MB Metal Classics: "Obscura" by Gorguts

Trollheart · 05-02-2018, 06:23 AM

Okay, well nobody seems to give much of a **** about Nile, so let's try another one. Step forward, grindy! Oh look! It's a real classic.

~~MicShazam~~ · 05-02-2018, 06:31 AM

I really know how to pick 'em

Wpnfire · 05-02-2018, 10:01 AM

It's weird and brilliant. I still think there's a lack of consistency on the second half, but it's still a 9/10 album at worst.

But seriously though. Weirdddddd. When you consider that fellow Quebecois Cryptopsy saw the release of None So Vile with a rabid dog as a vocalist before Gorguts released this, you know you're a ****ing weird band. :P

I think Gorguts not getting an album deal back then probably has more to do with the fact that death metal fans weren't ready for this album. Ironically, the only people I've ever known who dislike this album are death metal fans. Even the prog. fans acknowledge this as a work of art (except for Trollheart lulz).

OccultHawk · 05-02-2018, 05:55 PM

Unassailable

10/10

The Batlord · 05-02-2018, 06:05 PM

One of those albums I don't quite get but also don't hold that against it. I'm well aware that it's a singular album and I won't tarnish my potential future dick sucking by saying that the riffs are too obtuse for me like an impatient toddler.

**Frownland** · 05-02-2018, 06:15 PM

It's hard for me to articulate what makes this such a monster. The complex rif***e and song structure just touches me in soft places. Every time I listen to it, it's fresh, innovative, and beautifully dissonant. Though I must say that I don't find it all that weird anymore. 10/0

The Batlord · 05-02-2018, 06:19 PM

It does make me wonder what extreme metal would have sounded like had post-punk been a much more direct influence from day 1.

OccultHawk · 05-02-2018, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

It's hard for me to articulate what makes this such a monster. The complex rif***e and song structure just touches me in soft places. Every time I listen to it, it's fresh, innovative, and beautifully dissonant. Though I must say that I don't find it all that weird anymore. 10/0

The riffs are so abstract it’s startling when you discover he’s repeating a pattern.

The Batlord · 05-02-2018, 06:41 PM

The Erosion of Sanity is nice training wheels though.

Trollheart · 05-03-2018, 06:25 AM

Beautiful.

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05-02-2018, 06:23 AM	#1 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,994	MB Metal Classics: "Obscura" by Gorguts Okay, well nobody seems to give much of a **** about Nile, so let's try another one. Step forward, grindy! Oh look! It's a real classic. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

05-02-2018, 10:01 AM	#3 (permalink)
Wpnfire Dragon Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Kansas, United States Posts: 2,744	It's weird and brilliant. I still think there's a lack of consistency on the second half, but it's still a 9/10 album at worst. But seriously though. Weirdddddd. When you consider that fellow Quebecois Cryptopsy saw the release of None So Vile with a rabid dog as a vocalist before Gorguts released this, you know you're a **ing weird band. :P I think Gorguts not getting an album deal back then probably has more to do with the fact that death metal fans weren't ready for this album. Ironically, the only people I've ever known who dislike this album are death metal fans. Even the prog. fans acknowledge this as a work of art (except for Trollheart lulz). __________________ Last.FM My RYM Ratings My Glitchwave Beta Profile**

05-02-2018, 05:55 PM	#4 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	Unassailable 10/10 __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html

05-02-2018, 06:15 PM	#6 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	It's hard for me to articulate what makes this such a monster. The complex rif**e and song structure just touches me in soft places. Every time I listen to it, it's fresh, innovative, and beautifully dissonant. Though I must say that I don't find it all that weird anymore. 10/0 __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth.* d e a f b o x

05-02-2018, 06:31 AM	#2 (permalink)
~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,634	I really know how to pick 'em

05-03-2018, 06:25 AM	#10 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,994	Beautiful. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018