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Obscura to record new album

German progressive death metal giants Obscura have begun recording their next album at Woodshed Studio in Germany.

German progressive death metal giants Obscura have begun recording their next album at Woodshed Studio.


The follow-up to their 2009 release Cosmogenes will be recorded with engineer V. Santura (Triptykon, Dark Fortress), with expectations of a release date in early 2011.


Obscura vocalist and founding member Steffen Kummerer comments: 'We are glad to work with our long-time friend V.Santura once again to record our new album. The new material feels broader in some way as everybody in this band brought many unique ideas to the songwriting and we were able to integrate different elements into our sound. More open chords, more acoustic guitars, more seven string shred-tunes. Remember: more is always more. We are excited to create another album of progressive death metal and to start touring through the whole world in early 2011.'