 | Obscura Cosmogenesis
3.8
excellent
| Ranking: #30 for 2009 | |
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| 0.0 | rasputin | February 7th 09 |
Blatant Necrophagist and Cynic worship with a little added melody and a supposed level of progression leaves Cosmogenesis as not only a mess of an album, but puts Obscura in a very unstable position, one in which they try their very best to imitate all their influences and come off as nothing but a poor clone of numerous bands. The fact that they aren't anywhere near as technical as the bands they try to replicate throws them onto thin ice, and the thieving bastards shouldn't think that they can get away with stealing Cynic's robotic vocals without anybody noticing. On top of that, the gutturals are nothing short of irritating. Funnily enough, the single track worth listening to is the instrumental, Orbital Elements, if only for its sufficiency in imitation and its lack of vocals.
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| 4.0 excellent | 1drummer | February 8th 09 |
the fretless bass is meeeeaaaan! it adds a whole new element to the music.
they may have taken some from their obvious influences, but they blend the styles pretty nicely for the most part.
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| 1.0 awful | charlesfishowitz | August 24th 09 |
prolly the worst shit ive heard in a long time. no joke.
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| 3.5 great | GamamJ | March 7th 20 |
Quality progressive tech-death. The album showcases incredible instrumental proficiency without fully sacrificing songwriting. It is also very melodic, which is a nice change from most tech-death, though I did miss some harder riffs. The instrumental Orbital Elements is a clear standout to me, giving the band more space to showcase pure instrumental prowess. Makes me think they might have done well as an instrumental band.
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| 4.0 excellent | cjbizzlebizzle | February 14th 19 |
The coming-of-age of one of the best Technical Death Metal groups in the business and in retrospect the passing of the torch from Necrophagist (RIP) as far as taking over a very niche side of the genre. Cosmogenesis has everything Obscura has to offer from the insanely complex in terms of both instrumentation and song structure (Incarnated, Desolate Spheres) to the catchier (relative to the genre) and more replayable tracks like Anticosmic Overload and Centric Flow. The one thing that may stand out the most compared to the more recent, and excellent in their own right, releases is the aggression here. Obscura were just pedal to the medal on this release and it is great to see where they came from if you started with albums that would come later. For those looking for the supremely complex and technical side of death metal where the band simultaneously goes full virtuoso but can still write legible songs, start here and for that matter check out all of Obscura's records.
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| 3.0 good | MaidenUFO | March 4th 16 |
Solid effort by Obscura with excellent musicianship through the whole album. My favorite song here is by far the "Incarnated".
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| 4.5 superb | RenegaDrifter | December 14th 14 |
Also Jamming at the moment. Can't get enough. F^* The haters!
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| 5.0 classic | SourFlow | April 10th 13 |
Not your average tech death album. Very progressive and tonally colorful. Amazing instrumentation all around. Nice crisp production.
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| 4.0 excellent | branflakes911 | June 29th 11 |
Obscura kicked it up a notch on this one, trading in their streamlined, melodic brand of death metal for ultra technicality and a jaw-dropping sense of grandeur. The solos are blistering, the drums are relentless and the action never stops.
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| 4.5 superb | MopHeadOvMetal | May 30th 11 |
Technical Death Metal done right. It's not too bad at all really.
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| 4.0 excellent | 05McDonaldT | March 14th 11 |
A bit similar to Necrophagist, but it shows a lot of potential for the future
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| 4.5 superb | rumpusaurus | March 17th 09 |
This album is definatly a breath of fresh air. The guitars and drums are both fantastic, and the bass is very high up in the mix and full of diversity. The vocals are also pretty good, some parts almost remind me of Frieden (old), in a good way. Highly reccomended
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| 3.0 good | Halez | June 1st 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Shwany | January 13th 23 |
| 3.0 good | Spag | December 22nd 21 |
| 5.0 classic | Rinami | December 18th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Onyx | November 30th 21 |
| 3.5 great | mrfixit | November 25th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Josh | November 23rd 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | tekth | November 8th 21 |
| 3.0 good | Ryus | July 18th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Risodo | July 9th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | Nimlot | July 3rd 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Suyan | June 9th 21 |
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| 4.0 excellent | Skiiddz | October 15th 20 |
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| 4.5 superb | vdop | June 28th 20 |
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| 5.0 classic | maglib | July 30th 18 |
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| 4.0 excellent | Aranox | February 23rd 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Phate72 | January 30th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Loch | January 20th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | Defcol | January 10th 18 |
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| 5.0 classic | hsb | June 11th 17 |
| 2.5 average | Pon EMERITUS | May 1st 17 |
| 3.0 good | n3xus6 | March 11th 17 |
| 3.0 good | 2ool | February 14th 17 |
| 2.5 average | Wolfe | December 28th 16 |
| 3.0 good | lorr | November 30th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Moge | November 7th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | ICDD | November 2nd 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Zeltan18 | September 21st 16 |
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| 4.5 superb | Fossa | February 11th 15 |
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| 4.5 superb | Melroch | January 30th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | "Tab" | January 22nd 15 |
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| 4.0 excellent | Henry | June 12th 14 |
| 3.0 good | Fujay | April 20th 14 |
| 1.5 very poor | sirius53 | February 27th 14 |
| 1.5 very poor | Takik | February 23rd 14 |
| 3.5 great | jmh886 | November 20th 13 |
| 3.5 great | tg103 | November 18th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | bgf97 | November 13th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | VanJalen | September 19th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | GaugeOT | August 15th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | eeule | June 30th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Launch | June 10th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | E0N | May 3rd 13 |
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| 2.5 average | Emyay | March 22nd 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Mr_L | March 20th 12 |
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| 2.5 average | TBliss2 | February 27th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | halloway | February 26th 12 |
| 3.0 good | mcchub | February 25th 12 |
| 3.5 great | gribb | February 8th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Dummit | January 14th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Alien | January 8th 12 |
| 2.5 average | KILL | January 4th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Donchivo | December 19th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Shiduba | December 19th 11 |
| 1.0 awful | none | December 12th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | dhrubodx | December 11th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Andrew | December 1st 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Toddley | November 29th 11 |
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| 5.0 classic | GhostK | April 11th 10 |
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| 5.0 classic | Keilo | March 19th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Plutonio | February 28th 10 |
| 3.5 great | IRAI | February 22nd 10 |
| 3.5 great | Hoenir | February 15th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | met65 | January 22nd 10 |
| 2.5 average | BigTuna | November 30th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | mdross95 | November 25th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | bigguy69 | November 23rd 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | VixSin | November 18th 09 |
| 3.0 good | ctibor | October 15th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | bloodah | October 11th 09 |
| 3.0 good | McP3000 | September 17th 09 |
| 4.5 superb | GibTG | September 15th 09 |
| 3.0 good | pride | September 9th 09 |
| 2.0 poor | Kyle Ward EMERITUS | September 8th 09 |
| 3.0 good | Wolfe | September 3rd 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Greggers | September 2nd 09 |
| 2.5 average | DBlitz | September 1st 09 |
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| 2.0 poor | Zoo | February 10th 09 |
| 2.5 average | TBliss | February 7th 09 |
| 2.5 average | Phantom | February 7th 09 |
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