Tag: Diluvium

Playthrough: “Forsaken” from Obscura!

Directed by Mirko Witzki and recorded at ENGL showroom in Remscheid Germany, Obscura guitarist duo Steffen Kummerer and Christian Münzner playthrough “Forsaken” from the bands latest studio album “A Valediction“. A record so good Nuclear Blast released a live album for it in celebration that captures the band in North America while the band have

Documentary: “A Valediction” World Tour #4 with Obscura!

Ahead of their co-headlining European tour trek with Cynic, German Techncial Progressive Death Metal act Obscura have shared a fourth installment of their “A Valediction” documentary series. This episode finds the band in Australia in support of the 2021 released album, one so good it got it’s very own live record back in October. 03/12

Bootleg: “Emergent Evolution” from Obscura!

Ahead of their HUGE UK and Ireland tour, German Technical Progressive Death Metal act Obscura have shared a second cut from their upcoming live album in “Emergent Evolution” with the record set for release on 27th October via Nuclear Blast. Titled “A Celebration I – Live in North America” it spans ten cuts recorded in

Throwback: “Mortification of the Vulgar Sun” from Obscura!

It seems strange to think that five years ago as German Technical Progressive Death Metal act Obscura released the brilliance that is “Diluvium” that it would be the last record from the Kummerer, Trujillo, Klausenitzer and Lanser era line up of the band. The album is the fourth and final installment of a concept record

NEWS: Obscura announce American tour live album for October!

As the fifth anniversary of 2018’s “Diluvium” arrives for German Technical Progressive Death Metal masters Obscura, the band have announced a live album “A Celebration I – Live in North America” and released live video for “The Anticosmic Overload” to offer a flavour of what it encompasses. It will see the cold light of day

Playthrough: “A Valediction” from Obscura!

Ahead of their US tour German Progressive Technical Death Metallers Obscura have taken a moment from their busy rehearsal schedule to let mastermind Steffen Kummerer record a playthrough video for the title track. If you think you’ve got what it takes to be able to play the cut after watching the video, the band have

Documentary: The Making Of “A Valediction” #11 with Obscura!

A month after both the tenth part of the making of “A Valediction” and the album itself from German Progressive Technical Death Metallers Obscura, part eleven is the retrospective look back that no one saw coming but that is interesting none the less. The postponement of their European tour with Persefone back to September means

Documentary: The Making Of “A Valediction” #7 with Obscura!

There has been and will continue to be a lot of talk about the upcoming sixth studio record “A Valediction” from German Progressive Technical Death Metallers Obscura. That will be 19th November via Nuclear Blast and if for no other reason than after the critically acclaimed “Diluvium” mastermind Steffen Kummerer has ripped up the script and re-tooled

Bootleg: “Vortex Omnivium” from Obscura!

While we continue to wait for the first taste of what the re-tooled Obscura have conjured during their recording sessions, the German Progressive Death Metallers continue to dive into their archives and produce diamonds. This time out they have found “Vortex Omnivium” from Way of Darkness Festival back in 2011 and perhaps with good reason

Bootleg: “Anticosmic Overload” from Obscura!

While we wait for new music from the re-tooled German Progressive Death Metallers Obscura, they have offered us another aperitif. It comes in the form of “Anticosmic Overload” filmed in 2011 at Way Of Darkness Festival in Bavaria and dug out of the bands personal archive. Officially, although we’re sure something will come along sooner,