Although this very polished, blistering style of music has rarely piqued my interest, Obscura justifies their technical display by putting intelligence into the songwriting, and makes for one of the style's stronger experiences. A band to look out for! Personally I enjoy the album with some reservations. Particularly in regards to the cold, mechanical production, Obscura are not yet a full head above their competition at this point. I know there are some metal fans who decry this album for its lack of "brutality" and prominent bass presence. Too often these sort of bands are so busy trying to show us how fast they can perform some tired arpeggio scales over blastbeats that they forget to write a decent riff, let alone song. Also, try not to put too much importance on the ridiculous song titles. 
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From its very beginnings inthe German progressive death metal band OBSCURA named after Rfee inimitable full- length has demonstrated an uncanny ability for blending different forms of technical, cerebral metal into a coherent synthesis of death, thrash and black metal merged with progressive elements.
Forum user Forum password. If you like Obscura, you may also like: If you like Obscura, you may also like:. His contribution is essential to the sound. Particularly in regards to the cold, mechanical production, Obscura are not yet a full head above their competition at this point.
The Anticosmic Overload | Obscura
The overall impression is still that of an oppressively intense death metal album, but the new musicians overlpad a new flavor to the sound, a richness and depth that was entirely absent from the debut.
For now "Cosmogenesis" is a great technical death metal album and it deserves a 4 star rating.
Choir Of Spirits 5: Copyright Prog Archives, All rights reserved. Other sites in the MAC network: Regardless, Obscura obviously have technical chops beyond most in metal, but what makes them stand out is their intelligence and complex composition. The 6-String Fretless Bass playing by Jeroen Paul Thesseling is very dominant at times and is without discussion the most progressive feature on the album. Cosmogenesis [Vinyl] Relapse Frontman Steffen Kummerer is evidently influenced by Chuck Schuldiner, many of the riffs and song structures reflect what Death was doing around the time of 'Individual Thought Patterns'.
The 'mysteries of the universe' subject matter seems to mesh well with this shiny form of tech death, and so far Cosmogenesis is almost like a blueprint as to why it works.
Although their debut 'Retribution' was something of a cold opener that did little to distinguish them, their second record 'Cosmogenesis' was, and still is, one of the most well-regarded tech death albums of the new millennium.
There seems to be something going on constantly and the band are rarely prepared to fres back and let something playout for a bit. Steffen's vocals typically evoke a fairly generic death growl, and while mmp3 are some Cynic-like vocorder clean singing to give a bit of variety, the vocal aspect of Obscura is definitely not their high point.
From a compositional perspective, the music is very complex and dense.
Obsolescence Deluxe Edition by Abysmal Dawn. I would have prefered a more raw production to give the music a bit more edge.
May the slimy goddess be with you! Obscura are a band that has stood out from the crowded genre of technical death metal. Obscura - Cosmogenesis LP, first press, blue, negrophagist, opeth, gorguts.
OBSCURA Cosmogenesis reviews
The music frree on "Cosmogenesis" has taken a much more technical and at times progressive direction compared to the more regular death metal style of the debut album. Although this very polished, blistering style of music has rarely piqued my interest, Obscura justifies their technical display by putting intelligence into the songwriting, and makes for one of the style's stronger experiences.
Results cached 6h Items ordered by ending time Showing all 33 items. It's not the first time that I was very impressed with pm3 music but felt something more could have been done with the vocals in that the brutal style doesn't always seem to be the best approach.
It is after all a very professional and well sounding production.
COSMOGENESIS
There is even a bit of vocoder vocals on "Cosmogenesis" as if in overloa to "Focus". No, Obscura make it a little easier to say, "I really like the lead guitar melody here," or "Good use of clean guitar here to add something to the song," or "This acoustic passage is very pleasant and unexpected. As The Kingdom Drowns by Psycroptic. The Anticosmic Overload from Cosmogenesis by Obscura. Incurso by Spawn of Possession.
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