Florida death metal legends Obituary get the "greatest hits" treatment with the lazily titled yet undeniably brutal Best of Obituary.
As far as death metal acts go, the influential Tampa-based quintet made it up as they went along, blasting through pre-stoner metal epics like 1990s "Cause of Death" and blistering thrash offerings like "On the Floor" (2005) and "'Til Death" (1989) without missing a beat, paving the way for the myriad heavy metal subgenres that would occupy the post-millennium age of rock.
Lyrically, Obituary eschewed the usual Satan-obsessed diatribes of black metal with the kind of blood and guts, entrails-centric prose that would go on to inform the burgeoning grindcore scene, and it's that mix of unpredictability and mayhem that finds them name-dropped by countless new acts.
At 13 tracks, Roadrunner's Best of pales in comparison to 2001's 20-track Anthology, but while the former features nothing from 2007's excellent Xecutioner's Return, the latter's release date omits anything from the band's 2005 comeback album, Frozen in Time.
Truth be told, either one is a solid kick in the head, as both feature Obituary classics like "Internal Bleeding" and the "End Complete," it's just that one has boots a few sizes bigger.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Internal BleedingTrevor Peres, Donald Tardy, John Tardy, Allen West | Obituary | Play | 03:01 | 6 MB | 20 MB |
| 2 | 'Til DeathTrevor Peres, Donald Tardy, John Tardy, Allen West | Obituary | Play | 03:56 | 9 MB | 30 MB |
| 3 | Slowly We RotTrevor Peres, Donald Tardy, John Tardy, Allen West | Obituary | Play | 03:37 | 8 MB | 27 MB |
| 4 | Cause of DeathTrevor Peres, Donald Tardy, John Tardy, Allen West | Obituary | Play | 06:31 | 14 MB | 46 MB |
| 5 | Chopped in HalfTrevor Peres, Donald Tardy, John Tardy, Allen West | Obituary | Play | 03:45 | 8 MB | 28 MB |
| 6 | Turned Inside OutTrevor Peres, Donald Tardy, John Tardy, Allen West | Obituary | Play | 05:10 | 11 MB | 36 MB |
| 7 | I'm in PainTrevor Peres, Donald Tardy, John Tardy, Allen West | Obituary | Play | 04:01 | 9 MB | 28 MB |
| 8 | Don't CareTrevor Peres, Donald Tardy, John Tardy, Allen West | Obituary | Play | 03:09 | 7 MB | 24 MB |
| 9 | Final ThoughtsTrevor Peres, Donald Tardy, John Tardy, Allen West | Obituary | Play | 04:09 | 9 MB | 29 MB |
| 10 | Kill for MeTrevor Peres, Donald Tardy, John Tardy, Allen West | Obituary | Play | 02:57 | 6 MB | 19 MB |
| 11 | Threatening SkiesTrevor Peres, Donald Tardy, John Tardy, Allen West | Obituary | Play | 02:20 | 5 MB | 17 MB |
| 12 | On the FloorTrevor Peres, Donald Tardy, John Tardy, Allen West | Obituary | Play | 03:10 | 7 MB | 22 MB |
| 45 mins | 105 MB | |||||
| 45 mins | 330 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scott Burns | Mixing, Producer |
| 2 | Kevin Candela | Design |
| 3 | Shaundra Robinson Clark | Photography |
| 4 | Steven Hartong | Project Coordinator |
| 5 | Tim Hubbard | Cover Photo |
| 6 | Jaime Locke | Mixing, Producer |
| 7 | Rene Miville | Photography |
| 8 | James Murphy | Guitar |
| 9 | UE Nastasi | Assembly |
| 10 | Obituary | Primary Artist |
| 11 | Trevor Peres | Composer, Group Member, Guitar (Rhythm) |
| 12 | Mark Prator | Mixing, Producer |
| 13 | Eduardo Rivadavia | Liner Notes |
| 14 | Carole Segal | Photography |
| 15 | Donald Tardy | Composer, Drums, Group Member, Mixing |
| 16 | John Tardy | Composer, Group Member, Mixing, Vocals |
| 17 | Daniel Tucker | Bass |
| 18 | Frank Watkins | Bass, Group Member |
| 19 | Allen West | Composer, Group Member, Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm) |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |