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Obituary is tagged as: death metal, old school death metal, metal, thrash metal, american

Obituary is one of the pioneering bands of the death metal genre. The band came from Tampa, Florida, and was founded as Executioner in 1985, and then changed their name to Xecutioner to avoid confusion with the other one. In 1988, shortly before the release of their first album “Slowly We Rot”, they changed their name to Obituary. Obituary is considered an influential band in the Florida death metal movement that arose in the late 1980s. The 1990 release “Cause of Death” featured James Murphy on guitar (Cancer and Disincarnate) replacing Allen West for unknown reasons. This release has been described as a seminal album in the Death Metal genre. Vocalist John Tardy is recognized as one of the first vocalists to use an abnormally low growl (compared to the screechy growls used by predecessors Death and Possessed).
Obituary is listed by Nielsen Soundscan as the fifth best-selling death metal band of all time and their albums have sold 368,184 copies. Their 1992 release “The End Complete” has also more than 103,378 copies in the United States alone.
After 1997’s “Back from the Dead” album, the band had grown tired of touring which led to the band disbanding. During the hiatus, Donald Tardy played in Andrew W.K.’s to...
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Top 10 Obituary Songs
Evil Ways
Chopped in Half
Slowly We Rot
Dying
Cause of Death
Internal Bleeding
Infected
Find the Arise
Turned Inside Out
Body Bag
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Top 10 Obituary Albums
Cause of Death
Slowly We Rot
Xecutioner's Return
World Demise
Frozen in Time
The End Complete
Back From the Dead
Darkest Day
Anthology
Dead
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