Obscura Share New Single “The Monist”

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Progressive/technical death metal masterminds OBSCURA have revealed a third new track from their highly anticipated forthcoming full-length Akroasis! “The Monist” has premiered via MetalSucks.net, and can be streamed HERE.

 

Another new single from Akróasis, “Sermon Of The Seven Suns”, recently premiered via Loudwire – stream it now AT THIS LOCATION.

 

You can also watch the first music video from Akróasis for the album’s title track via the Relapse Records YouTube Channel HERE.

It has been five years since the release of OBSCURA’s universally acclaimed album Omnivium. Now the progressive metal masters return with their strongest and most dynamic release to date. The aptly named Akróasis (Greek for “hearing” or “listening”) draws on all the various elements of OBSCURA’ssignature sound and combines those qualities into a cohesive and mind-blowing whole.

 

Produced by the band and V. Santura (Triptykon, Pestilence), Akróasis is eight songs diverse enough to serve as a near-comprehensive introduction to all of extreme metal. Packed to the gills with virtuosic musicianship, compelling themes, and airtight songwriting, Akróasis will undoubtedly breathe new life into death metal, progressive metal and beyond.

 

Akróasis will be released February 5, 2016 via Relapse Records.  The album will be available in CD, 2xLP and Digital download.  Physical pre-orders for Akróasis are available HERE and digital pre-orders can be found HERE.

 

Additionally, OBSCURA will provide direct support in Europe for Death DTA on the “European Thoughts Pattern” tour.  The tour kicks off March 24th in Strasbourg, France and runs through April 12th in Riga, Latvia.

 

OBSCURA Live:

***All Dates March 30 – April 13 with Death DTA***

 

March 30      Rome, IT             Traffic

April 1         Athens, GR           Fuzz Live Music Club

April 2         Thessaloniki, GR   Principal Theater

April 3         Sofia, BU              Mixtape 5

April 4         Bucharest, RO      TY Events Hall

April 5         Belgrade, RS         Dom Omladine

April 6         Budapest, HU        Barba Negra

April 7         Brno, CZ              Fleda

April 8         Kosice, SK           Collosseum

April 9         Katowice, PL        Mega Club

April 10       Wroclaw, PL        Alibi

April 12       Riga, LV               Melna Piektdiena

April 13       Tallinn, EE            Club Tapper

 

OBSCURA has also been confirmed for numerous festivals next summer, including the following dates and more TBA:

July 24        Tel Aviv, IL          Gagarin

July 24 – 30 Tolmin, SI            MetalDays Festival

Aug 17 – 20 Dinkelsbuhl, DE    Summerbreeze Festival

Aug 21        Brittany, FR          Motocultor Festival

 

Akróasis Track Listing:

1. Sermon of the Seven Suns

2. The Monist

3. Akróasis

4. Ten Sepiroth

5. Ode to the Sun

6. Fractal Dimension

7. Perpetual Infinity

8. Weltseele

9. Melos (Deluxe Vinyl Bonus Track)

10. The Origin of Primal Expression (CD Bonus Track)

 

More About OBSCURA:

Founded in 2002 by guitarist/vocalist Steffen Kummerer, German progressive death metal band OBSCURA caused a stir when they – out of nowhere – toured as support for the legendary Suffocation on the band’s European tour in 2006 and independently released their debut album Retribution that same year. From its very beginnings, the band (named after Gorguts’ inimitable 1993 full-length) demonstrated an uncanny ability for blending different forms of technical, cerebral metal into a coherent synthesis of death, thrash and black metal merged with progressive elements.

 

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