oh yes, the new obscura through the speakers! i fell in deep love with this german technical death metal band two years ago. "akróasis" was a goddamn scorcher that annihilated everything in its path. it was obvious that i needed more. after i bought their early days compilation "illegimitation" and snagged "cosmogenesis" via ebay, only "omnivium" was able to elude me until now. that being said, it was out of the question to be all over the pre-orders for a new album when they were announced.
i hate to admit it but social media helped me. in his youthful energy my brother-in-law suggested that i should take advantage of instagram. i could follow bands and labels without being active on my own, being anonymous so to speak and was never to be late to a pre-order announcement again. he has got a point there. so my instagram relapse feed told me time and place for the pre-order and there i was, able to buy the most limited colour-way. only i didn't want it because a less limited one looked cooler. it was nice to have the chance for once, though.
"diluvium" is such a strong record. i only listened to it a handful of times but i am absolutely blown away at this point already. intelligent arrangements, fantastic melody lines, sophisticated bass play and those delicious solos, not to speak of the amazing drumming - "diluvium" is obscura par excellence. hard to pick some favourites so check them all out. the presentation is simple but effective. slip sleeve of nice matte cardboard with lovely artwork by orion landau and sweet splattered bone white with deep purple merge out of 250 copies. album of the year so far! relapse records. 2018.
