Album
Cause Of Death
1990 · Rock
11 collectors on Gatefold own this
Cause Of Death is a Metal album by Obituary, originally released in 1990. On Gatefold: 99 pressings tracked, owned by 11 collectors.
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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. 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. Murphy did not contribute to the songwriting as the riffs he showed to the band would end up appearing on Disincarnate's Dreams of the Carrion Kind. The cover art of.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Infected5:34
- A2Body Bag5:48
- A3Chopped In Half3:43
- A4Circle Of The Tyrants4:24
Side B
- B1Dying4:29
- B2Find The Arise2:49
- B3Cause Of Death5:38
- B4Memories Remain3:44
- B5Turned Inside Out4:56
Sound DNA
- Metal
- Death Metal
- heavy
- menacing
- nocturnal
Originally released on September 19th, 1990.
This album is considered a classic album in the history of death metal.
"Circle Of The Tyrants" is a cover, originally by Celtic Frost
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 artwork was done by artist Michael Whelan, the original art is titled "Lovecraft's nightmare"
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, but Roadrunner Records let Obituary use it first.
Roadrunner Records forced Sepultura to use another Michael Whelan illustration for Beneath the Remains.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Donald TardyDRUMS
- Frank WatkinsBASS BASS GUITAR
- James MurphyGUITAR LEAD GUITAR
- John TardyVOCALS VOCALS, LYRICS BY
- Kent Smith
- Trevor PeresGUITAR RHYTHM GUITAR
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