Obituary is without a doubt a milestone in the Death Metal universe. It’s a fact that they can’t be considered as very productive with 10 albums in 30 years of career but it’s also a fact that all the band’s releases are considered as important moments of the scene even though not all of them can be treated as great. Especially since the reforming of the band, the albums can be labeled as plain good and decent. Of course there is no harm found in that. Many colleagues would beg to be in the position of releasing a long string of decent albums after such a lengthy career. But this certain album bearing the band’s name is here to disrupt the sequence and turn more heads towards the Florida based pioneers of the scene. The classic Obituary sound blended with an enhanced dosage of classic metal influence that the band always carried (after all these guys came of age under the wings of Savatage, Nasty Savage and other neighboring parties), presented through 11 dynamic songs. Trademark “troubadour” John Tardy spews his unmistakable mucus all over while Ken Andrews, Bobby Koelble’s guitar pal in the historic Azrael band, lays some remarkable string work. The only thing that sounded kinda strange to me was the fact that the only two fast cuts of the album are presented first, leaving us with nine mid tempo songs in a remaining row. I am guessing that it would be wiser and more balanced to change the sequence. But that is just a needle in the haystack, I guess I had to come up with something negative to say…