Usually, when the word “obscura” enters my brain, it’s because of the works of Gorguts, and not this band. Then again, Obscura’s jazz-fusion-prog-techdeath-clusterfuck approach hasn’t won much of a fandom here, but it has won some acclaim from the meatworld for being disorganized, diverse, and instrumentally proficient. The teaser for Akroasis is full of more of the same, beginning with an intro highly reminiscent of “Veil of Maya” off Cynic’s debut album before abruptly shifting into an unrelated progression for reasons that very likely are not related to this video being composed of 45-60 second snippets of Akroasis‘s songs. If the rest of the album is like this (and I’m sure it will be), even its most ardent fans will find themselves infatuated with something else long before this album gets its own successor.
Tags: 2016, akroasis, Obscura, pseudo-progressive, techdeaf, Technical Death Metal
Tekdeaf (it’s not really any harder to play than Immolation, it’s not death metal, and it’s musically tone deaf) is an almost universally shit genre except for “technical brutal death metal” which somehow predated “brutal death metal”
Ugh. They’ve been working on this for 5 years? Please: this sounds like a warmed-over version of their last album, which was a warmed-over version of their previous platter. Schuldiner-worship-cosmic-drama-core.
Sounds like screamo Iron Maiden.
An insult to Iron Maiden
Because you know I’m all about those riffs
‘Bout those riffs, no wanking
I’m all about those riffs
‘Bout those riffs, no wanking
I’m all about those riffs
‘Bout those riffs, no wanking
I’m all about those riffs
‘Bout those riffs… riffs… riffs… riffs… riffs
Yeah, it’s pretty clear, I ain’t no hipster jew
But I can thrash it, thrash it, like I’m supposed to do
‘Cause I got those blast beats that all the boys chase
And all the right riffs in all the right places
I see the Metal ‘zines, workin’ those shill reviews
We know that shit ain’t real, come on now, that’s not news
If you got transcendental beauty, just raise it up
‘Cause every riff you write is perfect from the bottom to the top
Yeah, Brett Stevens he told me “don’t worry about your penis size”
(Shoo wop wop, sha-ooh wop wop)
He says, “Boys like a 3 inch love rod to hold at night”
(That penis, uh, that penis penis)
You know I won’t be no sludge-listenin’ ham-planet beardo doll
So if that what you’re into, then go ‘head and move along
Because you know I’m all about those riffs
‘Bout those riffs, no wanking
I’m all about those riffs
‘Bout those riffs, no wanking
I’m all about those riffs
‘Bout those riffs, no wanking
I’m all about those riffs
‘Bout those riffs…
I’m bringing riffage back
Go ‘head and tell them skinny hipsters that
Lol, I’m not playing, I know you think you’re all that
But I’m here to tell you…
Every inch of you’s a faggot from the bottom to the top
Yeah, Brett Stevens he told me “don’t worry ’bout your penis size”
(Shoo wop wop, sha-ooh wop wop)
He says, “Boys like a 3 inch love rod to hold at night”
(That penis, uh, that penis penis)
You know I won’t be no sludge-listenin’ ham-planet beardo doll
So if that what you’re into, then go ‘head and move along
Because you know I’m all about those riffs
‘Bout those riffs, no wanking
I’m all about those riffs
‘Bout those riffs, no wanking
I’m all about those riffs
‘Bout those riffs, no wanking
I’m all about those riffs
‘Bout those riffs…
Because you know I’m all about those riffs
‘Bout those riffs, no wanking
I’m all about those riffs
‘Bout those riffs, no wanking
I’m all about those riffs
‘Bout those riffs, no wanking
I’m all about those riffs
‘Bout those riffs…
Hey!