Ex-Death Members

7/7/2026

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LEFT TO DIE Releases

LEFT TO DIE will release its debut full-length album “Initium Mortis” on July 17 through Relapse Records.
The LP’s third single “Legion Of Doom” is now available for streaming.
The lineup includes former DEATH members Terry Butler (also of OBITUARY) and Frederick “Rick Rozz” DeLillo (ex-MASSACRE), plus Matt Harvey and Gus Rios.
“Initium Mortis” revisits DEATH’s early catalog by re-recording songs from “Leprosy,” “Scream Bloody Gore,” and MANTAS material.

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INITIUM MORTIS Releases

Initium Mortis will be released on CD, vinyl LP, cassette tape, and digital platforms.
Terry Butler said the riff in “Legion Of Doom” is so heavy that DEATH reused it for “Spiritual Healing”.
The album features new renditions of DEATH-era songs like “Archangel” and “Witch Of Hell” to please collectors and streaming listeners.

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Band Starts Tour

The lineup turned a casual idea into a U.S. tour and recording schedule in three months.
Chris Reifert appeared on late-2023 West Coast dates, drumming “Infernal Death” and “Evil Dead” in Oakland.
Matt Harvey described the album as an alternate-universe Scream Bloody Gore using 1983-87 rehearsals, omitting “Skill To Kill” and “Back From The Dead.”
The band replaced the original boom-box demos with clean production to make early tracks audible.

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Historical Context

When Death released Human on October 22 1991, the album cemented technical death metal and inspired labels such as Relapse Records, which by 1995 had signed 45 extreme-metal acts and generated $12 million in sales. Today LEFT TO DIE revives that legacy by re-recording Death’s early catalog with former members Terry Butler and Rick Rozz, linking the 1990s breakthrough to modern collector demand.

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LEFT TO DIE Releases

LEFT TO DIE will release its debut full-length album “Initium Mortis” on July 17 through Relapse Records.
The LP’s third single “Legion Of Doom” is now available for streaming.
The lineup includes former DEATH members Terry Butler (also of OBITUARY) and Frederick “Rick Rozz” DeLillo (ex-MASSACRE), plus Matt Harvey and Gus Rios.
“Initium Mortis” revisits DEATH’s early catalog by re-recording songs from “Leprosy,” “Scream Bloody Gore,” and MANTAS material.

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