Death metal practitioners Obituary take their detuned sludge riffing to its crushing apogee on their fourth full-length release, World Demise.
With a lineup that includes John Tardy on vocals, guitarists Allen West (lead) and Trevor Peres (rhythm), Donald Tardy on drums, and bassist Frank Watkins, the group continued to tighten and intensify their death meets doom metal sound.
While Obituary tended toward a slower approach when compared to fellow Florida death metal outfits like Death and Morbid Angel, Tardy shows off some tasty double bass playing in fevered spurts.
The drumming is formidable, indeed, but West and Peres' incessant riffing is Obituary's main attraction.
The two guitarists distribute their low-slung grooves nicely inside Tardy's hard-fought pocket with an oppressive singularity.
Highlight cuts include the energetic opener "Don't Care" and the slow pounding "Splattered" and "Final Thoughts." Listeners unfamiliar with the genre might not withstand the one-note sonic texture and extreme vocals, but open-minded metal fans with a taste for doom grooves and hoarse vocal growls should enjoy the persistent, well-executed riffage of World Demise.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Don't CareObituary | Obituary | Play | 03:08 | 7 MB | 25 MB |
| 2 | World DemiseObituary | Obituary | Play | 03:43 | 8 MB | 30 MB |
| 3 | Burned InObituary | Obituary | Play | 03:32 | 8 MB | 28 MB |
| 4 | RedefineObituary | Obituary | Play | 04:39 | 10 MB | 35 MB |
| 5 | ParalyzingObituary | Obituary | Play | 04:57 | 11 MB | 37 MB |
| 6 | LostObituary | Obituary | Play | 03:59 | 9 MB | 31 MB |
| 7 | Solid StateObituary | Obituary | Play | 04:38 | 10 MB | 36 MB |
| 8 | SplatteredObituary | Obituary | Play | 04:15 | 9 MB | 34 MB |
| 9 | Final ThoughtsObituary | Obituary | Play | 04:08 | 9 MB | 31 MB |
| 10 | Boiling PointObituary | Obituary | Play | 03:10 | 7 MB | 25 MB |
| 11 | Set in StoneObituary | Obituary | Play | 04:50 | 11 MB | 38 MB |
| 12 | Kill for MeObituary | Obituary | Play | 06:02 | 13 MB | 35 MB |
| 51 mins | 117 MB | |||||
| 51 mins | 391 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scott Burns | Engineer, Mixing, Producer |
| 2 | George Marino | Mastering |
| 3 | Obituary | Composer, Mixing, Primary Artist, Producer |
| 4 | Trevor Peres | Concept, Guitar |
| 5 | Donald Tardy | Drums |
| 6 | John Tardy | Vocals |
| 7 | Frank Watkins | Bass |
| 8 | Allen West | Guitar |
| 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). |