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This article is about the third album by Gorguts. For other uses, see Obscura (disambiguation).
Obscura Studio album by Gorguts Released 23 June 1998 Recorded Studio Victor in Montreal Genre Technical death metal
Avant-garde metalLength 60:25 Label Olympic, Slipdisc Producer Gorguts, Pierre Rémillard Gorguts chronology The Erosion of Sanity
(1993)Obscura
(1998)From Wisdom to Hate
(2001)Obscura is the third album by Gorguts. It is seen as one of metal's most technical and complex albums, consisting of many experimental and dissonant melodies, and strange rhythms.
Contents
History
Following the release of their second full-length The Erosion of Sanity, the band did a European tour in 1993.[1] However, when Gorguts returned, coincided with the decline of death metal's popularity, and they were subsequently dropped from the Roadrunner roster.[2] Then, they "started writing material for Obscura."[1]
Critical reception
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [3] William York of Allmusic categorized Obscura as "one of the most challenging, difficult albums ever released within the metal genre" and "a work of great depth and vision."[3]
Track listing
All lyrics written by Luc Lemay, Steeve Hurdle.
No. Title Music Length 1. "Obscura" Hurdle/Lemay 4:04 2. "Earthly Love" Hurdle, Lemay, Cloutier 4:04 3. "The Carnal State" Cloutier, Hurdle 3:08 4. "Nostalgia" Cloutier, Hurdle 6:10 5. "The Art of Sombre Ecstasy" Cloutier, Lemay 4:20 6. "Clouded" Hurdle 9:32 7. "Subtle Body" Cloutier, Hurdle, Lemay 3:23 8. "Rapturous Grief" Cloutier, Hurdle, Lemay 5:27 9. "La Vie Est Prelude... (La Morte Orgasme)" Cloutier, Hurdle, Lemay 3:28 10. "Illuminatus" Cloutier, Hurdle, Lemay 6:15 11. "Faceless Ones" Cloutier, Hurdle 3:50 12. "Sweet Silence" (Instrumental) Cloutier, Hurdle, Lemay 6:45 Total length:60:25 Personnel
- Gorguts – producer
- Pierre Rémillard – producer, engineer
- Sylvain Brisebois – master
- Joel Beaupré – photography
- Alain Cloutier – artwork
References
- ^ a b "Interview with Gorguts and Withered Earth". Smother. Archived from the original on 19 June 2002. http://web.archive.org/web/20020619053005/http://www.smother.net/interviews/gorguts.php3. Retrieved 12 March 2009.
- ^ York, William. "Gorguts > Biography". Allmusic. Macrovision. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p13071. Retrieved 12 March 2009.
- ^ a b York, William. "Obscura review". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r355524. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
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