OBSCURA have officially confirmed their new bass player. Linus Klausenitzer will be rounding out the band's lineup. Linus has played with Obscura on their European Tour with Hate Eternal as well as their recent North American tour alongside Children of Bodom and the Devin Townsend Project. Linus is also part of the progressive metal outfit Noneuclid. A video statement from the band can be viewed at http://youtu.be/SKgdyhFSNAs

OBSCURA will head to South East Asia and Dubai for the first time-ever this September. This run of dates kicks-off on September 23rd and is in support of the band's latest album Omnivium.

OBSCURA are also confirmed to perform at the German metal festivals Summer Breeze and Way of Darkness. A listing of tour dates and cities can be found below.

OBSCURA released Omnivium in late March, charting in both the U.S. and Germany for first week sales. OBSCURA debuted at #11 on the Billboard Top New Artists or "Heatseekers" chart in the U.S. and at #14 on the official German Newcomers Chart as determined by Media Control. OBSCURA is currently streaming Omnivium in its entirety online now at this location.

OBSCURA is available for interviews upon request. To speak with the band, simply contact Jon Freeman at Freeman Promotions. Updated OBSCURA news / tour information will be made available at the Relapse Records website: RELAPSE.com, the official OBSCURA MySpace page: MySpace.com/RealmofObscura, and Facebook fan page.

OBSCURA Tour Dates:

Aug. 20 Abtsgmund, Germany Summer Breeze Festival
Sept. 23 Dubai, United Arab Emirates TBA
Sept. 25 Bangkok, Thailand The Rock Pub
Sept. 27 Singapore, Singapore Scape Warehouse
Sept. 30 Surabaya, Indonesia TBA
Oct. 1 Medan, Indonesia TBA
Oct. 2 Makassar, Indonesia Liquid Café Grand Clarion
Oct. 7 Lichtenfels, Germany Way of Darkness Festival

For more info on OBSCURA please visit:

http://www.facebook.com/RealmOfObscura
http://twitter.com/RealmofObscura
http://www.myspace.com/realmofobscura
http://www.obscura.bandcamp.com

Those are some shoes to fill.

fretless bass or gtfo

His main bass apparently IS fretless. I was confused at first, because those markers looked a hell of a lot like actual frets, but then I started hearing sounds a fretted bass couldn't make. That partially-fretted bass seems like a cool concept too.

But I'm not sold on this guy, he seems a bit too sloppy for the Obscura mold.

have to wait and see, I think they're one of the best metal acts to come out in a few years. also a big necrophagist fan waiting impatiently for the album 5yrs in the making!!

the guy likes his chorus, doesn't he

^ haha, ouch




I like mine enough that I'm considering adding another. lulz