Obituary

American death metal band

Organization musical_group Q334537

Facts

14 properties

Instance of: musical group
Inception: 1984^[16]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 1984 BnF data 1985 edition 2026-10-01 · fr-lo ↗
Genre: death metal^[2]
Official website: www.obituary.cc^[18]
Country of origin: United States^[5]
Discography: Obituary discography^[4]
Has part(s): John Tardy, Terry Butler, Donald Tardy, Trevor Peres, Kenny Andrews, Allen West, James Murphy, Ralph Santolla, Frank Watkins, Daniel Tucker^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]
Location of formation: Tampa^[17]
Member category: Category:Obituary (band) members^[22]
Native label: Obituary^[20]
Record label: Roadrunner Records^[3]
Social media followers: 99k (41k–146k, n=10)^[23]^[24]^[25]^[26]^[27]^[28]^[29]
Start of work period: 1988^[21]
Topic has template: Template:Obituary (band)^[19]

🏷️ Also known as

en Orbituary en Xecutioner en Executioner en Obituary da Executioner da Xecutioner fa آبیچوآری fa ابیچواری fa ابیچوری he Obituary he אוביטוארי he אוביטיוארי id Executioner id Orbituary id Xecutioner ja Obituary ja オビチュアリー ko 오비추어리 zh 訃告 (樂團)

🔖 Identifiers · 56

ISNI: 0000000115511389
VIAF cluster ID: 46145970224832251725
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Library of Congress authority ID: n2003078268
GND ID: 10295845-2
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Hellfest2017Obituary 02.jpg ↗
AZLyrics.com artist ID: o/obituary
Acharts.co artist ID: obituary
Album of the Year artist ID: 3099
AllMusic artist ID: mn0000465562
Amazon Music artist ID: B000QKJ72Q
Apple Music artist ID: 16645051
BBC Things ID: 3dbf2cd5-0aa7-4ecd-b137-28bacb155c1c

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BIBSYS ID: 3034935
BabelNet ID: 01528357n
Bandcamp profile ID: obituary
Bandsintown artist ID: 11407930
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 13959689k
Billboard artist ID: obituary
Boomplay artist ID: 2275578
Deezer artist ID: 10679
Discogs artist ID: 251635
Encyclopaedia Metallum band ID: 165
Facebook username: ObituaryBand
Freebase ID: /m/0cjz6
Genius artist ID: Obituary
Google Play Music artist ID (former scheme): Aroub6qscvlpxbllrocy2jtreuq
IMDb ID: nm3796496
Instagram username: obituaryband
Jaxsta profile ID: 6dbe9c8b-5fe0-4b50-8182-11bb9d4bd001
Kinobox person ID: 1380914
Last.fm ID: Obituary
LyricsTranslate ID: obituary-lyrics.html
Munzinger Pop ID: 02000000477
MusicBrainz artist ID: 2e8ac3ed-2a89-4377-ba80-790106aba554
Musik-Sammler.de artist ID: 1850
Musixmatch artist ID: Obituary
Muziekweb performer ID: M00000046345
Myspace ID: obituary
NL CR AUT ID: xx0087336
Napster artist ID: obituary
Qobuz artist ID: obituary
Qobuz artist numeric ID: 478491
Rate Your Music artist ID: obituary
SVKKL authority ID: 0366544-Obituary-hudebni-skupina
Setlist.fm artist ID: bd6fd46
Songkick artist ID: 135685
SoundCloud ID: obituaryofficial
Spirit of Metal band ID: Obituary
Spotify artist ID: 0SbGI4sb8dAKFZnK7RFyhz
TV Tropes ID: Music/ObituaryBand
Tidal artist ID: 37207
Topic's main category: Category:Obituary
TuneIn artist ID: Obituary-m188463
WorldCat Entities ID: E39QH7JmqtW8fYMxBb3fJyFQkt
X (Twitter) username: obituarytheband
YouTube channel ID: UCOnhgPNvWPmUmNdtPkamLIQ

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🔗 Connections

Mb:performer of 19

Slowly We Rot, Cause of Death, Back from the Dead, World Demise, Frozen in Time, The End Complete, Xecutioner's Return, Darkest Day +11 more

← Performer 15

Slowly We Rot, Cause of Death, Back from the Dead, World Demise, Frozen in Time, The End Complete, Xecutioner's Return, Darkest Day +7 more

← Mb:member of band 8

James Murphy, Ralph Santolla, Terry Butler, Donald Tardy, John Tardy, Frank Watkins, Trevor Peres, Allen West

← Member of 8

James Murphy, Ralph Santolla, Terry Butler, Donald Tardy, John Tardy, Frank Watkins, Trevor Peres, Allen West

Has part(s) 4

Terry Butler, Donald Tardy, John Tardy, Trevor Peres

Country of origin 1

United States

Genre 1

death metal

Instance of 1

musical group

Location of formation 1

Tampa

Record label 1

Roadrunner Records

Topic has template 1

Template:Obituary (band)

← Category combines topics 1

Category:Obituary (band) albums

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Template:Obituary (band)

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Summary

Obituary is a musical group^[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Obituary — genre (P136): death metal. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Obituary — record label (P264): Roadrunner Records. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Obituary — discography (P358): Obituary discography. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Obituary — country of origin (P495): United States. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Obituary — has part(s) (P527): John Tardy. Encyclopaedia Metallum. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Obituary — has part(s) (P527): Terry Butler. Encyclopaedia Metallum. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Obituary — has part(s) (P527): Donald Tardy. Encyclopaedia Metallum. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Obituary — has part(s) (P527): Trevor Peres. Encyclopaedia Metallum. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Obituary — has part(s) (P527): Kenny Andrews. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Obituary — has part(s) (P527): Allen West. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Obituary — has part(s) (P527): James Murphy. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Obituary — has part(s) (P527): Ralph Santolla. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Obituary — has part(s) (P527): Frank Watkins. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Obituary — has part(s) (P527): Daniel Tucker. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Obituary — inception (P571): 1984. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Obituary — location of formation (P740): Tampa. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Obituary — official website (P856): http://www.obituary.cc/. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Obituary — topic has template (P1424): Template:Obituary (band). wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Obituary — native label (P1705): Obituary. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Obituary — start of work period (P2031): 1988. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Obituary — member category (P6365): Category:Obituary (band) members. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Obituary — social media followers (P8687): 139,183. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Obituary — social media followers (P8687): 41,200. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Obituary — social media followers (P8687): 140,597. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Obituary — social media followers (P8687): 48,400. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Obituary — social media followers (P8687): 146,085. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Obituary — social media followers (P8687): 61,100. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Obituary — social media followers (P8687): 73,100. YouTube API. Retrieved 2024-01-15. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ Obituary is an instance of musical group (Q215380) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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11w ago · StarTrekker · 2026-08-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Has part(s) → John Tardy, Terry Butler, Donald Tardy +7

"/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Has part(s): Allen West"
20w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗

SVKKL authority ID → 0366544-Obituary-hudebni-skupina

"/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ SVKKL authority ID: 0366544-Obituary-hudebni-skupina, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259495|batch #259495]]"
23w ago · Sanremofilo · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Topic's main category → Category:Obituary

Location of formation → Tampa

Website → —

Inception → —

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"/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ AllMusic artist ID: mn0000465562"

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