OBITUARY Left To Die - 2009 US limited edition 'Tour EP'
Format: Vinyl Condition: New Year of Release: 2009 Cat. No.: 862495 Label: Cobra
The words "limited edition" don't mean a lot if one has only a casual interest in a band, but they are a real attention-grabber if a label is going after the type of serious collectors and obsessive fans who are interested in everything the band does.
"Limited edition" indicates that the consumer is acquiring a rarity, and rarities have a lot of appeal if one falls into the obsessive fan category. Marketed as a "limited-edition tour EP," 'Left to Die' is clearly aimed at hardcore collectors rather than a more casual listener who is happy owning only two or three Obituary releases.
'Left to Die', like other EPs of this nature, favors an odds-and-ends approach; the material ranges from two new songs ("Left to Die" and "Forces Realign") to a cover of Celtic Frost's "Dethroned Emperor" to a re-recording of the title track of Obituary's 1989 album 'Slowly We Rot'.
Although enjoyable, this 2008 release is hardly essential. But then, limited-edition releases aren't meant to be essential. They are aimed at the true believers, and Obituary's true believers are obviously the target of Left to Die.
~ Review by Alex Henderson, Rovi
TRACK LISTING:
1 Forces Realign 2 Slowly We Rot [2008 Re-recording] 3 Dethroned Emperer 4 Left To Die
