Obituary

How Good Are They LIVE?

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Critic Consensus

Based on 51 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Obituary is rated as an enjoyable live performer, with decent shows overall.

ON TOUR

Ace of Spades Club, Bogotá, Colombia (Feb 9); Teatro Cariola, Santiago, Chile (Feb 15); El Teatrito, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina (Feb 19); Mister Rock, Belo Horizonte, Brazil (Feb 21); Carioca Club, São Paulo, Brazil (Feb 22); Agyto, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Feb 25); Toinha Brasil Show, Brasília, Brazil (Feb 26); Historic Crew Stadium, Columbus, United States (May 8); Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL, United States (May 15); Edison Lot, Baltimore, United States (May 22); Cetatea Râşnov, Râșnov, Romania (Jul 30); Wacken, Wacken, Germany (Jul 30)

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Latest Release

Bringing The Complete End To Dynamo Club (2024)

Artist Info

Genre

metal

Origin

Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida, United States

Bio

Obituary is one of the pioneering bands of the death metal genre. The band came from Tampa, Florida, and was founded as Executioner in 1985, and then changed their name to Xecutioner to avoid confusion with the other one.

Has Performed With

Abbath, Exodus, Amon Amarth, Cannibal Corpse

Critic Concert Reviews

Glide Magazine (USA)

April 28, 2024

Amon Amarth, Cannibal Corpse, and Obituary Traverse the Death Metal Spectrum at Portland’s Moda Center

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The 13th Floor (New Zealand)

January 6, 2024

Having survived the silly season, Simon Coffey got back in the saddle and checked out groundbreaking death-metal icons Obituary on their Barely Alive tour in Aotearoa, four years on from the last visit.

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The Arts STL (USA)

June 14, 2023

Obituary | 05.26.23, Red Flag

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Distorted Sound Magazine (UK)

March 3, 2023

Seasoned death metallers OBITUARY weren’t on the UK leg of TRIVIUM‘s recent tour; something they made up for by announcing one night at Camden’s Electric Ballroom – which promptly sold out.

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The Aquarian Weekly (USA)

February 23, 2022

Man, it feels so good to be back in the pit.

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Ambient Light (New Zealand)

April 1, 2020

First up were the delightful three-piece CORPSEFEAST from Hastings. A muddy, dirgey, traditional metal outfit; with a brutally short set, CORPSEFEAST gave it their all; and also big thanks to Ben Valhalla for putting them on the show.

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The 13th Floor (New Zealand)

January 23, 2020

Obituary was like a 15-course meal of decomposing meat, a pudding of sludgy shit, along side a nice glass of fresh blood. And the packed out crowd at The Studio drank it up.

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