Obituary discography
| Obituary discography | |
|---|---|
 Obituary live in Toronto, 2009 | |
| Studio albums | 9 |
| Live albums | 1 |
| Compilation albums | 2 |
| Video albums | 2 |
| Music videos | 6 |
| EPs | 2 |
The discography of Obituary, an American death metal band, consists of nine studio albums, one live album, two compilation albums, two extended plays, two DVDs and six music videos.
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] The band reunited six years later, and released Frozen in Time (their first studio album in eight years) in 2005. 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]
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [6] |
US Heat [1] |
UK [2] |
GER [4] |
SWI [7] |
NLD [3] |
BEL (FL) [8] |
BEL (WA) [9] | ||||||||||||
| Slowly We Rot |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| Cause of Death |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| The End Complete |
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— | 16 | 52 | 43 | — | 74 | — | — |
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| World Demise |
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— | 17 | 65 | 59 | 39 | 49 | — | — | ||||||||||
| Back from the Dead |
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— | 25 | — | — | — | 92 | — | — | ||||||||||
| Frozen in Time |
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— | 44 | — | 93 | — | — | — | — |
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| Xecutioner's Return |
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— | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| Darkest Day |
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— | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| Inked in Blood |
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75 | — | 174 | 56 | 65 | 81 | 121 | 90 |
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| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||||||
Live albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Dead |
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Extended plays
| Title | EP details |
|---|---|
| Don't Care |
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| Left to Die |
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| Ten Thousand Ways To Die |
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Compilation albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Anthology |
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| The Best of Obituary |
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Video albums
| Title | Video details |
|---|---|
| Frozen Alive |
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| Live Xecution Party San 2008 |
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Music videos
| Year | Title | Directed | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 & Obituary | Inked in Blood |
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Obituary | Music Biography, Streaming Radio and Discography". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 2016-06-04.
- 1 2 "OBITUARY | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. 2015-03-30. Retrieved 2016-06-04.
- 1 2 3 Steffen Hung. "Dutch Charts". Dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2016-06-04.
- 1 2 "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts". Musicline.de. Retrieved 2016-06-04.
- 1 2 "It's Official: Cannibal Corpse Are The Top Selling Death Metal Band Of The Sound Scan Era". Blabbermouth.net. 2003-11-17. Retrieved 2016-06-04.
- ↑ "Obituary - Chart history". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2016-06-04.
- ↑ Steffen Hung. "Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade und Music Community". Hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2016-06-04.
- ↑ "Ultratop Belgian Charts". Ultratop.be. 2014-12-22. Retrieved 2016-06-04.
- ↑ "Ultratop Belgian Charts". Ultratop.be. 2014-12-22. Retrieved 2016-06-04.
- 1 2 "Obituary: Entire New Album Available For Streaming". Blabbermouth.net. 2007-09-06. Retrieved 2016-06-04.
- ↑ "Obituary: 'Darkest Day' First Week Sales Revealed". Blabbermouth.net. 2009-07-08. Retrieved 2016-06-04.
- ↑ "Obituary's 'Inked In Blood' Cracks U.S. Top 100". Blabbermouth.net. 2014-11-05. Retrieved 2016-06-04.
- ↑ "Obituary | Insane | Music Video". Mtv.com. Retrieved 2016-06-04.
- ↑ "Obituary | Evil Ways | Music Video". Mtv.com. Retrieved 2016-06-04.