(Nuclear Blast)
Rating: 8.5
Kinda sounds like a Mind Funk album title, but here we have it, the latest from tech-death heroes Obscura, A Sonication, the band cutting to the chase fast on opener “Silver Linings”, which showcases a streamlined technical approach and a death that leans on thrash, which is where this band is and has been naturally progressing.
But by the time the second track, “Evenfall”, kicks in, it’s clear what’s happening: Obscura is releasing their The Sound Of Perseverance. The song is melodic and majestic and taps into the spirit of pure old school metal the way extreme metal rarely does. “In Solitude” checks off several boxes as well, the band swirling and twirling and taking us places all the while.
What a fantastic couple of songs there, and there are others that threaten to be even more ambitious, like the mighty “Beyond The Seventh Sun” or wildly soaring “Stardust”, both album highlights.
I must admit to going through a bit of Obscura fatigue over the past number of years, even though they never put out a dud, but A Sonication, wow, the band is absolutely on fire here, and I’m all in, right until the title track closes it all off eight songs after things started with, again, a sort of pure metal vibe to a death metal track with pure thrash sonics.
Release date: February 7th, 2025
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