OBITUARY Prepares To Record New Album

OBITUARY frontman John Tardy has posted the following message on the band's official web site:

"All is going well with the new DVD and we really appreciate all the support! 'Frozen Alive' [DVD] has sparked a bunch of new shows that we have set up! Here they all are and we are really looking forward to all of them. Some of the newer shows are in France, Mexico with Sadus and believe it or not we are finally going to make it to Australia! We have had offers in the past, but they just never worked out. This will be our first time in Australia, so for all of you that have emailed over the years about coming there, we finally will have a chance to meet! We also have some South American dates we are working on and as soon as I find out for sure I will let you know.

"We are still working on the new CD and are getting really excited about these new songs. This is some pretty sick shit! I still do not know what we are going to do about a record label. We are still talking with a few labels and trying to work something out! Hopefully something gets done soon, so we can move forward and concentrate on future events! We still plan on starting to record in March!!!"

As previously reported, OBITUARY has posted its video for the song "On the Floor" at YouTube.com. The clip, which was shot on December 9, 2005 at the Masquerade in Ybor City, Florida with video producer Michael Sarna (MEGADETH's "Of Mice and Men"),can also be seen on the band's MySpace page. Also available at YouTube.com is a video clip of OBITUARY performing the CELTIC FROST cover "Circle of the Tyrants" in 1990 in Tilburg, the Netherlands with James Murphy (DEATH, TESTAMENT) on lead guitar. Check it out at this location.

OBITUARY's first-ever DVD, "Frozen Alive", was released in Europe on December 11 via Metal Mind Productions (it arrived in the U.S. today, January 16, through MVD Visual). The disc includes a seven-camera shoot of the Warsaw show plus the "Insane" video, the previously unreleased "On the Floor" video, interviews with Frank Watkins (bass),Trevor Peres (guitar),John (vocals) and Donald Tardy (drums),and three documentaries — the making of "Insane", the making of "Frozen In Time" album, and "Backstage In Poland". A video of OBITUARY performing the song "On the Floor", taken from the "Frozen Alive" DVD, has been posted online at YouTube.com.

OBITUARY's latest CD, "Frozen in Time", was released in July 2005 via Roadrunner Records. The group's first collection of new songs since 1997's "Back from the Dead" was self-produced by the band, with Mark Prator and Scott Burns engineering, and was mastered by Tom Morris at Morrisound.

Upcoming OBITUARY shows:

Mar. 24 - Los Angeles Murderfest 3.0 at Knitting Factory - Hollywood, CA
Apr. 07 - Killer Fest - Chaulnes, France
Apr. 08 - Hof Ter Loo (No Mercy Festivals 2007) - Antwerpen, Belgium
Apr. 09 - 013 (No Mercy Festivals 2007) - Tilburg, Netherlands
May 03 - Ibex Bar - Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
May 04 – [to be announced] - Torreon, Chihuahua, Mexico
May 05 - Circo Volador - Mexico City, Jalisco, Mexico
May 06 - [to be announced] - Jalisco, Mexico
May 16 - The Manning Bar - Sydney, Australia
May 17 - The Prince Of Wales Hotel - Melbourne, Australia
May 18 - Club Phoenix - Brisbane, Australia