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OBSCURA BAND PAGE
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CURRENT NAME
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Obscura | |
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FORMER NAMES
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ORIGIN
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München, Freistaat Bayern, Germany | |
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STATUS
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Active | |
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FORMED IN
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2002 | |
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LABEL
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Relapse Records | |
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GENRE
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Death metal | |
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STYLE
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Atmospheric; Technical | |
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LYRICAL THEME
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| BAND ADDED | 2007-04-28, 03:45 | |
| LAST UPDATE | 2010-09-13, 11:16 | |
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| Band biography |
History:
In the beginning of 2002 Steffen Kummerer and Jonas Baumgartl started to play music together at the age of 15 and 17. Even back then they had the idea to create something that would differ from the typical metal stereotypes. When Markus Lempsch and Jonas Fischer joined in 2005 all that emerged into what is today known as Obscura. Together they dare to combine the influence of their idols, being the technical Deah Metal bands of the early 90s like DEATH, ATHEIST or PESTILENCE, with blastbeats. Obscura's sound is spiked with a cello and accoustic guitarparts which was a huge part in creating a unique style: Music that does not follow rules. The typical metal rhythms have to yield to 17/8th beats every now and then and the songs are polished by polyrhythms. The lyrics do not just deal with the dark abysses of the human entity, but they also evoke sensitive associativity. With Obscura metal made it to the 21st century.
Since the single bandmembers already gained stage experience with their former/other bands/sideprojects all over Europe (i.a. as support for leading bands of the genre, SIX FEET UNDER, DEICIDE, DISMEMBER, MONSTROSITY or MACABRE) they are now ready to release that experience in the upcoming Obscura liveshows. Sore fingertips and hurting necks will prove that Obscura's progressive Death Metal has been sought after for way too long
"Retribution":
Obscura's upcoming album, produced by Alex Krull (ATROCITY, LEAVES' EYES) couples obscurity with the abysses of human existence in one of the most extreme forms of modern metal. The album was not just produced by the producer of the year 2005 (True Independents magazine), but also includes guest appearances by V. Santura (DARK FORTRESS), Matthias Röderer (ATROCITY), Thorsten Bauer (ATROCITY) und Martl (PROFANITY). A cover artwork by the worldwide known artist Timo Wuerz tops off the all embracing art of Obscura Obscura stay true to their ideals on the one hand and proceed their progressive metal on the other. An atagonism that makes them being one of the bands that carry on the hope for the extreme metal scene.
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