Review : OBSCURA – “Cosmogenesis”

Obscura – “Cosmogenesis”
released February 17, 2009 on Relapse

When a band has ex-members of Necrophagist (Grossmann and Muenzner) & Pestilence (Jeroen Thesseling) in their ranks and takes their name from a Gorguts album, one should expect some high caliber technical death metal. On their Relapse debut, the German quartet expertly delivers with the kind of virtuosity that makes one reflexively kowtow.  Cynic is channelled as well, from the space themes right down to use of vocoder (2, 7, 8). There’s even use of folk rhythms in places (3), and occasionally unfurl a truly elastic bass (4) amidst the chaos. It starts real strong, and culminates with a powerful instrumental (5), but the second half isn’t as gripping.

FCC OK
Try 1, 2, 3,*4*, 5, 9

01. Anticosmic Overload
02. Choir of Spirits
03. Universe Momentum
04. Incarnated
05. Orbital Elements
06. Desolate Spheres
07. Infinite Rotation
08. Noosphere
09. Cosmogenesis
10. Centric Flow

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~Matt Longo