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Obituary is a Death metal act. Their sound grew out of Mercyful Fate, Deicide, Hellhammer, Celtic Frost and Iron Maiden. Those roots explain a lot about how Obituary arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Morbid Angel, Death, Malevolent Creation, Possessed and Unleashed, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Infected Rain, Cannibal Corpse, Andrew W.K., Six Feet Under and Entombed, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 49 connections around Obituary, reaching back through Mercyful Fate and forward to Infected Rain. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Obituary connections
Obituary grew out of Mercyful Fate, Deicide, Hellhammer and Celtic Frost, shares an orbit with Morbid Angel, Death, Malevolent Creation and Possessed, went on to shape Infected Rain, Cannibal Corpse, Andrew W.K. and Six Feet Under. 49 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Obituary
Sounds and acts that shaped Obituary.
- Mercyful Fateartist
- Deicideartist
- Hellhammerartist
- Celtic Frostartist
- Iron Maidenartist
- Judas Priestartist
- Slayerartist
- Savatageartist
- Deathartist
- Morbid Angelartist
- Six Feet Underartist
- Roadrunner Recordsartist
- Forbiddenartist
- Candlelight Recordsartist
- Beneath the Remainsartist
- Individual Thought Patternsartist
- Trey Azagthothartist
- Consuming Impulseartist
- Morgothartist
- Allen Westartist
Artists similar to Obituary
Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Obituary.
Bands Obituary shaped
Where the influence of Obituary travelled next.
- Infected Rainartist
- Cannibal Corpseartist
- Andrew W.K.artist
- Six Feet Underartist
- Entombedartist
- George Fisherartist
- Earth Crisisartist
- Chthonicartist
- Malevolent Creationartist
- Mortificationartist
- Burgerkillartist
- Rigor Sardonicousartist
- Worm Infestedartist
- Avatarartist
- Children of Bodomartist
- Cancerartist
- Beyond Sanctorumartist
- Sanguisugaboggartist
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