HerecomesDEATH'sprobingandpulsingrockdoc,DEATHBYMETAL,pullingbackthepalmfrondsofDEATH'soriginsinAltamonteSprings,Florida,andlatchinganarrativehookintotheheadstrongChuckSchuldinerjuggernautforfifteengratifyingifsometimesfrustratingyears.Asthebabystepsbecomegiantleaps,thestableofsupportingplayersgrowsandcontinuallyshinesinitsowndeviouslight.ExcitementgrowsasSchuldiner,hisband,andtheworldaroundhimevolve,andthemusicgrowsever-moreoutrageousandbombastic.DEATH'sthreatmorphsfromsimplezombieattacktomulti-headedmega-monsterhellbentonabsorbingentireplanets.Thensuddenly,Chuckisjustgone,andthelightsgoout.Theformulaformoviesaboutbandsdictatesthatvictoryisseizedfromthejawsofmortalityinthefinalact.Thisiswherethingsgetweird.ChuckSchuldinerperishedduringthemomentofheavymetal'sweakestebb,andpossiblythequietestmomentofhisowncareer.Thedrawlingguitar...