Obscura
Obscura tour dates: 24 concerts in 12 countries
About Obscura
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 lyrical content draws significant philosophical influences from Arthur Schopenhauer, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich Schelling, whose writings on Naturphilosophie formed the conceptual basis for the lyrics present in their third full-length album, Omnivium.
The band has released 6 studio albums:
- Retribution (2006)
- Cosmogenesis (2009)
- Omnivium (2011)
- Akróasis (2016)
- Diluvium (2018)
- A Valediction (2021)
