Obituary
Biography
Possessed and Death may have brought death metal to life, but Obituary brought it to fruition. After releasing some demos as Xecutioner as far back as 1986, the five-man band debuted as Obituary on Roadrunner Records in 1989 with Slowly We Rot, and in a word, the album was landmark. The previous forays into what would quickly become tagged as death metal -- primarily by the above-mentioned bands, Possessed and Death, along with grindcore innovators Repulsion and Napalm Death -- were exercises in relentlessness. These bands took the breakneck abandon of Slayer's Reign in Blood one step further, to the point of sheer, sometimes even ridiculous musical abandon. Obituary, on the other hand, varied their tempo considerably -- and did so at the absolute height of speed metal nonetheless. Yes, the band could play at breakneck speed, but within the same song, guitarists Allen West and Trevor Peres could slow the tempo down to dirge-like levels in a moment's notice, all the while keeping the music as heavy as hell thanks to down-tuned guitars and the snarling vocals of John Tardy. As a result, Slowly We Rot made quite a splash back in 1989, influencing an entire legion of death metal bands in Florida: Morbid Angel, Deicide, Malevolent Creation, Cannibal Corpse, and numerous others now forgotten among the thousands of international bands that followed.
Selected Discography
Left To Die
2008
The Best Of Obituary
2008
Xecutioners Return
2007
Frozen In Time
2005
World Demise
2004
Anthology
2001
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Why? When y*u can be liste*ing to TR*E Met*l GODSMA*K \/\/|||_|_ 0\/\/ |
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Meh, I try and try...but I just can't get into Obituary. I just prefer Napalm Death or Bolt Thrower.
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the new album is AAAAAAAAAAAA A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A W E S O M E .
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After Death, Obituarry is 2nd to the throne of the Death/Grindc o r e Genre. Once again, Pandora, where's Slowly We Rot? Their groundbreaki n g and best album.
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Me to hes the best singer ever NOT!!!!!!!!! you should watch the new south park they totally bag on him.
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i like kanye west...i think he is the best singer, EVER!!!!.... . . . . . . . . . . ( g i m m e e a fookin break)
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Where is Cause of Death / Slowly we Rot????? These were their best albumns!!
Let Obituary slowly rot you!!!!!! |
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obituary is sooo-awesome . . . . a n o t h e r cool band in this genre is "The Militants"
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this is the 74th station you have followed me to-ww-stick with stryper.
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f**k u jay porks obituary is flordia death metal i bet u listen to metalcore bullshit
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let's do the redneck stomp like you know we can-this fucckin band fuccking RAWKS !!!!!!!!!!!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
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rottweiler7 - Alan West was in jail for something like 13 months for a D.U.I., he has a bad drinking problem, not his first time getting busted, and the judge made an example out of him.
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my favorite metal band these guys f**king shred love them
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alan west is a hell of aguitar player , he was the s**t with six feet under. were is he today i dont know but oituary . were a great band when he was there
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corrosive is not on the world demise albam its on their third albam
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JOHN TARDY IS SICK!!!!!!!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
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Slowly we rot - Cause of death. These are the original death metal heavy bastards. Nuff said......
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