News Latest News from Ultimate-Guitar.Com. en-US Copyright 1998-2026 Ultimate-Guitar.Com. All rights reserved. https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/modules/rss/news.xml.php?artist=1580 Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:16:35 -0400 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 09:06:27 -0400 60 Ultimate-Guitar.Com https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/static/_img/logo_trans.png https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/modules/rss/news.xml.php?artist=1580 144 44 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/they-played-punk-before-the-ramones-called-death-this-detroit-band-was-burried-for-34-years-186674 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/they-played-punk-before-the-ramones-called-death-this-detroit-band-was-burried-for-34-years-186674 Features: Columbia's Clive Davis liked the demos and helped fund the 1975 sessions, then asked for one thing: lose the name Death. David Hackney refused, the deal collapsed, and the brothers pressed just 500 copies of a single before splitting by 1977.]]> Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:16:35 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/chuck-schuldiners-cancer-fund-collapsed-amid-fake-bids-missing-donations-and-broken-promises-185732 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/chuck-schuldiners-cancer-fund-collapsed-amid-fake-bids-missing-donations-and-broken-promises-185732 Features: "What difference does it make? He's dead."]]> Fri, 27 Mar 2026 14:33:41 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/it-was-like-a-nightmare-scene-ex-death-guitarist-recalls-real-life-tragedy-that-inspired-bands-classic-album https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/it-was-like-a-nightmare-scene-ex-death-guitarist-recalls-real-life-tragedy-that-inspired-bands-classic-album Music News: "Neither of them made it."]]> Mon, 12 Jan 2026 20:38:27 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/fans-hated-it-but-its-now-considered-one-of-the-greatest-metal-albums-ever-30-years-later-its-the-biggest-proof-that-bravery-wins-in-the-end-181868 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/fans-hated-it-but-its-now-considered-one-of-the-greatest-metal-albums-ever-30-years-later-its-the-biggest-proof-that-bravery-wins-in-the-end-181868 Features: "To help be the creators of three different genres, there's something to be said for that."]]> Sat, 20 Sep 2025 16:29:32 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/they-wanted-to-be-the-polar-opposite-of-mtley-cre-35-years-later-their-classic-album-proves-that-perfectionism-gives-good-results-181483 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/they-wanted-to-be-the-polar-opposite-of-mtley-cre-35-years-later-their-classic-album-proves-that-perfectionism-gives-good-results-181483 Features: Without this record, metal wouldn't be as progressive as it is today. ]]> Fri, 05 Sep 2025 14:32:44 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/former-death-singer-opens-up-on-early-days-of-metal-music-explains-why-everybody-hated-it-this-is-st-this-will-never-last https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/former-death-singer-opens-up-on-early-days-of-metal-music-explains-why-everybody-hated-it-this-is-st-this-will-never-last Music News: "And look - 40-something years later, it's one of the biggest influential music in metal today."]]> Fri, 22 Aug 2025 17:41:07 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/ex-death-guitarist-compares-jazz-to-metal-explains-how-they-can-be-used-together https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/ex-death-guitarist-compares-jazz-to-metal-explains-how-they-can-be-used-together Music News: "Jazz and metal can be very intense in different ways."]]> Mon, 16 Jun 2025 02:02:02 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/he-wasnt-just-letting-everything-fly-ex-death-bassist-recalls-how-chuck-schuldiner-treated-his-bandmates-explains-what-he-was-like https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/he-wasnt-just-letting-everything-fly-ex-death-bassist-recalls-how-chuck-schuldiner-treated-his-bandmates-explains-what-he-was-like Music News: "People say, 'Is he a tyrant in the studio?'"]]> Wed, 05 Mar 2025 11:00:09 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/steve-di-giorgio-opens-up-on-what-chuck-schuldiner-was-really-like-he-wasnt-just-letting-everything-fly https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/steve-di-giorgio-opens-up-on-what-chuck-schuldiner-was-really-like-he-wasnt-just-letting-everything-fly Music News: "He had enough confidence in his own composition ability that he could allow players to be themselves, bring their personality in and decorate his riffs."]]> Sun, 23 Feb 2025 18:02:07 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/daily_video/chuck_schuldiner_was_a_musical_genius_and_this_piano_cover_of_deaths_crystal_mountain_proves_it.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/daily_video/chuck_schuldiner_was_a_musical_genius_and_this_piano_cover_of_deaths_crystal_mountain_proves_it.html Daily Video: Pianist Catherine Fearns made her own arrangement of this 1995 death-prog metal classic.]]> Sat, 27 Apr 2024 17:43:40 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/gear/chuck_schuldiners_custom_bc_rich_stealth_put_up_for_sale_heres_how_much_its_going_for.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/gear/chuck_schuldiners_custom_bc_rich_stealth_put_up_for_sale_heres_how_much_its_going_for.html Gear: The guitar was most likely used in the studio somewhere during the time of Death's final two studio albums.]]> Sat, 13 Apr 2024 18:04:09 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/ex-death_members_as_left_to_die_to_celebrate_bands_early_albums_with_new_tour.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/ex-death_members_as_left_to_die_to_celebrate_bands_early_albums_with_new_tour.html Music News: The band will celebrate Death's earliest albums.]]> Fri, 08 Sep 2023 21:10:59 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/drummer_gene_hoglan_opens_up_on_godfather_of_death_metal_chuck_schuldiner_not_a_big_fan_of_the_music_industry.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/drummer_gene_hoglan_opens_up_on_godfather_of_death_metal_chuck_schuldiner_not_a_big_fan_of_the_music_industry.html Music News: "Chuck was, at heart, a very… He was a very peaceful person. He loved animals. He loved gardening."]]> Tue, 21 Feb 2023 13:01:35 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/original_death_drummer_clarifies_previous_claims_of_chuck_schuldiner_ripping_off_possessed_addresses_messianic_hero-worship_surrounding_late_musician.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/original_death_drummer_clarifies_previous_claims_of_chuck_schuldiner_ripping_off_possessed_addresses_messianic_hero-worship_surrounding_late_musician.html Music News: "I got a lot of hate from that statement, though it wasn't intended to downplay Chuck's influence on music."]]> Thu, 07 Jul 2022 02:37:22 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/co-founding_death_guitarist_slams_kam_lees_revisionist_claims_that_chuck_schuldiner_ripped_off_possessed.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/co-founding_death_guitarist_slams_kam_lees_revisionist_claims_that_chuck_schuldiner_ripped_off_possessed.html Music News: "BELITTLING THE DEAD, HOW LOW CAN YOU GO?"]]> Thu, 16 Jun 2022 01:03:18 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/original_death_drummer_claims_chuck_schuldiner_ripped_off_possessed_says_he_was_denied_being_interviewed_for_death_documentary.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/original_death_drummer_claims_chuck_schuldiner_ripped_off_possessed_says_he_was_denied_being_interviewed_for_death_documentary.html Music News: "They didn't want me to tell everybody, 'Oh, well, Chuck ripped off Possessed.'"]]> Wed, 15 Jun 2022 05:58:40 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/drummer_gene_hoglan_recalls_chuck_schuldiner_yelling_at_him_after_playing_poor_drunken_show_with_death.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/drummer_gene_hoglan_recalls_chuck_schuldiner_yelling_at_him_after_playing_poor_drunken_show_with_death.html Music News: "That was me not at my best, and so I've never done since."]]> Fri, 24 Jul 2020 08:29:43 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/possessed_frontman_writes_letter_to_deaths_chuck_schuldiner_on_anniversary_of_his_passing.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/possessed_frontman_writes_letter_to_deaths_chuck_schuldiner_on_anniversary_of_his_passing.html Music News: "You were one of the first people to really understand what Possessed were doing and what true Death Metal was all about," Jeff Becerra noted.]]> Fri, 13 Dec 2019 23:54:55 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/chuck_schuldiners_bc_rich_stealth_is_up_for_sale_current_bid_is_666666.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/chuck_schuldiners_bc_rich_stealth_is_up_for_sale_current_bid_is_666666.html Music News: The auction is going via eBay.]]> Wed, 09 May 2018 18:38:19 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/former_death_bassist_scott_clendenin_dies_at_47.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/former_death_bassist_scott_clendenin_dies_at_47.html Music News: No cause of death revealed.]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2015 09:06:27 -0400