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(1988 – 1997, 2003 – present)

Obituary are one of the pioneering bands of the death metal genre. The band came from Tampa, Florida, and was founded as Xecutioner in 1985. In 1988, shortly before the release of their first album “Slowly We Rot”, they changed their name to Obituary. Obituary still remain 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 are 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 touring band (during W.K.’s appearance on Saturday Night Live Tardy wore an Obituary shirt). Allen West focused on his two projects, Lowbrow and Six Feet Under while not playing in Obituary. Trevor Peres formed Catastrophic in 2001. The band reformed in 2003 and Catastrophic continued to exist alongside the reformed Obituary. Catastrophic released one album, The Cleansing, in 2001. Obituary’s reunion album, “Frozen in Time”, was released in 2005. The band’s first live DVD, “Frozen Alive”, was released in January of 2007.

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1	Chopped in Half	384
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5	Internal Bleeding	252
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8	Infected	233
9	Lost full track	227
10	Body Bag	219
11	Find the Arise	213
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13	Don't Care	201
14	Godly Beings	193
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rdx_TP wrote:
Friday evening

@PK_Henry and CurseYouAllMen: Well wikipedia says it's Lost Inside too: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Demise

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VIctorDAbela wrote:
Friday morning

muito afude [2]

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Kfiriboy wrote:
Thursday evening

man they are sooooooooo good

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dUbSOM wrote:
Thursday afternoon

muito afude

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CurseYouAllMen wrote:
Tuesday evening

@Pk_Henry, that's fucking weird because I have the actual cd and when I put it on my pc it registered as Lost and that's it.

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Kfiriboy wrote:
Tuesday afternoon

I am addicted to them

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Ozzman1985 wrote:
Tuesday morning

http://ignor1985.wordpress.com/2009/09/10/obituary-darkest-day-diabelski-pomiocie-gdzie-jestes

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Xyhu777 wrote:
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http://www.lastfm.pl/group/Hate+Eternal+Fans

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Moira_85 wrote:
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CULT CULT CULT LoL

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Metalfight667 wrote:
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live Brazil 12/02/2009

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prometherion91 wrote:
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CHOPPED IN HRAAWLFF

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Poisonnation wrote:
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Quality Death metal

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porcupined77 wrote:
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Because girls like extreme metal too! http://www.last.fm/group/Female+Death+Metal+Lovers JOIN! :D

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plakha wrote:
14 days ago

Ralph Santolla is god!

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Pk_Henry wrote:
18 days ago

You're wrong Rdx_TP the song in WD is called Lost, the song in darkest day is: Lost INSIDE. You better correct your tags.

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Shadows__ wrote:
21 days ago

I'LL DO WHAT I WANT.

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___adventGORE wrote:
22 days ago

but, is "I don't care" like "Roots Bloody Roots"?

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AngryvikinG wrote:
23 days ago

Awesome

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CrimsonALF wrote:
23 days ago

BLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDUGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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Laurent87 wrote:
24 days ago

++ Cause of Death ++ "Anybody noticed that, Obituary has two songs named LOST... One in World Demise, other in Darkest Day..." :O

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