DESCRIPTION Formed in 1984 in Tampa, Florida, originally under the name Executioner, the band created a style that was
characterized with dense groove based detuned riffs and the inhuman howl of frontman John Tardy. On early
recordings Tardy dispensed with language entirely for his vocal approach, and instead made guttural, indecipherable noises that fit the music perfectly. Inspired by local heroes like Nasty Savage and Savatage, as well as the primitive approach of Hellhammer/Celtic Frost, Obituary made an instant impact and reached a global audience via their appearance (under the name ‘Xecutioner’) on the Godly Records seminal ‘Raging Death’ compilation in 1987.
Their debut album ‘Slowly We Rot’ blew minds everywhere, pushing the death metal envelope further with the brutality of the vocal approach and the intensity of the music. However, the follow up ‘Cause of Death’ (bolstered by the addition of guitar whizzkid James Murphy to the ranks) raised the bar with a superior production, iconic artwork and a dark atmosphere permeating tracks like ‘Chopped In Half’ and ‘Turned Inside Out’. Having toured internationally, the band released their third album ‘The End Complete’ in 1992 and continued their ascent, selling over 100,000 copies of the record in the US alone. By the time of 1994’s ‘World Demise’, the band were experimenting with less horror fixated topics and adding an industrial tinge to their sound. This release is complimented with the addition of liner notes from writer David Gehlke, who has written Turned Inside Out, the official biography of Obituary.
Housed in a sturdy slipcase box, the CDs are replicated jewel case versions of the original pressings (with additional bonus tracks) and are complimented by four reproduction postcards featuring classic images of the band. Tracks: CD1: Slowly We Rot
Internal Bleeding
Godly Beings
Til Death
Slowly We Rot
Immortal Visions
Gates To Hell
Words of Evil
Suffocation
Intoxicated
Deadly Intentions
Bloodsoaked
Stinkpuss
Find The Arise (demo version)
Like The Dead (demo version)
CD2: Cause Of Death
Infected
Body Bag
Chopped In Half
Circle Of The Tyrants
Dying
Find The Arise
Cause of Death
8. Memories Remain
Turned Inside Out
Infected (demo)
Memories Remain (demo)
Chopped In Half (demo)
CD3: The End Complete
Im In Pain
Back To One
Dead Silence
In The End of Life
Sickness
Corrosive
Killing Time
The End Complete
Rotting Ways
Im In Pain (live)
Killing Time (live)
CD4: World Demise
Dont Care
World Demise
Burned In
Redefine
Paralyzing
Lost
Solid State
Splattered
Final Thoughts
Boiling Point
Set In Stone
Kill For Me
Killing Victims Found
Infected (live)
Godly Beings (live)
Body Bag (live)
Buried Alive
Boiling Point (212 Sporadic Mix)

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