Back from the Dead is a 1997 (see 1997 in music

1997 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1997.-January:*January 9 – David Bowie performs his 50th Birthday Bash concert at Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA with guests Frank Black, The Foo Fighters, Sonic Youth, Robert Smith of The Cure, Lou Reed, and Billy...

) album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 by American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 death metal

Death metal

Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....

 band Obituary

Obituary (band)

Obituary is an American death metal band formed in 1984 in Tampa, Florida under the name Executioner, then changed the name's spelling to Xecutioner, and later changed their name to Obituary in 1988. The band comprises vocalist John Tardy, drummer Donald Tardy, guitarists Trevor Peres and Ralph...

. This was the band's final album before their six year breakup from 1997 to 2003.

Back from the Dead was the first Obituary album not produced by longtime contributor Scott Burns

Scott Burns

Scott Burns is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.-Football career:Originally from Norwood Football Club in the South Australian National Football League, Burns was drafted by the Collingwood Football Club with the 90th selection in the 1992 National Draft...

. Some copies of the album also include an additional CD-ROM Data containing videos, live footage and animation.

Track listing

All tracks written and composed by Obituary, unless otherwise stated.

1. "Threatening Skies" – 2:19
2. "By the Light" – 2:55
3. "Inverted" – 2:53
4. "Platonic Disease" – 4:06
5. "Download" – 2:45
6. "Rewind" – 4:03
7. "Feed on the Weak" – 4:15
8. "Lockdown" – 4:11
9. "Pressure Point" – 2:25
10. "Back from the Dead" – 5:12
11. "Bullituary" (Remix) - (featuring DJ's Diablo D and Skinner T) - (Obituary/Diablo D/Skinner T) – 3:43

Personnel

• John Tardy - Vocals
• Allen West - Guitars
• Trevor Peres
  Trevor Peres
  Trevor Peres born July 25, 1969 is an American heavy metal musician best known as the guitarist, song writer and one of the founding members of the death metal band Obituary.-Bands:*Obituary *Meathook Seed *Catastrophic...
  
  - Guitars, CD-ROM bonus data
• Frank Watkins - Bass
• Donald Tardy - Drums

External links

• Back from the Dead at Media Club