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Obituary to be one of the more overrated original Florida death
metal bands. They definitely had their moments back in the first
few albums, but after breaking up and releasing a couple of
mediocre comeback albums it became obvious that with each
subsequent album they were tarnishing their image even further.
The only intriguing aspect to "Xecutioner's Return" is the
arrival of Ralph Santolla, whose entrance in another Florida
death metal band known as Deicide completely revamped the band.
His guitar work was an integral part of what made "The Stench of
Redemption" so damn amazing.  Sadly, Santolla falls victim to
overindulgence where all of his solos are just endless streams
of "meedley-meedley" with no theme or common melody at all. The
rest of the band lacks any sort of technical talent whatsoever
and are relegated to