OBITUARY
ELECTRIC BRIXTON, LONDON
Florida’s death metal OGs swamp the senses in South London
Obituary: still summoning the spirit of the swamp
STEPHANIE EVANS
HOURS AFTER DISTRESSING personal footage of drummer Joe Allen was released on social media, Sadus announced they were leaving the tour to regroup with a replacement. With no time to arrange new support, it’s just Obituary tonight. They presumably haven’t had time to rehearse new songs, so it’s pretty much the same set they’ve been doing every night.
Obituary are the AC/DC of death metal –if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. They may have had a couple of line-up changes, but the core of the band –the Tardy Brothers John and Donald, and Trevor Peres –have remained faithful to their sound for almost four decades. And what a sound. Kicking off with Redneck Stomp into Threatening Skies, they are an armoured-plated riffbulldozer. Never reliant on blastbeats and hyperspeed, they have always taken a slightly less frenetic approach and are all the heavier for it.