Dying of Everything

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We chose 'The Wrong Time' for the first single as it is a true depiction of the sound, style and feel we went for in the studio and is a great taste of what you can expect from 'Dying of Everything'."

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 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. a b "It's Official: CANNIBAL CORPSE Are The Top-Selling Death Metal Band Of The SoundScan Era". Blabbermouth.net. November 17, 2003 . Retrieved June 1, 2020.

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Former Obituary Bassist Frank Watkins Dies At 47". Blabbermouth.net. October 18, 2015 . Retrieved October 19, 2015. OBITUARY Announces 'Dying Of Everything' Album, Shares 'The Wrong Time' Music Video". Blabbermouth.net. November 10, 2022 . Retrieved November 10, 2022. OBITUARY Begins Work On New Material - Apr. 20, 2010". Blabbermouth.net. Archived from the original on May 26, 2010 . Retrieved September 14, 2010. 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.

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." Rivadavia, Eduardo (November 1, 2018). "11 Florida Death Metal Albums You Need". Loudwire.com . Retrieved June 1, 2020. The riffs flow like a swollen river, unstoppable, relentless. The band once more intersperse their crushing, slower style with bursts of thrashing intensity. The music is instantly memorable, hooking into the brain and digging in deep. “Barely Alive” is demonic, a frantic rager that will stir the pits into an absolute frenzy in the live setting. It’s got the Buzzsaw guitar sound, John Tardy’s gravel-soaked vocals, some lovely thrash metal breakdowns, and enough energy to power an entire city. It is some opening. 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."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] 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. There is a limit to how good the end product gets though. Most melodies are very very simple, and it's Obituary's trademark, but so much simplicity did bring me to Mediocre Town for a few moments. Keeping it simple has brought them a solid fanbase and a discography with no major mistakes, but I also started hearing how their songwriting stays so amazingly far away from taking risks. After all these years, can't they envision doing something just a tiny bit weird and envision it working out well?

The classic Florida death metallers Obituary have remained pretty constant over their several decade existence, whether or not their albums actually hold up. Being an outfit that plays things a bit too safe sometimes, their discography can certainly be spotty, but the bright side is that it leaves little room for outright failure. Their 2017 self-titled album was a solid slice of their business as usual displays, and six years later we get Dying Of Everything. The only difference is, they actually stepped out of their comfort zone more than they have in a very long time. The songwriting is quality and the guitar riffs are catchy. I liked this whole album I thought that they have a lot to offer (still) and I think they have more full-length albums up their alley in the future. The music is pretty slow but chunky riffs. Definitely one of their better releases.

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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. This is about as close as you’re going to get to Obituary ripping off Nasty Savage. They’re one of our earliest influences, so I’m proud to say that we somehow drummed up a Nasty Savage type of feel at 50 years old. It was so apparent to us that we invited David Austin, the [former] Nasty Savage guitar player, to put down two solos with Ken on this song. And they came out killer.” 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. Florida death metal veterans OBITUARY will release a new studio album, "Dying Of Everything", on January 13 via Relapse Records.

In theory this album isn’t anything crazy; while it does somewhat combine Obituary’s old style with their new style (I would make the argument that this would make a better self-titled album than the one that was released in 2017) both styles are still very meat-and-potatoes, and at the end of the day fusing them together just gets you more meat-and-potatoes, albeit still being a refreshing change to their newer output. The album cover testifies a lot to this fusion of old and new, following the “ominous landscape” format found on classic Obituary records like “Cause of Death”, “The End Complete”, “World Demise”, and “Frozen in Time”, but with a more modern surrealist twist. Focusing more on the music, while on paper this album may be more-or-less business as usual for Obituary, in execution is where this album really shines and improves upon what was already so great about Obituary’s self-titled album. Obituary To Release 'Ten Thousand Ways To Die' Single In October; New Song 'Loathe' Streaming". Blabbermouth.net. August 24, 2016 . Retrieved August 24, 2016. Moving on from the songs, I'd like to discuss the album's production. It's surprisingly natural for a modern death metal record, and it's not overproduced. It's not a raw record at all, but the production is solid. The instantly recognizable Obituary guitar tone roars and takes the limelight on this album, sounding like Cause of Death from an alternate reality. The bass cuts through for the most part as well, though it isn't the album's main attraction. The drums are rather "blunt" (as previously stated) and, while present, sound a bit quiet in the mix.Dying Of Everything" destroys in the time-honored tradition of early OBITUARY classics "Slowly We Rot" and "Cause Of Death", while maintaining the killer studio sound that the band has been perfecting in their own studio since 2007's monstrous "Xecutioner's Return". There's also moments on the album where John Tardy seems completely absent, and it's usually during riffs or sections where you would expect the vocals to be. Songs like 'By The Dawn' and the outro 'Be Warned' spend way too much time on the same slow repeating riffs, and it always follows the same pattern of overstaying it's welcome rather than progressing or transitioning into something new and unique. While that's not an uncommon issue with doom metal, I would've expected better of a band that have crowned themselves as the kings of this type of shit with over thirty years of experience under their belts.