Obituary
Cause of Death (1990) » Classic! «
Album

Reviewed: 1/29/2013

Obituary is a band that has become synonymous with death metal, and yet they are one of those bands that have an incomparable and unique sound. The band's debut album, 'Slowly We Rot' (1989) was an instant classic, but in my humble opinion, the album that turned them into legends was this album. 'Cause of Death'. While their contemporaries Deicide and Morbid Angel were focusing on the blasphemous and atmosphere of their music (in two completely different ways) and with Cannibal Corpse and Suffocation concentrating on the hammering brutality of their interpretation of death metal, Obituary chose to follow a different path. In 1990, Obituary managed to create an album that was far more atmospheric than what Morbid Angel had released up till that point, and they also were able to give birth t...

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