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Obituary - The End Complete/World Demise Audio CD

A fair review of the Obituary "The End Complete/World Demise" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Obituary reviews here, or go back to the Obituary tabs.

Obituary Band: Obituary
Title: The End Complete/World Demise
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Release Date: 2004-01-27
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 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: End Complete 9: Rotting Ways 10: I'm in Pain [Live][*] 11: Killing Time [Live][*] 12: Don't Care 13: World Demise 14: Burned In 15: Redefine 16: Paralyzing 17: Lost 18: Solid State 19: Splattered 20: Final Thoughts 21: Boiling Point 22: Set in Stone 23: Kill for Me 24: Killing Victims Found [*] 25: Infected [Live][*] 26: Godly Beings [Live][*] 27: Body Bag [Live][*]

2 Great Albums
When Death Metal was all fast drumming and lightning fast guitar work, and Black Metal was High Pitched vocals (shrills) and more of the same, Obituary came and slowed it down just a bit, and for some reason if just FIT. Obituary changed the world of Death Metal. What really makes Obituary stand out from the others is the vocal work of John Tardy, who I believe might be one of the best vocalist in Death Metal Genere (second to Chris Barnes) These are classics to have in your collection, and even though I am not happy with the direction RoadRunner Records took over the past few years (the dumped almost all their death metal acts and replaced it with the likes of Slipnot and such) my hats off the the label from giving us the "Two from the Vault Series" Its nice to see that the old school death bands are getting remastered and put out in these collections. Hopefully younger audiences will pick up on these, and ditch their Korn, My CHemical Romance, Slipknot, and other nonsense nu Metal bands and learn something about extreme music. Whats even better is there is another Obituary "Two from the Vault" Series. They were one of the best, and still kick some a** today with their new CD "Frozen in Time" If you don't know anything about Obituary, I suggest you get to know them soon. . ENJOY.


Good two albums
"The End Complete", to me, is the superior of the two albums but has one MAJOR flaw: EVERY SINGLE solo by Allen West sounds the same. I have to say first off that I liked James Murphy on "Cause of Death" so I am VERY partial here. It's one thing if it's like Kirk Hammett soloing where every one has the same scale but this guy is repetitive! The riffs are good, the drumming is excellent and, well, the vocals are what I expect from John Tardy. Unfortunately I can't stand the soloing sooo. . . I hope that Frozen in Time is a ton better! But, these two albums are worth it, that's why I have both of them!.


Obituary Rules
I picked this 2 for 1 release up because I wanted to hear the band due to the fact that everything I had ever heard about this band was good. I wasn't a fan back in the day, being more into thrash and power metal back then.

My favorite here is The End Complete. There are not too many vocal parts in some of the songs. It is the technical musicianship of this band that really stands out. The riffs are slow to mid pace generally speaking, then there are some speed changes which lead into the faster sections, and usually an Alan West lead guitar break and solo will come into play around this time as well.

The musicianship is technically brilliant throughout. The drumming is another highlight: fast, accurate, perfectly timed, and used very well to introduce and initiate speed changes. The drums sound very crisp and clean, not like sticks on a trash can lid at all. The overall sound of course is very intense and heavy, but its obvious the band is in complete control at every moment, and totally enjoying it as well.

Another great thing I respect about Obituary is that the lyrics are decent, and inspiring, sort of like apocolyptic poetry. There's none of the sicko CC lyrics or the anti-God rubbish of Deicide, and what a bunch of losers that band are.

Obituary certainly deserve respect for what they achieved. And to hear these classics re-released, and sample the astounding consistent outstanding quality of the music, you know that this was truly a great band. Get into Obituary if you never did before. If you are into class musicianship, this band definitely should be for you
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Easily worth your money.
At other times, they embody doom metal, with sludgy riffs and a slow pace. Obituary embodies death metal - tortured vocals, creepy guitars, and blasting drums. Whatever, Obituary are awesome, and this two-fer set is probably the best way to get into them. It packs their best album (The End Complete) with a good album (World Demise), for the price of one. Each album is remastered, and features bonus tracks.

On the downside, no lyrics are included (though the vocal are partially understandable). Plus, the cover artwork is horrible. What's with the cheesy, kinda CG looking hands and crypt, with the bands name looking very out of place? Would it have been so hard to simply have the band logo, and pictures of the albums included?

Anyway, those complaints mean nothing when the music included is this good. Well worth buying.


beauty
yes yes. . amazing. . . best ever. . great metal. . . . blasted this in a mall parking lot in front of a bunch of freaks, with their black hair, clothes, and mutilation scars. . yes yes. . . i felt IMMORTAL!!!! this music is top notch death metal. . . buy it or may you forever hold you peace, or go buy slipknot, you worthless maggot!!!.


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