Gorguts Obscura
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TheSonomaDude
May 24th 2015


10105 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

That cover would make a sick tattoo

idontcareaboutthis
May 24th 2015


952 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

gives a fella nightmares

Veldin
May 24th 2015


5901 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

wtf is the cover?

Egarran
May 24th 2015


36867 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Have some pretense:

"‘Obscura’ can also be summarized by its sleeve artwork. The only problem was that yours truly couldn’t make out the picture was of. Its basic shape is there, a figure seated in a meditative position. But what of its head? It wasn’t clear to these eyes even after a copy came into these hands. Smaller images online suggested a serpent head emerging from the figure. The stripe down the center of the ‘head’ reminds of Oakland Raiders’ helmets, or more accurately the plastic capsule versions that could be quartered from the grocery store’s gumball machines. Did the head have floppy ears? Horns? But the more I looked at I couldn’t figure it out. A Rorschach image? Something purposely ‘obscured?’ Or just ‘something?’



And then, I saw it. It was right there in front of me, and thus made me feel stupid. An old man’s face, bearded, eyes shut, confounded by harsh lighting and physical contours. Breaking down the image in relation to the music can be done rather quickly: like that sagacious figure, the band was searching for something 'obscured' by an absence of light. The inner artwork showcases the four men in similar meditative postures. They might be clearing their minds for the task at hand, or perhaps spilling their mental entrails like the character at the center of Demigod’s ‘Slumber of Sullen Eyes.’ But like said epiphany, the most profound questions can seem quite obvious when the right information is presented. The common thread is that distractions are being put aside for individualistic searching and conception. And the music speaks for itself in that matter, even if it might not be one's tastes." -Arjunthebeast



chinesewhispers
May 24th 2015


4767 Comments


Hahaha the fuck

Egarran
May 24th 2015


36867 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Some people just have no shame.

chinesewhispers
May 24th 2015


4767 Comments


Idk about oat but it's def up there

Sevengill
May 24th 2015


13163 Comments


it's pretty okay

evilford
May 24th 2015


71761 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Yeah its alright

Sevengill
May 24th 2015


13163 Comments


on a scale of 1 to Perfect it's like an apple crumble pie

evilford
May 24th 2015


71761 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

5/perfect agerd

VisionsFromTheDarkSide
May 24th 2015


2440 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

If the riff at 3:14 in Nostalgia doesn't make you want to headbang like a maniac then there's something fundamentally wrong with you

evilford
May 25th 2015


71761 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Yeah pretty much if you don't have this at least 4.5'd, there's something fundamentally wrong w/ u

JS19
May 25th 2015


7777 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Or you just don't like it and that's cool

Ryus
May 25th 2015


37885 Comments


no that isnt cool

DrMaximus
May 25th 2015


12896 Comments


It's not cool at all

idontcareaboutthis
May 25th 2015


952 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

how bout that 1.5 review

Spag
May 25th 2015


2948 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Tried before and couldn't get into this or Colored Sands, gonna give them another shot fairly soon.

Egarran
May 25th 2015


36867 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Just concentrate on this one.

MO
May 25th 2015


24251 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

listen to all of them for fucks sakes people. every album they've done is fantastic in it's own way



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