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I heard those two tracks and only enjoyed one of them.  Can't remember which one though.  I too enjoyed "Inked In Blood" but rarely revisit it for some reason.  I have only heard solid praise for the new one from a forumite (elsewhere to here) who says it is the best thing since "The End Complete" but I have two issues with that:

1) He is a wacky fucker!

2) "The End Complete" really never floated my boat, I think "Cause of Death" was so defining a record that they were always gonna struggle after it in terms of that level of output.

I read an interview with John Tardy recently were he said he was into the whole vinyl rebirth of things over the past few years, in particular Incantation's last release was on vinyl only which he found a bit pointless.  I'd kill to have my vinyl copy of "Slowly We Rot" again, first vinyl I ever bought with my own money.

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20 minutes ago, MacabreEternal said:

2) "The End Complete" really never floated my boat, I think "Cause of Death" was so defining a record that they were always gonna struggle after it in terms of that level of output.

Couldn't agree more - I liked the title track from The End Complete, and the opener, but otherwise it was a bit of a let-down.

Cause of Death is by far their best album.

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Just now, FatherAlabaster said:

James Murphy was the magic sauce, his lead work pushed that album over the top. I'm annoyed by the fact that somehow a copy of "The End Complete" is in my "Cause Of Death" case, and neither "Cause Of Death" itself nor the case for the other album is anywhere to be found.

Ouch. Hope they surface!

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8 minutes ago, Thrashman said:

Ouch. Hope they surface!

Unfortunately they're gone for good. We moved last summer and I went through everything I owned. Finally took my CDs out of storage for the first time in 8 years and I was saddened to discover how much was missing, probably attrition from various moves in the past.

I'm going to go paint a sad clown face on now.

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I've only kept up with Obituary occasionally since Frozen in Time came out, but I did hear their new one. To me it sounds more like World Demise and Back From the Dead (which are fine albums IMO, aside from that fuckawful rap track at the end of Back...) except less focused and unmemorable. It's not bad, just kind of generic. Donald Tardy is still a beast.

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Y'all are not a great help to the Youtube bound dilettante; discussing an album and never naming it, but don't worry about me, I'm sure I can find it, I'll input the year into to google search engine... be right back.

Wow, eponymous title. Didn't see that coming. Frenetic as hell, which I did see coming.

I switched over to the best of the Steve Miller Band, so carry on without me friends.

 

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I've found it ok but that's it. Tends to be too generic through the middle of the album. Still it's Obituary so it was always going to be that way. Tardy sounds a little different to me. I'd give it a 6/10.

 

Agree on 'Cause of Death' & James Murphy comments.

 

 

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