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08 Jan 2004

Finnish Metal Awards 2003

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08 Jan 2004

Nightmare Metal Page - estonian metal bands guide

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02 Jan 2004

KATAKLYSM - new song available for download

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02 Jan 2004

THEATRE OF TRAGEDY - new singer found?

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02 Jan 2004

SUTURE - music posted online

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31 Dec 2003

FINNTROLL - to release new EP in march

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31 Dec 2003

METALIUM - new music for download

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30 Dec 2003

KATATONIA - addition to family

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29 Dec 2003

KAMELOT - songwriting sessions going better than expected

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29 Dec 2003

INCANTATION - working on debut DVD

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29 Dec 2003

NOCTURNAL RITES - "New World Messiah"

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29 Dec 2003

DEATH BY DAWN - new demo track posted online

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28 Dec 2003

DECAPITATED - new song online

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23 Dec 2003

KATAKLYSM - "Serenity In Fire"

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23 Dec 2003

DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER - plans for 2004

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23 Dec 2003

ANTHRAX - to delay the filming of their new clip

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23 Dec 2003

WAR Productions - releases

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20 Dec 2003

KATATONIA - DVD

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20 Dec 2003

IMPERANON - recording details

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20 Dec 2003

SANCTIFICATION - parted ways with bassist

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19 SEPT

1990

OBITUARY released their second album, "Cause of Death," on September 19th, 1990, through Roadrunner Records. Scott Burns produced it with the band at Morrisound Recording in Tampa, and it is the record on which Florida death metal arrived fully formed — slower and heavier than its thrash parentage, built on downtuned guitars, a swing in the rhythm section that no one else had, and John Tardy's inarticulate howl, a voice that mostly abandons words in favour of pure sound. James Murphy played lead guitar on his only OBITUARY album, and the band covered CELTIC FROST's "Circle of Tyrants," a version Tom G. Warrior himself has praised. Alongside "Slowly We Rot," it is considered a landmark of the genre; the band performed it in full at Decibel Metal & Beer Fest in 2019, and in 2025 Loudwire named it the best death metal album ever made.

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