Obituary To Tour South America

Florida-based death metallers Obituary have scheduled the following South American tour dates:

12/02 - Porto Alegre/RS, Brazil - Bar Opinião *
12/03 - Brazil - [to be announced] *
12/04 - São Paulo/SP, Brazil - Hangar 110 *
12/05 - Belo Horizonte/MG, Brazil - Bar Brasil *
12/06 - Brasilia / DF, Brazil *
12/08 - Santiago, Chile - Teatro Teletón
12/10 - Vaparaíso, Chile - El Huevo
12/11 - Lima, Perú - Marina Park (with BENEDICTION)
12/13 - Cuenca, Ecuador - Coliseo Benigno Malo
12/16 - Caracas, Venezuela - Moulin Rouge
12/18 - Medellín, Colombia - Auditorio UCC
12/19 - Bogotá, Colombia - Teatro La Mama

* with Belphegor

Obituary will release a new concert DVD, titled "Live Xecution - Party.San 2008", on November 19 via Regain Records. The footage for the disc was filmed at last year's Party.San Open Air festival, which was held August 7-9, 2008 in Bad Berka, Germany.

Commented bassist Frank Watkins: "We did over 30 festivals last [year] and the Party.San festival was the very last and best one for OBITUARY... Fortunately, the show was filmed."

The track listing is as follows:

01. "Find The Arise"
02. "On The Floor"
03. "Chopped In Half"
04. "Turned Inside Out"
05. "Forces Realign"
06. "Insane"
07. "Face Your God"
08. "Dethroned Emperor"
09. "Evil Ways"
10. "Drop Dead"
11. "Contrast The Dead"
12. "Second Chance"
13. "Stand Alone"
14. "Slow Death"
15. "Slowly We Rot"

Night Of The Vinyl Dead Records recently released a limited-edition vinyl version of Obituary's "Left To Die" EP. Only 500 hand-numbered copies were made available on hand-splattered bloody vinyl, including an insert.

"Left to Die" contains four songs: two new originals ("Forces Realign" and "Left To Die"), a 2008 studio recording of "Slowly We Rot", and a cover of "Dethroned Emperor" by Celtic Frost.

For more information, go to this location.

"Darkest Day", the new album from Obituary, landed at position No. 32 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.

Thanks for the report to Blabbermouth.net.