THIS ALBUM CONTAIN(15-TRACKS)
1-TORN IN TWO BY Obliteration
2-INFLICTED BY Obliteration
3-BY HIS BLOOD BY Obliteration
4-DAYING AGE BY Obliteration
5-EYE TO EYE BY Ivesceration
6-COMING OF AGE BY Ivesceration
7-SECOND DEATH BY Ivesceration
8-DIMENSIONS OF REALITY BY Disencumbrance
9-UNHOLY MANIFESTATIONS BY Disencumbrance
10-SUICIDE BY Disencumbrance
11-DEMONIC PERMEATION BY Oblation
12-OBLITERATION CONCEIVED BY Oblation
13-REEKING IMPURITIES BY Oblation
14-DEAD UNBORN BY Oblation
15-LIVE AT THE TERMINUS BY Flesh Walker
OBLITERATION - DYING AGE / 1997
THIS ALBUM DEMO CONTAIN(4-TRACKS)
1-TORN IN TWO
2-INFLICTED
3-BY HIS BLOOD
4-DYING AGE
CREDITS:
Richard (aka "Rikki") Puckett - Vocals
Kevin Tubby - Guitarist
Bryan Nikkel - Guitarist
Greg Berger - Bass
David Campbell - Drums
(http://www.myspace.com/obliterationmusic)
BIOGRAPHY/REVIEW:
The only thing I wish I could have done is record all of our Obliteration material. The best and heaviest stuff was never recorded,OBLITERATION was a Christian death metal band from Oklahoma City, OK who dominated the underground christian metal scene in Oklahoma and the southwest throughout the late 1990's. The band was comprised of a handful of musicians who came from previous death metal bands, respectively, in the OKC area. The original band members are as follows:
Richard Puckett and David Campbell were bandmates in a previous band originally named Treacherous Death which was founded by Richard Puckett and Brandon See. Treacherous Death also was known as Golgotha in the latter part of its existence.
Kevin Tubby and Bryan Nikkel were also bandmates in a previous band called Evisceration. Evisceration was a secular death metal band who was a crowd favorite at the local clubs and concert venues of the day.
Greg Berger was a mutual friend of Richard and David. Greg's brother Matt was one of the Guitarists from Treacherous Death/Golgotha which is how they met and knew Greg. They were also acquainted with each other through War Club Ministries (which Richard was deeply involved with) pastored by Vern Marks, who also was the head of the nightly christian metal format as the main DJ at KOKF 91FM - 90.9FM, And Now Here on "HOLYMETAL RADIO".
The disbanding of Golgotha and Evisceration was near to the same time, which made for great opportunities between some of the members of both bands. Kevin Tubby and Bryan Nikkel had rededicated their lives to God and renewed their faith and practice in Christianity. As a result, Dave, Kevin, and Bryan started playing together. The only thing that lacked was a vocalist and a bassist. Dave contacted Richard to inform him of the vacancy behind the microphone of this new band which was in the process of being born. Richard was introduced to Kevin and Bryan through Dave and got acquainted with them. After sitting in to check out a couple of practice sessions, Richard decided this new musical entity would be a perfect fit for him and accepted the offer to join the band. The last piece of the puzzle easily fell into place when Greg Berger entered the band, thus completing what would soon be known by many as OBLITERATION!.
In the Spring of 1997, OBLITERATION recorded an extremely rare four song demo at Premier Studio, owned by Kirk Campbell - the Drummer of Eternal Decision. It was originally mentioned by Kevin Tubby to name the demo "Torn In Two" but was later decided that "Dying Age" would be a more appropriate name for the Demo, given the content of the music. Soon after the release of the Dying Age material, OBLITERATION performed and shared the stage with the likes of Napalm Death, Living Sacrifice, Melchezidek, Eternal Decision, Frank's Enemy, Skinlab, and Exodus, among many other bands. They also played three Texas Rockfest's with the likes of Tourniquet and Extol along with several other national acts. OBLITERATION soon picked up a cult following worldwide as they began to receive fan mail from Europe. To this day, it is still unknown how their demo started "getting out there" especially taking into consideration the extremely limited number of units of the demo which were pressed. It is worth noting that this started happening BEFORE they had been picked up for worldwide distribution as well as BEFORE Cross Rhythms Music created and released the "Chords of the Grave" Compilation. The band's existence under the "OBLITERATION" moniker came to an end with the departure of Richard Puckett from the band nearing the end of 1997(http://www.holymetalrob.com/)
