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OBSCURA Announces New Bassist

German progressive death metallers OBSCURA have recruited Linus Klausenitzer as their new bassist. Linus, who is also part of the progressive metal outfit NONEUCLID, played with OBSCURA on the band's recent European tour with HATE ETERNAL as well as the North American trek alongside CHILDREN OF BODO...
September 16, 2011
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GOD FORBID, OBSCURA, THE RED CHORD, A LIFE ONCE LOST, Others Confirmed For THE METAL SUCKFEST

MetalSucks, in conjunction with Live Nation, has announced The Metal Suckfest. The festival will take place at New York City's Gramercy Theater and will feature 20 bands over the course of two days, November 4 and November 5. MUNICIPAL WASTE will headline the first night, while CYNIC will close the...
September 6, 2011
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BLOTTED SCIENCE: New EP Artwork Unveiled; Audio Sample Available

An audio sample of the song "Omitting Eyes" from technical extreme metal instrumentalists BLOTTED SCIENCE featuring guitarist/mastermind Ron Jarzombek (WATCHTOWER, TERRESTRIAL EXILED, SPASTIC INK),bassist Alex Webster (CANNIBAL CORPSE, HATE ETERNAL),and new arrival, drummer Hannes Grossmann (OBSCU...
September 2, 2011
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BLOTTED SCIENCE Putting Finishing Touches On 'The Animation Of Entomology' EP

Technical extreme metal instrumentalists BLOTTED SCIENCE, featuring guitarist/mastermind Ron Jarzombek (WATCHTOWER, TERRESTRIAL EXILED, SPASTIC INK),bassist Alex Webster (CANNIBAL CORPSE, HATE ETERNAL),and new arrival, drummer Hannes Grossmann (OBSCURA, TERRESTRIAL EXILED),are currently putting t...
July 26, 2011
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THE DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT Announces North American Headlining Tour

After successfully completing his North American tour with CHILDREN OF BODOM, OBSCURA and SEPTICFLESH, Canadian musician/producer Devin Townsend will now be traveling abroad for the rest of the summer, playing various European festivals and solo acoustic dates but come October, he'll be back in the...
July 25, 2011
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OBSCURA Frontman Interviewed On 'Wytching Hour'

WYKKED WYTCH vocalist Ipek conducted an interview with guitarist/singer Steffen Kummerer of German progressive death metallers OBSCURA on the July 21, 2011 edition of "Wytching Hour" show on Metal Messiah Radio. You can now listen to the chat below. Bassist Jeroen Paul Thesseling recently left OBSCU...
July 25, 2011
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OBSCURA: New Video Interview With STEFFEN KUMMERER

Metal Injection conducted an interview with guitarist/singer Steffen Kummerer of German progressive death metallers OBSCURA before the band's July 16, 2011 performance in New York City. You can now watch the chat below. Bassist Jeroen Paul Thesseling recently left OBSCURA "due to repetitive conflict...
July 22, 2011
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OBSCURA: Video Interview Posted Online

Profanity TV conducted an interview with German progressive death metallers OBSCURA before the band's May 15, 2011 performance in Metelkova, Slovenia. You can now watch the chat below. Bassist Jeroen Paul Thesseling recently left OBSCURA "due to repetitive conflicting schedules with job-related obli...
July 21, 2011
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Bassist JEROEN PAUL THESSELING Sets Record Straight Regarding His Split From OBSCURA

Bassist Jeroen Paul Thesseling has taken issue with OBSCURA's claim that he was "fired" from the German progressive death metal group "months ago," insisting that he quit the band due to scheduling conflicts. In a July 8, 2011 interview with SkullsNBones.com, OBSCURA guitarist/singer Steffen Kummere...
July 18, 2011
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DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT: Behind-The-Scenes Footage From North American Tour

Behind-the-scenes footage from DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT's North American tour with CHILDREN OF BODOM, OBSCURA and SEPTICFLESH can be viewed below. Devin Townsend's description of the clip: "Our bus broke down, so 15 of us got into the splitter van and drove from Saskatoon to Winnipeg in an epic displa...
July 13, 2011
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Bassist JEROEN PAUL THESSELING Quits OBSCURA

Bassist Jeroen Paul Thesseling has left German progressive death metallers OBSCURA. In a statement released to BLABBERMOUTH.NET, Jeroen explained, "Due to repetitive conflicting schedules with job-related obligations, I have decided to depart OBSCURA. Beside the limited availability that kept me awa...
July 7, 2011
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PESTILENCE/OBSCURA's JEROEN PAUL THESSELING's Gets WARWICK 7-String Fretless Bass

German bass manufacturer Warwick has just released a brand new seven-string fretless custom shop model for Jeroen Paul Thesseling (PESTILENCE, OBSCURA). Due to the ultra-low tuning that was used for the recordings of PESTILENCE's "Doctrine" album, Jeroen wanted to work with a low F-sharp string. Rig...
June 1, 2011
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BLOTTED SCIENCE, OBSCURA, SPASTIC INK Members Team Up For TERRESTRIAL EXILED Single

Acclaimed San Antonio, Texas guitarist/composer Ron Jarzombek (BLOTTED SCIENCE, WATCHTOWER, SPASTIC INK) has set TERRESTRIAL EXILED as the name of his new Transatlantic project, also featuring co-guitarist Christian Mnzner (OBSCURA, SPAWN OF POSSESSION),bassist Pete Perez (SPASTIC INK, RIOT),and d...
May 13, 2011
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OBSCURA: Quality Video Footage From Holland's NEUROTIC DEATHFEST

Quality video footage of OBSCURA' performance at this year's edition of the Neurotic Deathfest, which was held April 29-30, 2011 at 013 and MIDI theatre in Tilburg, Holland, can be viewed below (courtesy of "letthedeathmetalflow"). "Omnivium", the new album from OBSCURA, sold around 2,000 copies in...
May 3, 2011
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EPICA Guitarist's MAYAN: New Trailer Posted Online

A new trailer for "Quarterpast", the debut album from MAYAN, the new band featuring EPICA guitarist/songwriter Mark Jansen alongside Jack Driessen (ex-AFTER FOREVER) and Frank Schiphorst, can be viewed below. Due on May 20 via Nuclear Blast Records, the CD was recorded and mixed by Sascha Paeth (EPI...
May 3, 2011