OBITUARY — Ten Thousand Ways to Die (review)

OBITUARY — Ten Thousand Ways to Die album cover Live album · 2016 · Death Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
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"Ten Thousand Ways To Die" is a live album release by US, Florida based death metal act Obituary. The album was released through Relapse Records in October 2016. While "Ten Thousand Ways To Die" is primarely a live release, it actually opens with two new studio tracks in "Loathe" and the title track. Both new studio tracks pretty much continue down the old school death metal road of the band´s past material. "Loathe" is a slow, heavy, and relatively repetitive track, while "Ten Thousand Ways To Die" is a slightly more catchy, powerful, and groove laden track. Both are quality compositions, and proof that Obituary still have a lot to offer.

The eleven live tracks featured on "Ten Thousand Ways To Die" are recorded at various shows in the US and Canada. So it´s not a full concert you get here although it could have been because it´s mixed the way it is. The setlist is a good representation of an Obituary live set at this point in the band´s career. There are couple of tracks from "Inked in Blood (2014)" and "Redneck Stomp" from "Frozen in Time (2005)" (which represent the post-reunited material of the band), but other than that all tracks are culled from either "Slowly We Rot (1989)" or "Cause of Death (1990)" (except "Don't Care" from "World Demise (1994)"), which represent the early days of the band. It´s probably a setlist which will satisfy most fans, but personally I miss a couple of tracks from "The End Complete (1992)".

With that little issue aired, the performance of the material is top notch and the sound quality is also of a high quality considering that this is a death metal live album. One of the great assets of the release is that you can often hear the audience, feedback from the guitars, and other natural live "noises", which all help make "Ten Thousand Ways To Die" an authentic sounding release. A 3.5 - 4 star (75%) rating is deserved.
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