The discography of Obituary, an American death metal band, consists of eleven studio albums, three live albums, two compilation albums, two extended plays, two DVDs and seven music videos.
Obituary was formed in Tampa, Florida in 1984 under the name Executioner (later called Xecutioner). The band spent four years playing live locally and went through several line-up changes, before changing their name to Obituary in 1988. After signing to Roadrunner Records, Obituary's debut album, Slowly We Rot, was released in 1989, followed one year later by Cause of Death (1990); neither album charted.
Obituary gained their first mainstream exposure with their third studio album, The End Complete (1992), which was accompanied by their first music video "The End Complete", and was the band's first album to chart in the United States, United Kingdom and some parts of Europe, leading the album to sell more than a hundred thousand copies. Obituary continued their success with their next two studio albums—World Demise (1994) and Back from the Dead (1997)—before calling it quits in 1997.
Obituary reunited in 2003, and released their sixth studio album Frozen in Time two years later. Around 2006, Obituary ended their 18-year relationship with Roadrunner, and signed to the independent record label Candlelight Records, and their debut for the label Xecutioner's Return was released in 2007, followed two years later by Darkest Day (2009). Obituary did not release their next studio album, Inked in Blood, until 2014; it was their first release on Gibtown Music/Relapse Records, and their first to enter the Billboard 200 charts, where it peaked at number 75. That album was followed three years later by Obituary (2017), which was also successful, peaking at higher chart positions in Europe.
Studio albums Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales US US Heat BEL (FL) BEL (WA) GER NLD SWI UK Slowly We Rot Released: May 16, 1989 Label: Roadrunner Records Formats: CD, LP, CS, digital download — — — — — — — — Cause of Death Released: September 19, 1990 Label: Roadrunner Records Formats: CD, LP, CS, digital download — — — — — — — — The End Complete Released: April 21, 1992 Label: Roadrunner Records Formats: CD, LP, CS, digital download — 16 — — 43 74 — 52 US: 103,378+ World Demise Released: September 6, 1994 Label: Roadrunner Records Formats: CD, LP, CS, digital download — 17 — — 59 49 39 65 Back from the Dead Released: April 22, 1997 Label: Roadrunner Records Formats: CD, CS, digital download — 25 — — — 92 — — Frozen in Time Released: July 12, 2005 Label: Roadrunner Records Formats: CD, LP, digital download — 44 — — 93 — — — US: 2,400+ Xecutioner's Return Released: August 28, 2007 Label: Candlelight Records Formats: CD, LP — 27 — — — — — — US: 2,000+ Darkest Day Released: June 30, 2009 Label: Candlelight Records Formats: CD, LP — 32 — — — — — — US: 1,200+ Inked in Blood Released: October 28, 2014 Label: Gibtown Music/Relapse Records Formats: CD, LP, digital download 75 — 121 90 56 81 65 174 US: 5,200+ Obituary Released: March 17, 2017 Label: Relapse Records Formats: CD, LP, digital download 184 — 45 83 24 67 34 — Dying of Everything Released: January 13, 2023 Label: Relapse Records Formats: CD, LP, digital download — — 51 — 7 24 8 — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Live albums Title Album detailsDead Released: April 21, 1998 Label: Roadrunner Records Formats: CD, CS, digital downloadSlowly We Rot – Live and Rotting Released: July 13, 2022 Label: Relapse Records Formats: CD/blu-ray, CS, LP, digital downloadCause of Death – Live Infection Released: July 13, 2022 Label: Relapse Records Formats: CD/blu-ray, CS, LP, digital download
Extended plays Title EP details Don't Care Released: July 26, 1994 Label: Roadrunner Records Formats: CD, CS Left to Die Released: September 16, 2008 Label: Candlelight Records Formats: CD, LP Ten Thousand Ways to Die Released: October 21, 2016 Label: Gibtown Music/Relapse Records Formats: CD, LP
Compilation albums Title Album details Anthology Released: January 23, 2001 Label: Roadrunner Records Formats: CD, CS The Best of Obituary Released: January 29, 2008 Label: Roadrunner Records Formats: CD, digital download Godly Beings (2025)
Video albums Title Video details Frozen Alive Released: December 6, 2006 Label: Metal Mind Productions Formats: DVD, DVD+CD Live Xecution Party San 2008 Released: November 19, 2009 Label: Regain Records Formats: DVD
Music videos Year Title Directed Album 1992 "The End Complete" The End Complete 1994 "Don't Care" World Demise 2005 "Insane" Michael Sarna Frozen in Time 2006 "On the Floor" 2008 "Evil Ways" Hart Fisher Xecutioner's Return 2014 "Violence" Balazs Grof & Obituary Inked in Blood 2017 "Ten Thousand Ways To Die" Balazs Grof Obituary "Sentence Day" James Pesature "Brave" Shaun Egger 2022 "The Wrong Time" Odd Life Studios Dying Of Everything 2023 "Dying Of Everything" Natalie Wood, Donald Tardy, Josh "BooBoo" Richardson 2024 "Barley Alive" Natalie Wood, Frank Huang
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