Dying of Everything

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I think it comes down to passion," vocalist John Tardy offers. "I say this all the time, but if something's not fun, I'm not gonna do it. And we're having more fun than ever." Asked what fans can expect from the new LP, John said: "I think it's just gonna sound like OBITUARY. [ Laughs] You know us — we're kind of cavemen; we don't like to evolve too much. We like to change it up and do a little here and there, but we're getting too old to change too much, I think. So as long as it's heavy and pounding, then that's what you can expect." OBITUARY To Perform First Three Albums During Live Pay-Per-Event - May 31, 2013". Blabbermouth.net . Retrieved May 31, 2010.

Obituary To Release Self-Titled Tenth Album In March". Blabbermouth.net. January 11, 2017 . Retrieved January 11, 2017. OBITUARY Is Working On 'Monster' New Album While In Quarantine". Blabbermouth.net. August 6, 2020 . Retrieved August 6, 2020. So, what about the title of the album? Well, it’s the question “what the hell happened to our planet?” that set Donald thinking. “ Dying Of Everything seems like a proper name for this point in history”, he says. “I think it just fits with what everybody has been going through these last two years”. I don’t think you can argue with him. Cuts like "Weaponize The Hate" and "By The Dawn" are not going to surprise any Obituary fans, as the band doesn't deviate too much from their formula. "Torn Apart" is in similar vein but it does have some tremendous riffing that makes this particular song stand out a bit when compared to the rest of Side B. The legendary Death Metal icons OBITUARY return with their highly anticipated new album, Dying of Everything.A likely cause for the consistent style throughout Obituary’s career is their stable core lineup. John Tardy has always been the consistent voice of the band, and his brother Donald has always delivered with solid drumming performances on every record. Rhythm guitarist Trevor Peres has been there since the beginning as well, and his meaty tone helps brand a strong identity for the band. Lead guitarist Kenny Andrews and bassist Terry Butler have been apart of Obituary for over a decade now and seem to have settled in really well on the last couple of records. The band is really a well oiled machine and continue to pump out a reliable product even over thirty years into their career. Stevenson, Arielle (October 22, 2009). "The way the music died: The earliest days of Tampa Death Metal". Tampa Bay Times. Times Publishing Company. Archived from the original on October 27, 2009 . Retrieved April 26, 2016. Like just about every album in OBITUARY's vast catalog, "Dying Of Everything" is instantly memorable; it's a skill that OBITUARY have only improved upon over the years.

Yardley, Miranda (August 24, 2012). "The Terrorizer Friday Death Metal Top 15". Terrorizer.com . Retrieved June 1, 2020. Massive riffs, tortured howls, thrashy old school death and doomy stomps through poisonous swamps of filth… What always has fascinated me about Obituary is that the feeling of your flesh being ripped to pieces by John Tardy's growls is almost guaranteed, no matter the decade, the album or the song. The Florida squad is pretty much alien to the old motto re-invent or die. They have never boasted impressive technicality with their instruments or excel in writing songs that would make your brain bleed while elaborate structures and clever transitions put your IQ to the test. Nope. They have brute forced their way through more than 30 years of uncooked death metal with stunning resolve and a very simple but effective formula. Obituary was there when the pot containing the genre's broth started to boil out of control, overflowing its filthy charms to the rest of the world. While their contemporaries chose different approaches, with Morbid Angel focusing on speed and in being as esoteric as possible, and Cannibal Corpse just being chaotic and utterly disgusting, Obituary chose to bulk it up, at their own crawling pace. Dying Of Everything features cover art by Mariusz Lewandowski, the Polish painter whose stunning work has appeared on albums by Rogga Johansson, Morgue Supplier, Psycroptic and Abigail Williams, to name just a few, but who sadly died unexpectedly in 2022. “He did a fantastic job on the artwork,” John reflects, “but he passed away not long after he did our album cover. I think our cover art might’ve been the last thing he did.”SLAYER Announces Final European Tour With LAMB OF GOD, ANTHRAX And OBITUARY". Blabbermouth.net. May 11, 2018 . Retrieved May 24, 2018.

Major respect is due to Obituary considering how it's almost 40 years and nothing on this album feels forced, and nothing is lazy or awkward either. Very few bands can keep up this level of solid quality and listenable songwriting for 45 minutes straight when they're this old. I get a clear sense that the band and the recording staff all took the album totally seriously while in the studio. Propelled by the inhuman vocals of John Tardy, the obscenely brutal guitar tone of Trevor Peres and rhythmic brilliance of drummer Donald Tardy, Obituary redefined heaviness throughout the 1990s. From undisputed classics Slowly We Rot and Cause of Death, through an unexpected hiatus to their current creative renaissance, Obituary have pioneered, defined and expanded extreme metal, becoming one of the underground’s most recognized and respected acts." - Decibel Magazine

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OBITUARY Is In No Rush To Make New Studio Album". Blabbermouth.net. June 15, 2018 . Retrieved June 15, 2018. And with that, we’re going to put emphasis on the haunting effects. There’s a heightened doom presence that hasn’t been reached by any prior record, and the clarity in vocals almost allows certain areas to be catchier than they have any right being. Save for the blitzing opener “Barely Alive,” nearly the entire first half rides on clashing rhythms and an anger-fueled attitude that needs no speed to leave an impression. “Without A Conscience” and “War” pair together as one, both pressing that vocal hatred into some of the heaviest riffs the band has written. Percussion wise, things are matched with steady fills in the drawn out notes, with strong solos as clear as day to hook the ear right in.

In 1991, just prior to the writing and recording sessions of their third album, Murphy left Obituary to join Cancer and was replaced by a returning Allen West. The lineup of Peres, Watkins, West and the Tardy brothers recorded the band's next three albums, starting with The End Complete (1992). The End Complete was a moderate success for Obituary, having sold more than a hundred thousand copies, [2] and it was the band's first album to chart in the US and Europe. [7] [8] [9] [10] This success also resulted in the release of Obituary's first-ever music video "The End Complete", which received significant airplay on MTV's Headbangers Ball, [11] and the band toured behind the album in over year, going from playing clubs to theaters and arenas. [4] Initially called Executioner, the band changed its name to Xecutioner in 1986 to avoid confusion with the thrash metal band Executioner from Boston, and then changed its name once again to Obituary in 1988. Obituary's current lineup consists of vocalist John Tardy, drummer Donald Tardy, rhythm guitarist Trevor Peres, bassist Terry Butler, and lead guitarist Ken Andrews. The band has gone through several lineup changes, with the Tardy brothers and Peres being the only constant members. Their music is based around heavily groove-based riffs and drumming along with John Tardy's growling vocals, which create their own signature sound of death metal.a b "OBITUARY: New Album Title Revealed - July 28, 2014". Blabbermouth.net . Retrieved July 29, 2014.