{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = The End Complete | type = studio | artist = Obituary | cover = The End Complete cover.jpg | alt = | released = April 21, 1992 | recorded = October–November 1991<ref>{{cite magazine |date=February 1992 |title=Studio Report |magazine=Metal Hammer |publisher=Rock Team Publishing |location=UK |volume=7 |issue=2 |pages=31-32 }}</ref> | venue = | studio = Morrisound Recording, Tampa, Florida | genre = Death metal | length = 36:17 | label = R/C | producer = Scott Burns, Obituary | prev_title = Cause of Death | prev_year = 1990 | next_title = World Demise | next_year = 1994 }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Birchmeier|first=Jason|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r59850|pure_url=yes}}|title=The End Complete - Obituary|website=AllMusic|accessdate=December 12, 2010}}</ref> | rev2 = ''Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal'' | rev2score = 6/10<ref>{{cite book |last1=Popoff |first1=Martin |author-link1=Martin Popoff |title=The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties |publisher=Collector's Guide Publishing |year=2007 |location=Burlington, Ontario, Canada |isbn=978-1-894959-62-9 |pages=323}}</ref> | rev3 = ''Hit Parader'' | rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="hitparaderrev">{{cite magazine |last=Dowling |first=Danielle |date=September 1992 |title=Obituary, ''The End Complete'' |magazine=Hit Parader |location=Poughkeepsie, New York |editor-last1=Secher |editor-first1=Andy |issue=336 |publisher=Hit Parader Publications |page=72 |issn=0162-0266}}</ref> | rev4 = ''Metal Forces'' | rev4score = 90/100<ref name="metalforcesrev">{{cite magazine |last=Winwood |first=Ian |date=1992 |title=Obituary The End Complete |magazine=Metal Forces |location=London |editor-last1=Dome |editor-first1=Malcolm |issue=71 |page=75 |oclc=859210254}}</ref> }} '''''The End Complete''''' is the third album by American death metal band Obituary, released on April 21, 1992, through R/C Records.
==Background== The album marked the return of guitarist Allen West who performed on the debut album. This is their first of four consecutive albums with the full classic lineup of the Tardy Brothers, Peres, West and Watkins. A music video was made for the title track.<ref name="remasterlinernotesp5">{{cite AV media notes |title=The Obituary Remasters: The End Complete |title-link=The End Complete |type=Liner notes |date=1998 |page=5}}</ref>
==Reception and legacy== ''The End Complete'' is Obituary's best-selling album, with over 100,000 copies sold in the U.S. and more than 250,000 worldwide<ref name="remasterlinernotesp3">{{cite AV media notes |title=The Obituary Remasters: The End Complete |title-link=The End Complete |type=Liner notes |date=1998 |page=3}}</ref>. It reached No. 16 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart. Additionally, the band's new logo introduced on ''The End Complete'' is the best-selling shirt print in the history of Roadrunner Records.<ref name="remasterlinernotesp4">{{cite AV media notes |title=The Obituary Remasters: The End Complete |title-link=The End Complete |type=Liner notes |date=1998 |page=4}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{track listing | total_length = 36:17 | all_lyrics = John Tardy | title1 = I'm in Pain | length1 = 4:01 | music1 = Trevor Peres, Donald Tardy | title2 = Back to One | length2 = 3:42 | music2 = Allen West, Donald Tardy | title3 = Dead Silence | length3 = 3:21 | music3 = West, Donald Tardy | title4 = In the End of Life | length4 = 3:41 | music4 = Peres, Donald Tardy | title5 = Sickness | length5 = 4:06 | music5 = Peres, Donald Tardy | title6 = Corrosive | length6 = 4:11 | music6 = Peres, Donald Tardy | title7 = Killing Time | length7 = 3:59 | music7 = West, Donald Tardy | title8 = The End Complete | length8 = 4:03 | music8 = Peres, Donald Tardy | title9 = Rotting Ways | length9 = 5:13 | music9 = West, Donald Tardy }}
{{track listing | all_writing = | headline = Bonus Tracks 1997 Roadrunner Remasters | title10 = I'm In Pain | length10 = 4:49 | music10 = Peres, Donald Tardy | note10 = Live | title11 = Killing Time | length11 = 4:01 | music11 = West, Donald Tardy | note11 = Live }}
==Personnel== ===Obituary=== * John Tardy – vocals, production * Allen West – lead guitar, production * Trevor Peres – rhythm guitar, production * Frank Watkins – bass, production * Donald Tardy – drums, production, mixing
===Technical personnel=== * Scott Burns – production, engineering, mixing * Brian Benscoter – assistant engineering * Mark Prator – assistant engineering * Jeff Daniel – reissue production * Chris Gehringer – remastering * Andreas Marschall – cover illustrations * Rene Miville – photos * Mark Leialoha – photos * Rob Mayworth – original logo design * Satoshi Kobayashi – reissue design
==Trivia==
*Interested in industrial music, Trevor Peres suggested the use of drum machines for the album, but the other band members did not agree. This refusal led him to form Meathook Seed.{{sfn|Arnopp B|1993|p=44}}
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===Works cited=== * {{cite magazine |last=Arnopp |first=Jason |year=1993 |title=Industrial Metal: A User's Guide |magazine=Kerrang! |pages=44 |ref={{SfnRef|Arnopp B|1993}} |number=462}}
==External links== *[http://mclub.te.net.ua/vcat.phtml?action=vs&album=12108 ''The End Complete'' at Media Club]
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