On May 7, 2005, something unforgettable happened on the grounds of Dynamo Open Air in the Netherlands — a moment that would resonate with fans of old-school death metal for years to come. During their crushing set at the festival, Florida death metal legends Obituary performed a one-time-only cover of Bolt Thrower‘s 1991 track “Lost Souls Domain” and man, we really need a studio version of this ripper.
The context made the moment even more impactful. Dynamo Open Air had just returned from a multi-year hiatus, making 2005’s edition highly anticipated. Obituary themselves were fresh off their 2004 reunion and gearing up to release Frozen in Time, their first album in eight years. With the momentum of their return already electrifying fans, the addition of a Bolt Thrower cover — completely unannounced — was the kind of gesture that lit a spark of reverence and surprise among die-hards.
Live bootleg recordings from that day (shared and re-shared across forums, YouTube channels, and tape-trading networks) show Obituary in top form. Vocalist John Tardy roared through Karl Willetts‘ lyrics with guttural reverence, while the band kept the song’s mid-tempo crush and grinding riff structure as unrelenting as Bolt Thrower fans would demand.
Check it out below alongside the rest of the show, which runs as follows:
- “Internal Bleeding”
- “Threatening Skies”
- “By the Light”
- “Chopped in Half”
- “Turned Inside Out”
- “Cause of Death”
- “Lost Souls Domain” (Bolt Thrower cover)
- “Solid State”
- “Kill for Me”
- “‘Til Death”
- “Insane”
- “Slowly We Rot”
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