(On Friday, the day the LP comes out, the band heads out on a U.S. From the hard-swinging, Sabbath-y “Lesson in Vengeance” to the punchy, hardcore-esque “Straight to Hell,” the record showcases the way the band marries underground aggression with old-school rock & roll abandon. The chemistry and the history we’ve had together, we definitely kind of found what we’re good at, and we’re proud of that and we’ll stick with that, for sure.”Īccordingly, the band’s new self-titled album embodies the classic Obituary sound, established on early efforts like 1989’s Slowly We Rot and 1990’s Cause of Death. “We do not try to write the most technical music, because we’re good at one thing, and that is just groovy, midtempo, heavy … and somehow it clicks. “We are simple dudes,” says Donald, whose deep-in-the-pocket beats are essential to the band’s earthy sense of groove.
While some death-metal acts have steadily advanced the genre into a highly sanitized and virtuosic style, a sort of new-school prog, Obituary have remained stubbornly committed to their signature pared-down sound. “For a while, almost every band that came out that maybe sounded a little bit different: ‘Oh, that’s a different kind of metal.’ definitely go into a heavy-metal category, but for me, it can kind of just stop there, and whether you want to call it nine different things, it goes back to the roots, the Black Sabbaths of the world that just go back to basic blues.”įor more than 30 years, Obituary have operated as one of the most consistent bands in their scene, while at the same time opting out of the arms race that has consumed so many of their peers. “It’s one of those things that bothers me a little bit, how it just gets so separated,” says John in his prominent Florida twang. Although Obituary may be world renowned as pioneers of death metal, he’s wary of people who file them under corny, pedantic subgenres. Tardy’s older brother John, the band’s vocalist, agrees. “We’re the cavemen of metal,” Obituary drummer Donald Tardy proudly tells Rolling Stone.
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