“Everyone was telling us we sucked. We were the outcast band, and every other high school band at that time talked smack about us”: How Death overcame the odds to bring death metal to the world

Chuck Schuldiner of Death .

Given the sub-genre’s name, death metal pioneer Chuck Schuldiner would have been forgiven for thinking the manic metal spin-off he helped galvanize had its limits.

The reality, however, was completely the opposite: he knew death metal was destined to succeed.