German technical death metal act Obscura have had a whirlwind, near 20 year career. Their second album, 2009’s Cosmogenesis, put them firmly on the map in the world of extreme metal with their highly complex playing and progressive tendencies, combined with the songwriting knack and human feel of the genre’s formative bands from the late 80s/early 90s, such as Death, Cynic and Pestilence
A Valediction Album Tracklist:
1. Forsaken
2. Solaris
3. A Valediction
4. When Stars Collide ft. Björn “Speed” Strid
5. In Unity
6. Devoured Usurper
7. The Beyond
8. Orbital Elements II
9. The Neuromancer
10. In Adversity
11. Heritage
Despite continuing to release impressive music for the next decade-plus, Obscura and founder Steffen Kummerer never truly found a rock-solid lineup. Following the mass exodus of three quarters of the band in 2020, the frontman and guitarist recalled two extremely talented former members back into the fold from the Cosmogenesis period; fretless bass player Jeroen Paul Thesseling
Their upcoming sixth full length, A Valediction, sees Ob