Technical Metal

Obscura – A Valediction (Album Review)

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The struggle has been real for many musicians over the past two years who thrive on at least one major American tour per year. Showing patience, as well as persistence, Germany’s Technical Death Metal band Obscura are finally ready to take on the world once ... Read More

Interview – Lee McKinney of Born of Osiris

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Progressive metallers Born of Osiris have been making technically-proficient, hard-hitting Metal albums for over a decade now. They made their official, full-length debut with 2009’s A Higher Place, and boldly went on to follow this with three more albums — from 2011’s The Discovery to ... Read More

Obscura – Diluvium (Album Review)

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Technical Death Metal is the secret-society subgenre of the Metal community (yeah, yeah Math Metal is probably up there too, but no one is too worried about those guys). Severe precision and blinding speed are the twin counterparts to idiosyncratic visions and longstanding allegory. See? ... Read More