Obituary - Slowly We Rot (1989) Remastered [2007]

 

 Slowly We Rot is the debut album by American death metal band Obituary. It was released on June 14, 1989 and it is considered their fastest, heaviest and most brutal work overall and is the only Obituary album to feature bassist Daniel Tucker. Lead guitarist Allen West would leave soon after but returned for the third album The End Complete. It was re-released on January 27, 1997 with remastered sound and liner notes. Despite being recorded in standard tuning and with Fender Stratocasters, it is considered to be one of the band's heavier efforts. The remainder of the band's output has been recorded in D tuning.

 

-Tracklist:

Side A
1. Internal Bleeding     03:02
2. Godly Beings     01:55
3. 'Til Death     03:56
4. Slowly We Rot     03:38
5. Immortal Visions     02:25
6. Gates to Hell     02:48
7. Words of Evil     01:55

Side B
8. Suffocation     02:35
9. Intoxicated     04:40
10. Deadly Intentions    02:09
11. Bloodsoaked     03:11
12. Stinkupuss     02:59
13. Find The Arise (demo version)     02:38
14. Like The Dead (demo version)     02:34

40:25
 

 -Line up:

• Donald Tardy : Drums
• John Tardy : Vocals, Lyrics
• Trevor Peres : Guitars (rhythm)
• Daniel Tucker : Bass
• Allen West : Guitars (lead).

 

Label: Roadrunner Records.

 Recorded and mixed at Morrisound Recording, Tampa, Florida.

 Executive producer: Monte Conner.

Arranged by Obituary.
Produced, recorded & engineered by Scott Burns.
Mixed by Scott Burns, Donald Tardy & John Tardy.
Mastered by Mike Fuller.

 Remastered by George Marino.

 Front cover illustration: Rob Mayworth.

 

 

 

 

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Obituary - Live Xecution - Party.San 2008 (2009)

 

 Obituary is an American death metal band formed in 1984 in Tampa, Florida under the name Executioner, then changed the name’s spelling to Xecutioner, and later changed their name to Obituary in 1988. The band comprises vocalist John Tardy, drummer Donald Tardy, guitarist Trevor Peres and bassist Terry Butler. The band is a fundamental act in the development of death metal music and one of the most successful death metal bands in the world.

Obituary is one of the pioneering bands of the death metal genre. Founded as Executioner in Seffner, Florida during 1984. They soon dropped the «E» from their name because of another band of the same name, becoming Xecutioner. At the time the band was composed of John Tardy (vocals), Allen West (lead guitar), JP Chartier (guitar), Jerome Grable (bass) & Donald Tardy (drums). The band released demos in 1985, 1986, and 1987, the 1985 demo as Executioner and the 1986 and 1987 demos as Xecutioner. They made their vinyl debut in 1987 with two tracks («Find The Arise» & «Like The Dead») on the Raging Death compilation. Not long after its release, Grable was replaced with bassist Daniel Tucker. Shortly before the release of its first album the following year, Slowly We Rot, they changed their name to Obituary. The band still remains an influential piece of the Florida death metal movement that arose in the late 1980s.

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, which released one album, The Cleansing, in that same year. Obituary reformed in 2003 and Catastrophic continued to exist alongside the reformed Obituary. A reunion album, Frozen in Time, was released in 2005. The band’s first live DVD, Frozen Alive, was released in January 2007.

 

-Tracklist:

1. Find the Arise     02:33
2. On the Floor     03:25
3. Chopped in Half     04:03
4. Turned Inside Out     02:08
5. Forces Realign     05:26
6. Insane     03:39
7. Face Your God     03:12
8. Dethroned Emperor (Celtic Frost cover)     05:15
9. Evil Ways     03:27
10. Drop Dead     03:36
11. Contrast the Dead     06:47
12. Second Chance     03:40
13. Stand Alone     10:00
14. Slow Death     03:08
15. Slowly We Rot     06:16

01:06:35

 

-Line up:

 • John Tardy : Vocals
 • Ralph Santolla (R.I.P. 2018) : Guitars
 • Trevor Peres : Guitars
 • Frank Watkins (R.I.P. 2015) : Bass
 • Donald Tardy : Drums.

 

 

 

 Label: Regain Records.

 Filmed live at the Party San Open Air Festival in Bad Berka, Germany, August 9, 2008.

 Mixed at Redroom Recorders; Tampa, Florida. 

 Cover art: Marcelo Vasco.

Photography by Rudy De Doncker.

 

 

 

 

OBITUARY - Godly Beings (Eindhoven, Dynamo Open Air '91) + SEPULTURA - Eindhoven '90

O  B  I  T  U  A  R  Y :

Obituary is an American death metal band formed in Tampa, Florida, in 1984. 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. The band's current lineup consists of vocalist John Tardy, drummer Donald Tardy, rhythm guitarist Trevor Peres, bassist Terry Butler, and lead guitarist Kenny Andrews. Obituary has gone through several lineup changes, with the Tardy brothers and Peres being the only constant members. The band was a fundamental act in the development of death metal music, and is one of the most successful death metal bands of all time. To date, Obituary has released ten studio albums, and with the exception of their 1997 - 2003 split, they continue to perform live around the world. Their music is based around heavily groove based riffs and drumming along with John Tardy's barking vocals, which create their signature brand of death metal.

 

S  E  P  U  L  T  U  R  A :

Sepultura was formed in 1984 in Belo Horizonte, the capital city of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The band was founded by teen brothers Max and Igor Cavalera, the impoverished sons of Vânia, a model, and Graciliano, a well-to-do Italian diplomat whose fatal heart attack left his family in financial ruin. Graciliano's death deeply affected his sons, inspiring them to form a band after Max heard the album Black Sabbath Vol. 4 the very same day. They chose the band name Sepultura, the Portuguese word for "grave", when Max translated the lyrics of the Motörhead song "Dancing on Your Grave".

The brothers' early influences included Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, and Deep Purple, and metal and hard rock artists of the early 1980s, such as Van Halen, Iron Maiden, Motörhead, AC/DC, Judas Priest, Ozzy Osbourne, and V8. They would travel to a record shop in São Paulo that mixed tapes of the latest records by American bands. Their listening habits changed dramatically after being introduced to Venom.

The Cavalera brothers started listening to bands such as Hellhammer, Celtic Frost, Kreator, Sodom, Slayer, Megadeth, Exodus, and Exciter. They also had influences on Brazilian metal from bands like Stress, Sagrado Inferno, and Dorsal Atlântica. By 1984, they had dropped out of school. After several early membership changes, Sepultura established a stable lineup of Max on guitar, Igor on drums, vocalist Wagner Lamounier, and bassist Paulo Jr. Lamounier departed in March 1985 after disagreements with the band, and moved on to become the leader of the pioneering Brazilian black metal band Sarcófago. After his departure, Max took over the vocal duties. Jairo Guedes was invited to join the band as lead guitarist.

 

 

-Tracklist:

Obituary - Eindhoven, Dynamo Open Air '91
01. Godly Beings
02. Turned Inside Out
03. Cause Of Death
04. Body Bag
05. Chopped In Half
06. Slowly We Rot
07. Words Of Evil
       
Bonus: Sepultura - Eindhoven '90
08. Hungry
09. Slaves Of Pain
10. Beneath The Remains
11. Lobotomy.

 

 

-Line up:

Obituary:

  • John Tardy: Vocals
  • Allen West: Guitars (lead)
  • Trevor Peres: Guitars
  • Frank Watkins (R.I.P. 2015): Bass
  • Donald Tardy: Drums.

Sepultura:

   • Max Cavalera: Vocals, Guitars (rhythm)
  • Igor Cavalera. Drums
  • Andreas Kisser: Guitars (lead)

  • Paulo Jr.: Bass.

 

 

 

 

 

Label: Northwind Productions.

Lyrics by John Tardy (tracks: 1 to 7)
Music by Allen West (tracks: 3), Donald Tardy (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 7), Trevor Peres (tracks: 1 to 7)
Written by Sepultura (tracks: 8 to 11).

 

 

 

Obituary 

May 20, 1991

 

 

 

Sepultura

June 4, 1990

 

 

 

Sepultura & Obituary 1991.

 

 

Obituary - Cause Of Death (1990)

 

Originally formed in 1984, under the name Executioner. Since there was already a band called Executioner in Boston, they changed it to Xecutioner and then finally to Obituary in 1988, after they signed with Roadrunner Records.

Obituary are considered to be one of the pioneering bands of the death metal genre. They started playing music in the vein of Venom and Celtic Frost. Once the band started hearing groups like Possessed, they realized that they want to make music as "sick as these guys."

Their "The End Complete" album is crowned the best selling pure death metal album ever released, selling over 100,000 copies in the US, and over a quarter million worldwide. Also, the new Obituary logo (as can be seen on "The End Complete") has been considered Roadrunner's best selling shirt print in its history.

Obituary had a six year absence between 1997-2003, because the band members had other priorities to turn to like raising new families and getting "real jobs". The reunion is credited to Donald Tardy's time playing in Andrew W.K.'s band, when, during one live performance in Florida, some of the other Obituary members were present and decided to play some Obituary tunes just for fun for the audience, eventually leading to a full-time reunion.

Allen West was sent to prison in 2007. John Tardy later revealed in an interview that West had been jailed for repeated drink driving offenses. Ralph Santolla, shortly after departing Deicide, replaced him for "Xecutioner's Return". West was arrested again in 2013 after the police discovered a meth lab in his home. In a 2014 interview, John and Donald Tardy said they have lost contact with West, since he was released from prison.

For the 2010 South American tour, Obituary's long time friend and Floridian death metal stalwart Terry Butler (Death, Massacre, Six Feet Under, Denial Fiend, Obliterhate) took on bass duties in place of Frank Watkins. Terry Butler permanently replaced Watkins some time later.

-Tracklist:

Side A:
1.  Infected     05:34
2.  Body Bag     05:48
3.  Chopped in Half     03:43
4.  Circle of the Tyrants (Celtic Frost cover)     04:24

Side B:
5.  Dying     04:29
6.  Find the Arise     02:49
7.  Cause of Death     05:38
8.  Memories Remain     03:44
9.  Turned Inside Out     04:56

 

-Line up:

- John Tardy: Vocals, Lyrics
- James Murphy: Guitars (lead)
- Trevor Peres: Guitars (rhythm), Songwriting (tracks 1-3, 5-9)
- Frank Watkins (R.I.P. 2015): Bass
- Donald Tardy: Drums, Songwriting (tracks 1-3, 5, 6, 8, 9).

 

 

Label: Roadracer Records.

 

 Including printed inner sleeve with credits, photo- and graphic art.

The cover art was supposed to be the cover of Sepultura's album Beneath the Remains but Roadrunner Records let Obituary use it first even though Cause of Death was released in 1990, a year after "Beneath the Remains". Sepultura chose another Michael Whelan illustration instead.
Reissued by Roadrunner Records on September 9th 2003 as a part of Roadrunner's Two from the Vault series remastered along with Slowly We Rot on 2 CD's, CD 2 has the same bonus tracks as the 1998 reissue.

Co-produced by Obituary.
Recorded and mixed at Morrisound Studios, Tampa, Florida.
Mastered at Fullersound, Miami, Florida.

 All songs published by Roadblock Music (ASCAP) / Roadster Music B.V., except B5 by Wintrup Music

 Logo by Rob Mayworth.

 Mixed by Scott Burns.

 Mastered by Mike Fuller.

 Manufactured in the Netherlands.

 

 

 

 

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