DEATH’S raw closer caps epic punk trilogy. By JESSICA HERNDON Apr. 23, 2014 DEATH III (Drag City) “III” the Detroit-based sibling trio’s third album, is their grooviest collection yet. It comes after the label Drag City released the group’s stylistic hard rock album recorded in 1974, “…For The Whole World To See” in 2009. “Spiritual, Mental, Physical” followed in 2011. On “III” the Hackney brothers have mellowed the thrashing, though the hard and fast still dominates when they muse on the grimy “North Street”. But they have more funk, soul and psychedelic sounds on the latest effort, which includes songs recorded in 1975, 1976, 1980 and 1992. Feverish and scially conscious, the final set of Death’s 1970s recordings affirms why they rose from the ashes and gained an audience after debuting in 2009. READ MORE AT:http://bigstory.ap.org/ article/review-deaths-raw- closer-caps-epic-punk- trilogy

DETROIT’S DEATH REVIVE THEMSELVES WITH N.E.W. LEASE ON LIFE “ Every day is a good day for Death,” Bobby Hackney states firmly. And Death, 40 years after its inception, is finally having its day in the sun. “We suffered through so much rejection in the Seventies; we thought this music would never be heard.” Hackney, a Detroit native, founded the unlikely proto- punk trio with two of his brothers, guitarist David and drummer Dannis, spewing catchy, raucous politically charged punky heaviness in the era and locale of Motown long before the word punk was a thing. As documented in the compeling 2012 documentary A Band Called Death, “record companies found Death’s music-and band name-too intimidating.” READ MORE AT: Villagevoice.com

DEATH-N.E.W. (Drag City) Out April 27th 2015 LP|CD|DL 9/10 The incredible Death have been resurrected by Drag City, they’ve finally answered the critics with the release of N.E.W. It’s a primitive slab of fantastic rock music! Some of you will know the story of Death, but I’ll smmarise it here for you. Originally formed in 1971 by the three Hackney brothers, originally began as a Funk trio but switched having seen The Who and Alice Cooper. With a name like Death no one was willing to give them a record deal without changing their name, so despite potentially being one of the first punk bands in the world their music was rarely heard. READ MORE AT: Louderthanwar.com

PITCHFORK APRIL 23, 2015 N.E.W. is their first collection of new stuff since they split in the 1970s (aside from one 1990s one-off that appeared on III) and quietly moved on to play in other bands (reggae and Christian rock outfits among them). It's also their first recorded output without the band's spiritual center and creative mastermind David, who died in 2000. Sure enough, it sounds like Death. They move along at a beefy rock'n'roll chug; they rip through impressive guitar solos; their rhythms are unpredictable. They scream and they growl. At their best, Death 2015 deliver the chest-beating, all-power proto-punk that made people flip when they heard "Keep on Knocking" and "Politicians in My Eyes" for the first time. READ MORE: Pitchfork.com

DETROIT PUNK PROGENITORS COME BACK TO LIFE, STAY LOUD AS EVER June 8, 2015 Back in the seventies, these badass Deroit brothers were so punk- rock, they rejected a deal with Clive Davis on priciple. Now reunited after several decades of obscurity, with new guitarist Bobbie Duncan replacing the late David Hackney, they.ve summoned forth an album of new material from the abyss: whiplash-fast songs as Spartan in construction and as bracing in attack as their 40-years-young visionary predecessors. READ MORE AT: Rollingstone.com

Three black guys form a band and play with such speed and intensity that they can only be called “punk”. Except it’s the early ‘70s and the freaking term doesn’t even exist yet. They should make it a movie--except, oh wait, they did. In 2013’s A Band Called Death, we saw the story of the Hackney brother from Detroit, who played such artfully edgy songs, they’re like the Ramones. except, at this point in time, there are no Ramones. The movie lit a fire under these guys who live in Vermont now, and damned if Death doesn’t have a new album, N.E.W., dropping on Drag City Records. READ MORE AT: Esquire.com

Death came out to present a solid dosage of their material old and new, including the 2012 single ‘Relief’, and even a couple of songs they’d never performed live before. It’s clear from their performance that they still have what it takes to deliver this music, not only playing the parts right but doing so with the attitude and expression it demands, which in many ways is as important as the music itself. They brought forth a real old-school Detroit rock ‘n roll vibe, and I was instantly reminded of the fact that a much younger Detroit-based band Against The Grain had played on this very stage a few months ago. It just puts things into perspective in terms of the pioneering impact of Death on an entire genre, and on the Detroit music scene. - READ MORE AT: Metalassault.com

Before punk became cool, Detroit trio Death was busy building a steady collection of proto-punk songs. Few knew about the band when they were still around, but once a rare copy of their self- financed 45 surfaced, the internet worked its magic. Collectors began grabbing at copies, the documentary A Band Called Death was released in 2013, and everyone from Henry Rollins to Elijah Wood was filmed talking about the band’s importance. Despite forming in the 1970s, it wasn’t until 2009 that a proper collection of Death’s music was made available, with Drag City releasing the archival …For the Whole World to See (soon followed by Spiritual-Mental-Physical and Death III). Over 35 years later, Death are sharing their first new material on N.E.W., and it sounds anything but stale. READ MORE AT: Consequenceofsound.com