Obscura (band)
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Landshut, Germany |
| Genres | Progressive metal, Technical death metal |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Labels | Relapse Records Voice of the Soul Records |
| Associated acts | Death, Necrophagist, Pestilence |
| Website | http://www.realmofobscura.com/ |
| Members |
Steffen Kummerer Linus Klausenitzer Rafael Trujillo Sebastian Lanser |
Obscura is a German technical death metal band from Landshut, Germany. The band became prominent when members of Necrophagist and Pestilence joined Steffen Kummerer to release the critically acclaimed second full-length album, Cosmogenesis. To date the band have released four full-length albums, with their latest being Akróasis, released in 2016. Obscura are known for playing technically and compositionally complex music, with several band members having studied music theory.
Obscura's discography draws significant philosophical influences from Arthur Schopenhauer,Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich Schelling, whose writings on Naturphilosophie formed the conceptual basis for their lyrics.
Obscura was founded in 2002 by Steffen Kummerer. The band was named after the Gorguts album Obscura. Finished in August 2004, Obscura self-released Retribution in 2006 and toured alongside Suffocation within Europe. In 2007, drummer Hannes Grossmann (ex-Necrophagist), fretless bassist Jeroen Paul Thesseling and guitarist Christian Muenzner (ex-Necrophagist) were recruited as new permanent members.
In September 2008 Obscura signed with Relapse Records and released its second full-length album Cosmogenesis in early 2009. The album sold around 900 copies in the USA in its first week and debuted at number 71 on the Top New Artist Albums chart. The band started their first-ever North American tour as part of the Cosmogenesis Worldtour in April 2009 alongside Cannibal Corpse. Within one year the band played more than 160 shows all over the world as support for Atheist, the Black Dahlia Murder and Cannibal Corpse. Their first headliner tour was in the USA. Obscura toured Japan as support for Nile and Triptykon in 2010. On February 16, 2010, Obscura reissued their debut album Retribution remastered and repackaged with three bonus tracks. Obscura's official guitar tablature book for Cosmogenesis was released on January 5. Cosmogenesis was listed by Metal Storm as one the 100 most important death metal albums.
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