Story to Tell and Fan Words

Testimonial from Chaosopher Kratos about Death TR: damn i really feel like we are a big family without even known each other in person :) love you guys \m/.

By Stelios Vitouladitis

Testimonial from Ernad Minić about Death TR: I feel like this page, Death TR, has helped quite a bit in spreading word on news that has to do with Chuck and Death. The 3,195 people in this group are like one huge family. I can honestly say that I'm happy to be a part of Death TR's group, and I can honestly say that I am proud to be a Chuck/Death fan. Let the metal flow \m/

By Artur Musin

By Artur Musin

Story to Tell: Covers in honor of Chuck Schuldiner

By Jama Pekel

By Jorus Lol (Metallo Infuriato)

Death - Crystal Mountain (Bass Cover)

Death - Low Life (Bass Cover)

Death - Without Judgment (Bass Cover)

Story to Tell: "Rare Early Chuck Photo"

By Perry Grayson (Guitar & Vocals - FALCON)

Chuck - 1985

An extremely rare Chuck photo from 1985 that Scott Carlson gave me many moons ago. Many people have seen the photo itself, as it was used in the packaging for the reissue of Repulsion's Horrified, but only a few folks have ever seen what's on the back.

Note: Chuck used the guitar in the photo roughly 1984-87. According to Scott Carlson it was made by a guy in Florida and Chuck bought it from a pawnshop. If you examine it closely, the body is a combination of a B.C. Rich Mockingbird and a B.C. Rich Bich. Chuck retired the axe when he was endorsed by B.C. Rich and got his first Stealth. Chuck had a Genocide (pre-Repulsion) sticker on the axe at one point and also stripped the paint off.

"Apologies in advance to Beth, Jane, Mal and Chris." Chuck said goofy things like that in his teens, but he was also very family-oriented.

I'm going to warn you in advance, the message Chuck wrote on the back is kind of raunchy. I'll remind you that Chuck was 17 when he wrote it. Like most teenage thrashers at the time, Chuck had a really morbid sense of humor. Chuck, Scott Carlson and Matt Olivo did a lot of goofy fanzine interviews that year containing similar gross-out tactics. Scott remembers one in which he and Chuck talked about burning hemorrhoids off with hot slices of pizza. It was all about young dudes being silly back then. Immature, but hey, that's how teenage metallers talk and act!? 

Even though Jane and Mal Schuldiner were both teachers, Chuck couldn't even spell hemorrhoid properly! Same goes for "Rigor Mortis," which was an old demo-era Death tune. Chuck handwrote riggemortis" on the tape he sent to Scott. His grammar wasn't too good either. "A" instead of "an." Hilarious! Anyhow, it just goes to show how much Chuck grew and matured within about five or six years. It's not something to be taken seriously by any means, and I hope everyone will get a good laugh out of it. By '90 Chuck was really articulate, even if he never finished high school.

Story to Tell: Death: A band; a legend

With pal Malek Baali (ex-Rising Dust) in front of the Chuck Schuldiner mural in the Baroeg, Rotterdam, Holland - April '05

Perry Grayson: ''Here's a special photo. Two Death fanatics, me and drummer pal Malek Baali (ex-Rising Dust), in front of the Chuck mural inside the Baroeg, a metal club in Rotterdam, Holland, back in April '05. Taken when I was playing bass for Pale Divine on a Euro tour with Rising Dust and Place of Skulls. Malek and I jammed "Zombie Ritual" during a soundcheck. Good times!!''

by Chris (USA) (Thanks Jochen S.O.D for your wonderful archival material)

 

 

Mara Vanessa & Valentina Marcelli's collection

Story to Tell: "Chuck was/is my hero for many reasons"

By Perry Grayson

I donated my first acoustic/electric guitar to help Chuck Schuldiner's battle against cancer nearly 11 years ago. Was meant to be auctioned. I don't know if it ever was... Behind me here are a bunch of LPs you may recognize.

Perry: "With my old roundback acoustic donated to aid Chuck Schuldiner's battle against cancer, 2000"

Chuck was/is my hero for many reasons, but most of all because he was down-to-earth. He didn't cop a rock star attitude when I met him in the least. ;)

This is the letter of authenticity I sent with the guitar I donated to help Chuck's fight for life

Read the letter HERE!

Here are the lyrics to the song I used that acoustic/electric guitar I donated on. ;)

The Obscure

Lyrics/Music by Perry M. Grayson

From the Destiny's End album BREATHE DEEP THE DARK (Metal Blade Records, 1998)

To the Memory of Frank Belknap Long (1901-1994)

Inspired by his tales "The Flame Of Life" and "Giants In The Sky"

[Intro Acoustic Lead: Perry]

Out in the distance the voices are calling

High in the night, the sirens are blaring

Will we survive or just fade away...

Humankind bleeding with arrogance

To not realize they're so insignificant

Adapt to change and leave the Earth behind...

Behind... Behind!

Flame of life - reach the core of space

Suspend time - reach eternity

Won't you tell my future?

The unknown is waiting

Won't you tell my future?

Memory is fading

Won't you tell my future?

Words are forever

Won't you tell my future?

The unknown is waiting

When the final days are approaching

Watch the arrogant ones burn themselves out

Legacy of the obscure

The remaining force going beyond... beyond...

Flame of life the creative mind

Suspend time reach throughout the years

Flame of life reach the core of space

Suspend time reach eternity

Won't you tell my future?

The unknown is waiting

Won't you tell my future?

Memory is fading

Won't you tell my future?

Words are forever

Won't you tell my future?

The unknown is waiting

[Leads: Perry, Dan]

To die as a pauper, while memories remains

To live an outsider, outcast from this time

Masses fall into self destruction

Vanish from greed into oblivion

Won't you tell my future?

The unknown is waiting

Won't you tell my future?

Memory is fading

Won't you tell my future?

Words are forever

Won't you tell my future?

The unknown is waiting

Story To Tell: Chuck, Death and Control Denied for the rest of life

Riley Bjorgan testimonial:

Hey everyone, I'm Riley Bjorgan, a big fan of Death, Chuck Schuldiner, Control Denied and Death TR! I believe Death TR is the best tribute site currently running. It is a family, it's very intimate. Many of the members know each other, and everyone is respectful. I also believe another huge, huge aspect to this blog's success and uniqueness is Story To Tell. Story To Tell allows us, Chuck's fans, to have our say, and to let people really know how we feel about the site, Chuck, his music, ect. It is really a fan site for the fans, by the fans. And I think this is one of the most effective tools Death TR utilizes. I am very proud to have a chance to say some more words for the site, and I am very proud to call you all my family. Peace, love and Death's Metal! /,,/

Divine Spleen: "Here's my first tribute. I'm pround and happy. This spirit made me to create other tributes".

A Brazilian tribute to Chuck will take place on Saturday, April 9th. Thank you brazilian brothers! This is real!

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Story To Tell: Tribute to Chuck Schuldiner (Rest in Peace man!)

By Lastzoltar

We started the project last year, and now I'm proud to upload the final version. The quality of the audio and video is not perfect but we hope you can enjoy anyway!

Story To Tell: Chuck in our skin, in our life and soul

by ~Metalyoshima

By Derek 'Cookie' Oleynik

By Chuck's fan (If you are the artist, contact us)

(Thanks Jochen S.O.D for your wonderful archival material)

By Andrej Peters

Story To Tell: Poem in honor of Chuck Schuldiner

By Valentina Marcelli (Warchief Schuldiner)

Chuck, we miss you man! We miss you so much!

Heroes can't be forgotten

Some men are born with a great destiny

you can see it, you can feel it, you can live it

Some men are born to build our certainties

Some men have the key of our soul

they know the only way to polish up it

Chuck Schuldiner.

nothing is lost, nothing is forgotten

You're gone but what remains eternally lives.

Your music, Your words

Your chills our dreams

are still alive

an hand that you can not see,

a fate that you can not understand

You are in my future, in my victories

Keeping Your memory alive.... the purpose of a life.

Story To Tell: Song in honor of Chuck Schuldiner

By Jorge Arnau

Rottenheart - The dawn Of the dead

All music, lyrics, Instruments played and written by Jorge Arnau

It takes one species to annihilate us all

Wars famine and plague for free

Civilization of predators kind

We are the architect of ruin

Intelligent enough to be a better beast

They are dead so watch them rise.

When there’s no more room in hell the dead will walk the earth

And so the wicked rise to feed upon mankind

The air stinks of fear of things that should not be

Of people dying young, of lovers wandering alone

Of children with disease old before their time

The end of times is hear and they have come for you

Have you heard the news, legions of rotten men walk

Eating people and hunting them

They don’t breathe nor think

Regret a shallow existence

Sit back and enjoy the ride.

Hello everyone, as you can listen here, I’m deeply influenced by Chuck Schuldiner’s music, Death is my favorite band above the rest, so I felt I needed some more music like it, I decided to write my music as tribute for Chuck, so the songs sound Death-ish, but not playing covers, writing my own songs, this one, is inspired mostly by Zombie Ritual because I love zombies, and I tried to write something that could remind the “Human” era, This is Rottenheart, my one man band, here I write all the music, lyrics and I play and record every instrument and vocals you are listening to keep it personal, and to remain true to that Death vision.

All this, if to honor Chuck!

Story To Tell: Chuck's Memory

Thanks Frédéric Charpentier & Alex Field for supporting Chuck's memory.

Frédéric Charpentier

Alex Field

Story to Tell: Paws of Death

Hey guys! What's up? Eric Greif's(Schuldiner lawyer & former manager of DEATH) daughter (Anna Greif) did a great video about Death and Chuck. Eric said: "Just something my 10 year old Anna came up with today. Considering her friends probably listen to Britney Spears, I must be doing something right. ;)" Yes, Eric. You are doing right.

Story To Tell: Death in the skin, soul and mind

Markus Ikonen

Jochen S.O.D collection

Uğur Karataş

Death fan

Omppu (nickname for deviantART link)