Editing Obituary (band) (section)

===Breakup and comeback (1998–2014)===
[[File:Obituary live in Toronto, 2009.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Obituary in 2009]]
By 1998, Obituary had disbanded due to exhaustion from touring, lack of support from their label, and its band members getting jobs and raising families of their own.<ref name="voicesfromthedarkside"/><ref name="substack">{{Cite web |last=Salmeron |first=J. |date=July 13, 2012 |title=The killer sounds of Obituary - by J. Salmeron |url=https://promethean.substack.com/p/obituary-interview |access-date=November 29, 2024 |website=promethean.substack.com}}</ref> John Tardy said, "We stopped because there were a lot of politics in the band at the time. We were spending more than we were making, the label stopped supporting us and we were all getting older and for the first time in our lives realized this wasn't going to last forever. So we all had different opinions about our band."<ref name="voicesfromthedarkside"/> Guitarist Trevor Peres later claimed that one of the reasons Obituary broke up was because they "had been together since we were teenagers, and then all of a sudden it turned into a professional thing and we were touring and for like 10 years we didn't live like normal people, we were like animals, like monkeys in a cage."<ref name="substack"/>

Following Obituary's breakup, Donald Tardy played in [[Andrew W.K.]]'s touring band (during W.K.'s appearance on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' Tardy wore an Obituary shirt). Allen West focused on his two projects, Lowbrow and [[Six Feet Under (band)|Six Feet Under]]. [[Trevor Peres]] formed Catastrophic in 2001, which released one album, ''The Cleansing'', in that same year. Obituary reformed in 2003 and Catastrophic continued to exist alongside the reformed Obituary. A reunion album, ''[[Frozen in Time (album)|Frozen in Time]]'', was released in 2005. The band's first live DVD, ''[[Frozen Alive]]'', was released in January 2007.

Obituary was signed with [[Candlelight Records]] for its next three releases, ''[[Xecutioner's Return]]'' (2007), ''[[Darkest Day]]'' (2009), and the EP ''[[Left to Die]]'' (2008). A concert DVD release was also announced for January 2010.<ref name="newDVD">{{cite news |title=OBITUARY: 'Live Xecution' DVD Trailer Available - Dec. 4, 2009 |work=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=131427 |access-date=March 6, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110228105546/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=131427 |archive-date=February 28, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Since 2012, the band has been highly involved with the promotion of a new social networking site called Unation, as well as Donald Tardy beginning a Cat Sanctuary organization called Metal Meowlisha, an organization practicing "trap-neuter-vaccinate-return", and caring for 25 cat colonies (200 cats).<ref>{{cite web |last=Oliveira |first=Victoria |date=September 23, 2014 |title=INTERVIEW: OBITUARY' |publisher=RockRevolt Magazine |url=http://rockrevoltmagazine.com/interview-obituary/}}</ref>

In April 2010, Obituary began work on new material for their ninth studio album ''[[Inked in Blood]]'', which was not released until 2014.<ref name=nextalbum>{{cite news |title=OBITUARY Begins Work On New Material - Apr. 20, 2010 |work=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=138853 |access-date=September 14, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100526081758/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=138853 |archive-date=May 26, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=OBITUARY To Perform First Three Albums During Live Pay-Per-Event - May 31, 2013 |work=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=190653 |access-date=May 31, 2010}}</ref><ref name=newalbum>{{cite news |title=OBITUARY: New Album Title Revealed - July 28, 2014 |work=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/obituary-new-album-title-revealed/ |access-date=July 29, 2014}}</ref> It was the first Obituary album not to be recorded with longtime bassist [[Frank Watkins (musician)|Frank Watkins]] since their 1989 debut album ''[[Slowly We Rot]]''<!-- Do not change this to "Cause of Death". "Slowly We Rot" was the last/only Obituary album not featuring Frank Watkins. -->.<ref name=newalbum/> On August 2, 2013, the band launched a [http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/unation/help-fund-a-new-obituary-album Kickstarter campaign] with a goal of raising $10,000.00; the money raised was promised to allow Obituary to record and release their ninth album independently. The goal was met on August 3. When interviewed by metal webzine ''All About the Rock'', John Tardy said of the Kickstarter campaign, "This campaign has been awesome and just confirms again what we already know and that is that we have the greatest fans in the world. We are using Kickstarter to raise enough money to release an album on our own. This is not a bash against record companies, it is just what we want to do. Years ago this would not even be a thought, but today we feel everything is in place for us, for better or worse, give it a shot.".<ref>{{cite web |last=Hogan |first=Craig |date=August 13, 2013 |title=Interview with Obituary frontman John Tardy |work=All About the Rock |url=http://allabouttherock.co.uk/interview-with-obituary-frontman-john-tardy/ |access-date=March 13, 2014}}</ref> Though the band raised enough money to self-released, they were still signed to [[Relapse Records]] and partnered with the label for distribution of ''Inked In Blood'', their first Relapse release.<ref>{{cite web |author=<!--none given--> |date=June 9, 2014 |title=Obituary - Obituary and Relapse Records Join Forces; Band Finalizing New Album - Relapse Records |publisher=saladdaysmag.com |url=http://www.saladdaysmag.com/obituary-and-relapse-records-join-forces-band-finalizing-new-album/ |access-date=October 24, 2020}}</ref>