Release Date: August 15, 2025

Formed in 1984 in Tampa, Florida, originally under the name Executioner, the band created a style that was characterized with dense groove based detuned riffs and the inhuman howl of frontman John Tardy. On early recordings Tardy dispensed with language entirely for his vocal approach, and instead made guttural, indecipherable noises that fit the music perfectly.

Inspired by local heroes like Nasty Savage and Savatage, as well as the primitive approach of Hellhammer/Celtic Frost, Obituary made an instant impact and reached a global audience via their appearance (under the name ‘Xecutioner’) on the Godly Records seminal ‘Raging Death’ compilation in 1987.

Their debut album ‘Slowly We Rot’ blew minds everywhere, pushing the death metal envelope further with the brutality of the vocal approach and the intensity of the music. However, the follow up ‘Cause of Death’ (bolstered by the addition of guitar whizzkid James Murphy to the ranks) raised the bar with a superior production, iconic artwork and a dark atmosphere permeating tracks like ‘Chopped In Half’ and ‘Turned Inside Out’.

Having toured internationally, the band released their third album ‘The End Complete’ in 1992 and continued their ascent, selling over 100,000 copies of the record in the US alone. By the time of 1994’s ‘World Demise’, the band were experimenting with less horror fixated topics and adding an industrial tinge to their sound.

This release is complimented with the addition of liner notes from writer David Gehlke, who has written Turned Inside Out, the official biography of Obituary. Housed in a sturdy slipcase box, the CDs are replicated jewel case versions of the original pressings (with additional bonus tracks) and are complimented by four reproduction postcards featuring classic images of the band.

DISC ONE:

Slowly We Rot

1. Internal Bleeding

2. Godly Beings

3. ‘Til Death

4. Slowly We Rot

5. Immortal Visions

6. Gates To Hell

7. Words of Evil

8. Suffocation

9. Intoxicated

10. Deadly Intentions

11. Bloodsoaked

12. Stinkpuss

13. Find The Arise (demo version)

14. Like The Dead (demo version)

DISC TWO:

Cause Of Death

1. Infected

2. Body Bag

3. Chopped In Half

4. Circle Of The Tyrants

5. Dying

6. Find The Arise

7. Cause of Death

8. Memories Remain

9. Turned Inside Out

10. Infected (demo)

11. Memories Remain (demo)

12. Chopped In Half (demo)

DISC THREE:

The End Complete

1. I’m In Pain

2. Back To One

3. Dead Silence

4. In The End of Life

5. Sickness

6. Corrosive

7. Killing Time

8. The End Complete

9. Rotting Ways

10. I’m In Pain (live)

11. Killing Time (live)

DISC FOUR:

World Demise

1. Don’t Care

2. World Demise

3. Burned In

4. Redefine

5. Paralyzing

6. Lost

7. Solid State

8. Splattered

9. Final Thoughts

10. Boiling Point

11. Set In Stone

12. Kill For Me

13. Killing Victims Found

14. Infected (live)

15. Godly Beings (live)

16. Body Bag (live)

17. Buried Alive

18. Boiling Point (212’ Sporadic Mix)

Box Sets

The Karma Effect

Skindred

Massive Wagons

PRE-ORDERS

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