{"id":50083,"date":"2016-10-21T00:00:56","date_gmt":"2016-10-21T00:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=50083"},"modified":"2016-11-27T16:24:21","modified_gmt":"2016-11-27T16:24:21","slug":"album-review-obituary-ten-thousand-ways-to-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-obituary-ten-thousand-ways-to-die\/","title":{"rendered":"OBITUARY – Ten Thousand Ways To Die (2016) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

OBITUARY
Ten Thousand Ways To Die<\/strong><\/span>
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\nRelapse (2016)<\/span>
Rating: 7.5\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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A live album was probably not what the fans wanted, but Obituary rise from their murky swamp once again to bruised and batter us. Thankfully though, they\u2019ve thrown in two new studio tracks to keep us happy alongside a collection of live tracks. <\/p>\n

Personally, I\u2019ve found the last few Obituary records a tad cumbersome and repetitive, but with newbie \u2018Loathe\u2019 they\u2019ve churned out a menacing, buzzing lump of grotesque death metal that begins with some utterly doomy squelching bolstered by gloomy drum nods and almost sludgy production made all the more devastating by John Tardy\u2019s hideous growls. <\/p>\n

\u2018Loathe\u2019 is very much a slow-motion, dragging, quicksand affair that finally kicks in with a chugging riff and rumbling segment of percussion. For me, this is where Obituary are able to progress, because rather than vomiting out a typical predictable death metal foray, they explore nastier, mosquito-infested dregs only penetrated by a lo-fi lead. Okay, so the six-minute running time is a tad too long, but there\u2019s no denying the catchiness of this new track. <\/p>\n

Next up comes \u2018Ten Thousand Ways To Die\u2019, although I\u2019m not sure they can fit every way in. Even so, the track is a masterly lump of groove-based death metal that judders with its percussion and employs a dab of fine melody \u2013 never once though rearing its head beyond a deathly traipse. Of course, the lack of vocals may annoy some, but as a teaser for the next record the brace of tracks are ideal.<\/p>\n

As for the rest of the record, well, we get all the hits presented at various locations around the United States such as Los Angeles, Chicago, Florida, San Diego and Toronto in Canada. All the big chunks are there \u2013 from the chugging gore of \u2018Redneck Stomp\u2019, the sickening strains of \u2018Bloodsoaked\u2019 and \u2018Dying\u2019 to the festering climax of \u2018Chopped In Half\u2019, \u2018Turned Inside Out\u2019 and \u2018Slowly We Rot\u2019 \u2013 all delivered with the vim and vigour we\u2019ve come to expect over the years. <\/p>\n

Obituary are now the elders of the death metal scene. If you\u2019ve never seen them live, then Ten Thousand Ways To Die<\/em> can only give you a glimpse into their hostile terrain of buzz-saw riffs and demonic yelps. Personally, I see this album as a rather unnecessary stop gap considering it\u2019s already been two years since their last full-length studio outing \u2013 2014\u2019s Inked In Blood<\/em><\/a> \u2013 but I\u2019m sure it won\u2019t be too long before the next chapter of atrocity is upon us.<\/p>\n

Neil Arnold<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

OBITUARYTen Thousand Ways To Die Relapse (2016)Rating: 7.5\/10 A live album was probably not what the fans wanted, but Obituary rise from their murky swamp once again to bruised and batter us. Thankfully though, they\u2019ve thrown in two new studio tracks to keep us happy alongside a collection of live tracks. Personally, I\u2019ve found the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1492],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50083"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50083\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50085,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50083\/revisions\/50085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}