OBITUARY To Perform Special 'Classic' Set On European Tour

Florida death metal veterans OBITUARY will embark on the "Rotting Slowly In Europe 2012" tour in November. The trek, which will feature support from MACABRE, PSYCROPTIC and THE AMENTA, will see OBITUARY performing a classic 1989-1992 set, consisting of material culled solely from the "Slowly We Rot", "Cause Of Death" and "The End Complete" albums.

The dates are as follows:

Nov. 22 - Ludwigsburg, Germany - Rockfabrik
Nov. 23 - Trier, Germany - Exhaus
Nov. 24 - Leeuwared, Netherlands - Romein
Nov. 25 - Deventer, Netherlands - Burgerweeshuis
Nov. 27 - Berlin, Germany - K17
Nov. 28 - Ostrava, Czech Republic - Barrak Music Club
Nov. 29 - Wien, Austria - Szene
Nov. 30 - Cham, Germany - LA Club
Dec. 01 - Louvain Le Neuve, Belgium - Mass Deathtruction Fest
Dec. 02 - Paris, France - Divan Du Monde
Dec. 04 - Dublin, Ireland - Button Factory
Dec. 05 - London, UK - Garage
Dec. 06 - Essen, Germany - Turock
Dec. 07 - Geiselwind, Germany - Musichall
Dec. 09 - Colmar, France - Le Grillen
Dec. 11 - Lyon, France - C.C.O. Villeurbanne
Dec. 12 - Luzern, Switzerland - Konzerthaus Schuur
Dec. 13 - Munich, Germany - Backstage Halle
Dec. 14 - Eindhoven, Netherlands - Eindhoven Metal Meeting
Dec. 15 - Leipzig, Germany - Hellraiser

During a recent interview with MetalBlast.net, guitarist Trevor Peres revealed that OBITUARY was in the process of recording a three song EP, to be released as a picture disc and as a digital download. He said, "Before this [most recent European] tour, we started recording an EP. We were hoping to be finished recording before this tour, but a bunch of different personal things happened and we just didn't have time to finish it. But I've got all the guitar scratch tracks done and Donald [Tardy, drums] started doing scratch drum tracks. But when we get home from this, in one or two weeks we finish recording. It's like three new songs; it's an EP we're gonna do. We're actually gonna do a seven-inch picture disc — no CDs at all; just picture disc only. But then you [will be able to] download it from iTunes or Google Music and stuff. But then we've got another 10 songs we're gonna record after that. So, hopefully, by the end of the year — January, maybe — [there will be] a brand new full-length album."

Regarding how the new OBITUARY music is sounding, Trevor said, "It's pure OBITUARY. In fact, we've got some of the catchiest hooks on this album. These songs are so amazing. In fact, one of the first songs [we wrote] for it I'm always humming in my head. It pisses me off because it's stuck there all the time. So it's a good thing; it's, like, really catchy, groovy OBITUARY."

On the topc of OBITUARY's current record label situation, Trevor said, "We're between labels. We were hoping to do our own record label. We have a person who we're friends with who is interested in investing. I don't think it's gonna happen soon enough for us to be able to [release the next CD on our own]. So we're actually talking with Century Media. They're very interested. Without saying it's happened, [or that] it's done, 'cause we haven't signed a contract with them, [but] they've offered us a deal and they're really interested in OBITUARY."