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OBSCURA’S “SEPTUAGINT” IS RIDICULOUSLY RIDICULOUS

 Thursday, January 20th, 2011 at 10:00am by

Just yesterday Vince was talking about all the great prog dork music coming out this year; poor Obscura got left off his list, though, and decided to flip him the bird by releasing an awesome new song.

It’s called “Septuagint,” which the world’s most reliable research resource tells me “is the Koine Greek version of the Hebrew Bible.” And, like the Koine Greek version of the Hebrew Bible, “Septuagint” the song takes all the best things about that Hebrew Bible and amps ‘em up to eleven. Okay, well, maybe not the Hebrew Bible in Obscura’s case. Maybe just metal. But otherwise, everything I just wrote is true. There’s, like, ten different kinds of metal going on here, and it’s all being executed with such skill that fuck Straight Line Stitch. That’s really the only way I can put it. You can make music like Obscura, or you can give up on life and wait for the sun to die and listen to Straight Line Stitch. Those are your only choices.

Listen here, and then come back and tell me I’m right in the comments section.

“Septuagint” will appear on Obscura’s latest, Omnivium, which the world’s second-most reliable research resource tells me is Latin for “omniverous space vulva.” It comes out March 29 on Relapse.

-AR

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  • http://giantofthemountain.bandcamp.com Lordassenfroth

    HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!!!!!!!!!

    • Link

      Agreed. Very pumped about this. I know the ultra-tech death gets a lot of hate, but there’s no way to argue with the musicianship on display here. If we get another Faceless album this year (which I am expecting), it seems like 2011 is going to be a great year for tech death.

      • Vinsanity

        oh ya! i heard a new faceless song when they played with suffocation, and im almost positive that will come out this year. it was great, like this. they seem to be getting jazzier but still the faceless. septuagint makes me excited for this. however, i did hear a couple riffs in there that sound pretty much identical to some on cosmogenesis. anyone else hear them? its like hes just playing them in a different key or something. still more stoked for this than even pth or tha though, just cuz im a souless tech death junkie

  • MadSkins

    I think I’m getting too old and jaded. Four years ago I would have shit bricks over this. It’s really fucking good, but I just, well, don’t care. My geriatric is showing. . .

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Nicodemus-Gonzalez/100000496989391 Nicodemus Gonzalez

      I feel ya bro.
      This was pretty much my thing 4-5 years ago,
      not so much now.

      Good song though.

  • http://www.myspace.com/nylithia Dental Damnation

    No wayz d00d, STS 4 lyfe!!…how anyone could listen to this masterpiece of musicianship and then defend this wicked wisdom cover band, aka STS, is beyond me.

  • http://www.myspace.com/nylithia Dental Damnation

    Oh wait it’s SLS..whatever.

    • bleak46n2

      damn… now i have an STS song stuck in my head… and i dont even remember the name of the song…

  • Mastica

    Stavolta non c’ho capito un cazzo, apparte la storia sulla vulva. Ma sto a tirocinio, e sono stanco.

  • WowWee!

    One more reason this is going to be one fantastic year in music.

    Also, how come all the Straight Line Stink defenders always have typos?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Matthew-Larscheid/1420710515 Matthew Larscheid

    The 30 second clips of all the songs are on iTunes. This year is going to rule!

  • raiseyerfists

    This sounds exactly like an Obscura song, which is a very good thing. But I think you could play “Universe Momentum” from the last album on top of this, and they might match up completely.

    • vertebrae07

      1

  • Ziltoid

    This is really bad weedling tech-drivel. Why am I not surprised?

  • Deth

    Not awful but utterly forgetful. I had their last album for a few months and would lose interest in it halfway through. I have nothing against the music they are making – they are talented at what they do, but they aren’t doing anything to make themselves stand out in the overly saturated tech metal arena. I’ll be passing on this one.

    • jamesjones

      Agreed. This song kills, but I had the same reaction to their last album. Heard a few songs, loved it, bought it, listened to it four or five times, and then got bored. Despite their technical proficiency, their music has no staying power.

      • Dudee!

        I actually didn’t like it all, they are talented but it sounds like a medley of songs/styles, like they tried to blend as many styles as possible in 1 song ! i don’t get it.

    • http://www.nylithia.com Dental Damnation

      and so cometh, the death of tech-death.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jasin-Morman/100001403995660 Jasin Morman

    Fucking killer! I could do with out the clean vocals though hopefully there is not much more on the full length.I’m highly anticipating this release along with the new Thulcandra!

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Etan-Rosenbloom/601426 Etan Rosenbloom

      Jasin, I’ve heard the whole album and there are definitely a decent helping of clean vocals (some vocodered a la Cynic), but they never really dominate. Love the album though. Darker, heavier and more — I dunno — SPACIOUS thank the last one.

    • Brock

      I actually dug the clean vocals…..well, the clean CLEAN vocals. Don’t get me wrong I dig the Cynic-esque vocals, too.

  • cyrollan

    Ziltoid, your comment wasn’t very funny. Is everything okay?

    • Ziltoid

      I was going to make a humorous remark about how the album art looks like sperm and is thus ironic considering the unnecessary wankery in the music, but I’d expected people to come to that conclusion on their own.

      But yeah, I’m totally fine, broski. Thanks for your concerns.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Alejandro-Aldana/683878171 Alejandro Aldana

    i love it, but it doesn’t sound like they’ve evolved from cosmogenesis.

    • Rik

      Well Cosmogenesis was awesome enough that they really don’t have to. But to be honest, this track does sound a bit different. The soft bridge with the clean vocals for example. Personally I wouldn’t call it an improvement but it is different.

  • Rik

    I hope I’m not the only one who sees goatse in this album cover. I’d seen the cover a few times before without noticing, but it just hit me. Oh well, it’s nowhere near as bad as the latest Dark Tranquillity one.

  • Adam

    Holy shit, Hannes Grossmann just rapes those drums! Awesome track, looking forward to this for sure!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mark-Mritz-Rabson/639118811 Mark Möritz-Rabson

    Eh. Slightly better than their last one, I guess. Still hate it. Just maybe a little bit less.

  • Dan

    Production is very thin, and those clean vocal line sucks (the regular vocals aren’t such hot potatoes either). Almost sounds auto-tuned AND WE DO NOT AUTO-TUNE IN METAL!!!! Otherwise, pretty cool. Definitely a guitar album, sounds like the something Arsis could have done if they stopped shooting themselves in the foot.

    • http://www.nylithia.com Dental Damnation

      ^ excellent

    • ian

      Uhh almost every metal album is autotuned these days.

  • Chaz

    Dude, I dont understand how other bands can listen to this or know about Obscura and not give up playing the shitty music that they play. This is amazing.

  • Adam J. A.

    Any news on Spawn of Possession??!!? Muenzer has already proven that he’s a force with two of the best: Necrophagist and Obscura…. For those unfamiliar with Spawn of Possession check out the song “Scorched”.

  • snarly

    bunch of fuckn sooks. its sounds good to me. look forward to the full album.