Obituary – “Back From the Dead”
Back from the dead and still rotting on. Even though OBITUARY tends to release the same formulated album with each release, you gotta love em! When I first heard “Slowly We Rot”, well… I just pooped in my pants. No one, and I mean NO ONE, can compare to the extremeness and sheer brutality of John Tardy’s distinguishable vocal style. OBITUARY is also one of the best death metal, if not best death metal band to see live. “Threatening Skies” opens up this somewhat excellent disc. Very intense and catchier than hell, the thing I love the most about this band. There really isn’t much more to say about this well known band, you’re either familiar with their sound/albums, or you just started listening to this style of metal. Oh yeah, how could I forget? First it was ANTHRAX and PUBLIC ENEMY, then the little rap segment on DISHARMONIC ORCHESTRA on their first album, who knows who else has done it? And now, I’m sad to say OBITUARY has done it. I about shot myself in the head when I heard this “Bullituary” song that has rap in it. They should have released this song on an EP and called the EP; “This Song Sucks But We Like It and We Want you to Hear It So You’ll Shoot Yourself”. This song is what makes this album fall. I’m pretty open minded, but this is just pathetic in my opinion. Fuck this song. I’m happy they didn’t break up. I can’t wait to see them live again, but if they play that rap song, I’ll leave!