''The End Complete'' is the third album by American
death metal band
Obituary. It was released on April 21, 1992. This album marked the return of guitarist
Allen West who performed on
the debut album.
This album is Obituary's best selling, with over 100,000 copies sold in the
U.S.
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and more than 250,000 worldwide. It reached #16 on Billboard's
Top Heatseekers
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chart. Also, the band's new logo introduced on ''The End Complete'' is the best selling shirt print in the history of
Roadrunner Records.
A
music video
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was made for the title track.
Track listing
Personnel
*
John Tardy
Obituary is an American death metal band formed in Tampa, Florida in 1984. They were a fundamental act in the development of death metal music, and are one of the most successful death metal bands of all time. To date, Obituary has released ten ...
- vocals
*
Allen West - lead guitar
*
Trevor Peres
Trevor Peres (born July 25, 1969) is an American heavy metal musician best known as the rhythm guitarist,Grow Kory, 6 February 2019, https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2019/02/06/memories-remain-the-making-of-obituarys-cause-of-death, (2019) songw ...
- rhythm guitar
*
Frank Watkins - bass
*
Donald Tardy
Obituary is an American death metal band formed in Tampa, Florida in 1984. They were a fundamental act in the development of death metal music, and are one of the most successful death metal bands of all time. To date, Obituary has released ten ...
- drums
Trivia
*Interested in
industrial music, Trevor Peres suggested the use of
drum machines for the album, but the other band members did not agree. This refusal led him to form
Meathook Seed
Meathook Seed was an industrial metal music project formed in 1992 by the Napalm Death guitarist, Mitch Harris. Two Meathook Seed albums were released.
''Embedded''
Meathook Seed's first album, '' Embedded'', was released in 1993 by Earache Rec ...
.
References
External links
''The End Complete'' at Media Club
1992 albums
Obituary (band) albums
Roadrunner Records albums
Albums produced by Scott Burns (record producer)
Albums recorded at Morrisound Recording
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