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Obituary are a death metal band from Tampa, Florida. Formed in 1985 as Xecutioner, the band changed their name shortly before the release of their first album Slowly We Rot in 1989. The band are regarded as influential proponents of the Floridian death metal sound that emerged in the late 1980s and officially they are one of the best-selling death metal bands of all time.

Following the release of their fifth album - 1997's Back From The Dead - Obituary disbanded, although a live album Dead surfaced a year later.

In 2005 the band reformed, recording the reunion album Frozen In Time, since then, the band has continued to tour and release new material.
Sites:
obituary.cc, MySpace
Aliases:
Xecutioner
Members:
Allen West, Daniel Tucker, Donald Tardy, Frank Watkins, James Murphy (2), John Tardy, Ralph Santolla, Terry Butler, Trevor Peres
Variations:
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Albums

Slowly We Rot

◄ (14 versions) 		R/C Records 1989

Cause Of Death

◄ (8 versions) 		R/C Records 1990

The End Complete

◄ (16 versions) 		R/C Records 1992

World Demise

◄ (14 versions) 		Roadrunner Records 1994

Back From The Dead

◄ (3 versions) 		Roadrunner Records 1997

Back From The Dead

(CD, Album, Enh) 		Roadrunner Records 1997

Dead

◄ (5 versions) 		Roadrunner Records 1998

Frozen In Time

◄ (3 versions) 		Roadrunner Records 2005

Frozen In Time

(CD, Album) 		Roadrunner Records 2005

Darkest Day

◄ (4 versions) 		Candlelight Records USA 2009

Singles & EPs

Don't Care

◄ (2 versions) 		Roadrunner Records 1994

Left To Die

◄ (4 versions) 		Candlelight Records 2008

Compilations

Anthology

◄ (4 versions) 		Roadrunner Records 2001

Slowly We Rot / Cause Of Death

(2xCD, Comp) 		Roadrunner Records 2003

The End Complete / World Demise

(2xCD, Comp) 		Roadrunner Records 2004

The Best Of Obituary

(CD, Comp) 		Roadrunner Records 2007

Videos

Frozen Alive

(DVD, Reg) 		Metal Mind Productions, Metal Mind Productions 2006
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Review by Alastis Mar 02, 2008
There's no doubt in mind that Obituary are at the top of their game - be it death metal, thrash metal or metal in general. Unlike many of their peers, they don't rely on shock values, but in general they can still beat listener into submission. They also don't rely on the same tempos and you can actually hear variation among songs, which is quite an achievement for otherwise limited death metal genre. Occasionally John Tardy sounds like acne-sprayed teenager, but that never detracts from the overall experience. All in all, one classy band.
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