Obituary discography

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Obituary discography
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Obituary live in Toronto, 2009
Studio albums10
Live albums2
Compilation albums2
Video albums2
Music videos7
EPs2

The discography of Obituary, an American death metal band, consists of ten studio albums, one live album, two compilation albums, two extended plays, two DVDs and seven music videos.

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Obituary was formed in Tampa, Florida in 1984 under the name Executioner (later called Xecutioner). The band spent four years playing live locally and went through several line-up changes, before changing their name to Obituary in 1988. After signing to Roadrunner Records, Obituary's debut album, Slowly We Rot , was released in 1989, followed one year later by Cause of Death (1990); both albums did not chart.

Obituary gained their first mainstream exposure with their third studio album, The End Complete (1992), which was accompanied by their first music video "The End Complete", and was the band's first album to chart in the United States, [1] United Kingdom [2] and some parts of Europe, [3] [4] leading the album to sell more than a hundred thousand copies. [5] Obituary continued their success with their next two studio albums— World Demise (1994) and Back from the Dead (1997)—before calling it quits in 1997. [1] [3]

Obituary reunited in 2003, and released their sixth studio album Frozen in Time two years later. Around 2006, Obituary ended their 18-year relationship with Roadrunner, and signed to the independent record label Candlelight Records, and their debut for the label Xecutioner's Return was released in 2007, followed two years later by Darkest Day (2009). Obituary did not release their next studio album, Inked in Blood , until 2014; it was their first release on Gibtown Music/Relapse Records, and their first to enter the Billboard 200 charts, where it peaked at number 75. [1] That album was followed three years later by Obituary (2017), which was also successful, peaking at higher chart positions in Europe.

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsSales
US
[6]
US Heat
[1]
BEL (FL)
[7]
BEL (WA)
[8]
GER
[4]
NLD
[3]
SWI
[9]
UK
[2]
Slowly We Rot
  • Released: May 16, 1989
  • Label: Roadrunner Records
  • Formats: CD, LP, CS, digital download
Cause of Death
  • Released: September 19, 1990
  • Label: Roadrunner Records
  • Formats: CD, LP, CS, digital download
The End Complete
  • Released: April 21, 1992
  • Label: Roadrunner Records
  • Formats: CD, LP, CS, digital download
16437452
  • US: 103,378+ [5]
World Demise
  • Released: September 6, 1994
  • Label: Roadrunner Records
  • Formats: CD, LP, CS, digital download
1759493965
Back from the Dead
  • Released: April 22, 1997
  • Label: Roadrunner Records
  • Formats: CD, CS, digital download
2592
Frozen in Time
  • Released: July 12, 2005
  • Label: Roadrunner Records
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
4493
Xecutioner's Return
  • Released: August 28, 2007
  • Label: Candlelight Records
  • Formats: CD, LP
27
Darkest Day
  • Released: June 30, 2009
  • Label: Candlelight Records
  • Formats: CD, LP
32
Inked in Blood
  • Released: October 28, 2014
  • Label: Gibtown Music/Relapse Records
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
7512190568165174
Obituary
  • Released: March 17, 2017
  • Label: Relapse Records
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
1844583246734
Dying of Everything
  • Released: January 13, 2023
  • Label: Relapse Records
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
517248
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

TitleAlbum details
Dead
  • Released: April 21, 1998
  • Label: Roadrunner Records
  • Formats: CD, CS, digital download
Slowly We Rot - Live and Rotting
  • Released: July 13th, 2022
  • Label: Relapse Records
  • Formats: CD/blu-ray, CS, LP, digital download
Cause of Death - Live Infection
  • Released: July 13th, 2022
  • Label: Relapse Records
  • Formats: CD/blu-ray, CS, LP, digital download

Extended plays

TitleEP details
Don't Care
  • Released: July 26, 1994
  • Label: Roadrunner Records
  • Formats: CD, CS
Left to Die
  • Released: September 16, 2008
  • Label: Candlelight Records
  • Formats: CD, LP
Ten Thousand Ways to Die
  • Released: October 21, 2016
  • Label: Gibtown Music/Relapse Records
  • Formats: CD

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum details
Anthology
  • Released: January 23, 2001
  • Label: Roadrunner Records
  • Formats: CD, CS
The Best of Obituary
  • Released: January 29, 2008
  • Label: Roadrunner Records
  • Formats: CD, digital download

Video albums

TitleVideo details
Frozen Alive
  • Released: December 6, 2006
  • Label: Metal Mind Productions
  • Formats: DVD, DVD+CD
Live Xecution Party San 2008
  • Released: November 19, 2009
  • Label: Regain Records
  • Formats: DVD

Music videos

YearTitleDirectedAlbum
1992"The End Complete"
The End Complete
1994"Don't Care"
World Demise
2005"Insane"Michael Sarna [13] Frozen in Time
2006"On the Floor"
2008"Evil Ways"Hart Fisher [14] Xecutioner's Return
2014"Violence"Balazs Grof & ObituaryInked in Blood
2017"Ten Thousand Ways To Die"Balazs GrofObituary
"Sentence Day"James Pesature
"Brave"Shaun Egger
2022"The Wrong Time"Odd Life StudiosDying Of Everything
2023"Dying Of Everything"Natalie Wood, Donald Tardy, Josh “BooBoo” Richardson

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