OBITUARY: Audio Interview With JOHN TARDY Posted Online

October 2, 2007

John Tardy of OBITUARY was recently interviewed by Deryk Thomas of Western Australia's "Anger Management" metal radio show. John spoke honestly and candidly about the band's new album and signing to Candlelight Records, and also the current relations with incarcerated ex-guitarist Allen West. According to Tardy, it is unlikely Allen West will return to OBITUARY once he is released from prison in February, as the group has a full touring schedule lined up with new axeman Ralph Santolla (ex-DEICIDE) running well into 2008.

Listen to the interview at this location.

OBITUARY's new album, "Xecutioner's Return" (Candlelight) sold around 2,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan — slightly less than the 2,400 opening tally registered by its predecessor, 2005's "Frozen In Time" (Roadrunner).

Watch fan-filmed video footage of OBITUARY performing the song "Slowly We Rot" on the "Xecutioner's Return" tour (September 2007):

Find more on
  • facebook
  • twitter
  • reddit
  • email

Comments Disclaimer And Information

BLABBERMOUTH.NET uses the Facebook Comments plugin to let people comment on content on the site using their Facebook account. The comments reside on Facebook servers and are not stored on BLABBERMOUTH.NET. To comment on a BLABBERMOUTH.NET story or review, you must be logged in to an active personal account on Facebook. Once you're logged in, you will be able to comment. User comments or postings do not reflect the viewpoint of BLABBERMOUTH.NET and BLABBERMOUTH.NET does not endorse, or guarantee the accuracy of, any user comment. To report spam or any abusive, obscene, defamatory, racist, homophobic or threatening comments, or anything that may violate any applicable laws, use the "Report to Facebook" and "Mark as spam" links that appear next to the comments themselves. To do so, click the downward arrow on the top-right corner of the Facebook comment (the arrow is invisible until you roll over it) and select the appropriate action. You can also send an e-mail to blabbermouthinbox(@)gmail.com with pertinent details. BLABBERMOUTH.NET reserves the right to "hide" comments that may be considered offensive, illegal or inappropriate and to "ban" users that violate the site's Terms Of Service. Hidden comments will still appear to the user and to the user's Facebook friends. If a new comment is published from a "banned" user or contains a blacklisted word, this comment will automatically have limited visibility (the "banned" user's comments will only be visible to the user and the user's Facebook friends).