Donald Tardy remembers the time before death metal. Growing up in central Florida’s heat and humidity, the easy cool of ’70s rock captivated the Obituary drummer as a kid. As soon as the more serrated sounds of bands like Venom, Slayer and Celtic Frost began to hit home, though, there was no going back. Alongside vocalist brother John and six-stringer local buddy Trevor Peres, he would become a key figure in shaping much of the extreme music we know and love today. More than three decades sown the line, everything – and nothing – seems to have changed. Bludgeoning 11th album Dying Of Everything might be the product of ever-evolving legends, featuring some of the highest tempos and heaviest riffs in the Obituary catalogue, but it’s still the product of a collective...
