Retribution (Obscura album)

Retribution
Studio album by Obscura
Released August 2006
Recorded August 2004 at Mastersound Studios
November 2006 (Bonus Tracks)
Genre Technical death metal
Length 45:50
Label Vots Records, Relapse (remastered)
Producer Obscura and Alexander Krull
V. Santura (remastered)
Obscura chronology
Retribution
(2006)
Cosmogenesis
(2009)Cosmogenesis2009
Alternative cover
2010 remastered edition cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Retribution is the debut album by German technical death metal band Obscura. It was originally self-released in 2004 and later rereleased in 2006 on Vots Records. After the band signed to Relapse Records and released Cosmogenesis, it was decided to reissue Retribution. The reissue, which was remastered, was released in 2010 and featured bonus tracks and a new artwork.

Track listing

Standard Edition
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Humankind"Jonas Baumgartl2:48
2."Nothing"
  • Kummerer
  • Morean
  • V. Santura
Kummerer4:56
3."Unhinged"
  • Kummerer
  • Morean
  • V. Santura
Kummerer2:16
4."None Shall Be Spared"
  • Kummerer
  • Morean
  • V. Santura
Baumgartl5:58
5."Alone"V. SanturaKummerer3:44
6."Hymn to a Nocturnal Visitor"
  • Kummerer
  • Morean
  • V. Santura
Stephan Bergbauer6:33
7."Intoxicated"V. SanturaKummerer2:29
8."Exit Life"V. SanturaKummerer3:48
9."Sentiment"Kummerer
  • Kummerer
  • Baumgartl
6:11
10."Sweet Silence" (instrumental) Kummerer3:15
11."Lack of Comprehension" (Death cover)Chuck SchuldinerSchuldiner3:48
Total length:45:50

Personnel

Obscura
  • Steffen Kummerer - guitars, vocals
  • Markus Lempsch − guitars
  • Jonas Fischer − bass
  • Jonas Baumgartl - drums, cello
Additional personnel
  • V.Santura - additional vocals, solo on track 8
  • Stephan Bergbauer - solo on track 9
  • Matthias Röderer - additional guitar on one track
  • Thorsten Bauer - additional guitar on one track
  • Martl Bauer - bass on one track
  • Orion Landau - design on reissue
Production
  • Alexander Krull - producer
  • Obscura - producer
  • V.Santura - mastering engineer on the reissue

References

  1. Prato, Greg. "Review: Retribution". Allmusic. Retrieved 7 April 2010.
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