The End Complete

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The End Complete
The End Complete cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 21, 1992
Recorded1991 at Morrisound Recording, Tampa, Florida
Genre Death metal
Length36:17
Label Roadrunner
Producer Scott Burns and Obituary
Obituary chronology
Cause of Death
(1990)
The End Complete
(1992)
World Demise
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 6/10 [2]

The End Complete is the third album by Florida death metal band Obituary, released on April 21, 1992 through Roadrunner Records.

Contents

Background

The album marked the return of guitarist Allen West who performed on the debut album. This is their first of four consecutive albums with the full classic lineup of the Tardy Brothers, Perez, West and Watkins. A music video was made for the title track.[ citation needed ]

Reception and legacy

The End Complete album is Obituary's best-selling, with over 100,000 copies sold in the U.S. and more than 250,000 worldwide[ citation needed ]. It reached #16 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart. Additionally, the band's new logo introduced on The End Complete is the best-selling shirt print in the history of Roadrunner Records [ citation needed ].

Track listing

No.TitleMusicLength
1."I'm in Pain"Peres/D. Tardy/J. Tardy4:01
2."Back to One"D. Tardy/West3:42
3."Dead Silence"D. Tardy/West3:21
4."In the End of Life"Peres/D. Tardy/J. Tardy3:41
5."Sickness"Peres/D. Tardy/J. Tardy4:06
6."Corrosive"Peres/D. Tardy/J. Tardy4:11
7."Killing Time"D. Tardy/West3:59
8."The End Complete"Peres/D. Tardy/J. Tardy4:03
9."Rotting Ways"D. Tardy/West5:13
Total length:36:17
Bonus Tracks 1997 Roadrunner Remasters
No.TitleLength
10."I'm In Pain" (Live)4:49
11."Killing Time" (Live)4:01

Personnel

Trivia

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References

  1. Birchmeier, Jason. "The End Complete - Obituary". AllMusic . Retrieved December 12, 2010.
  2. Popoff, Martin (2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 323. ISBN   978-1-894959-62-9.
  3. Arnopp B 1993, p. 44.

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