Okay, first off I want to say for the record I am a fan of
Obituary and have been for over 15 years. I have heard most of their albums and I can confidently qualify myself as a fan who knows/understands
Obituary's music. I have seen all the changes in line ups (including the departure of F.Watkins and R.Santolla) so I'm aware there is another album after this one.
That said; I believe that
Obituary hit their peak musically on this album. Let's elaborate for a second.
This album has all the elements of a great
Obituary album. Heavy guitars-check, fast drums-check, the voice of John Tardy-check, and now ridiculously amazing guitar solo's-check. The songs are heavy fast and to the point. If you compare song by song every other album, this album features the best vocals, drums, and guitar work ever. Sure
James Murphy proved to be a power house on
Cause of Death (highly regarded album) but I believe Santolla proved that he can hold his own and still sound heavy. A|symmetryfter A|symmetry.West's return to
Obituary the guitar solo was predominantly played by West and you could almost figure what it would sound like since he has a very distinctive yet limited lead presence. To me all his solo's sounded very alike...not bad..but very similar. Enter
Ralph Santolla... some point it seems that the Tardy boys wanted a bit more guitar technicality and flavor and Santolla who plays 2-4 solo's on every track makes the album a lot more interesting. Even Trevor Peres seems to have been bitten by the solo bug and plays some cool solo's on 3-4 songs.
Overall this is a solid album and probably one of my favorite albums of all times. I think it proves that you can stick to a formula and be successful and make adjustments every now and then and make it fresh every time (think
Slayer with Gary Holt). I recommend this album to newer
Obituary fans, its heavy, but not as dark as previous efforts, yet still death metal enough for the long time fans.
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