Cause of Death (album)

Cause of Death
Studio album by Obituary
Released September 19, 1990
Recorded 1990 at Morrisound Recording, Tampa, Florida
Genre Death metal
Length 41:02
Label Roadrunner
Producer Scott Burns and Obituary
Obituary chronology

Slowly We Rot
(1989)		 Cause Of Death
(1990)		 The End Complete
(1992)
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Allmusic [1]

Cause of Death is the second album by American death metal band Obituary. It was released on September 19, 1990. Cause of Death is considered a classic album in the history of death metal.[2] The artwork was done by artist Michael Whelan. It is their first release with longtime member Frank Watkins on bass, and also their first and only album with guitarist James Murphy, previously of the group Death.

The cover art of this album was used in an H.P. Lovecraft collection, Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre, and part of it was used in The Tomb and The Doom That Came to Sarnath paperbacks. It was supposed to be the cover of Sepultura's album Beneath the Remains,[3] but Roadrunner Records let Obituary use it first, even though Cause of Death was released a year after Beneath the Remains. Sepultura chose another Michael Whelan illustration for Beneath The Remains's cover.

Track listing

No. TitleMusic Length
1. "Infected"  Peres/D. Tardy/J. Tardy 5:34
2. "Body Bag"  Peres/D. Tardy/J. Tardy 5:49
3. "Chopped in Half"  Peres/D. Tardy/J. Tardy 3:43
4. "Circle of the Tyrants" (Celtic Frost cover)T. G. Warrior 4:25
5. "Dying"  Obituary/Peres 4:29
6. "Find the Arise"  Peres/D. Tardy/J. Tardy 2:51
7. "Cause of Death"  Peres/A. West/J. Tardy 5:38
8. "Memories Remain"  Peres/D. Tardy/J. Tardy 3:44
9. "Turned Inside Out"  Peres/D. Tardy/J. Tardy 4:57
Total length:
 41:02

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Birchmeier, Jason. "Cause of Death - Obituary". Allmusic. Retrieved December 12th, 2010.
  2. ↑ Birchmeier, Jason. "The End Complete - Obituary". Allmusic. Retrieved September 11th, 2011.
  3. ↑ Precious Metal: Decibel Presents the Stories Behind 25 Extreme Metal Masterpieces from Decibel Magazine.