Retribution (Obscura album)
Retribution is the debut album by German technical death metal band Obscura. It was recorded in August 2004 and released 2 years later in August 2006 on Vots Records. After the band signed to Relapse Records and released Cosmogenesis, they decided to reissue Retribution. The reissue, which was remastered, was released in 2010 and featured bonus tracks plus new artwork.
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| 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) | |||
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 2010 remastered edition cover | ||||
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
Track listing
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Humankind" |
| Jonas Baumgartl | 2:48 |
| 2. | "Nothing" |
| Kummerer | 4:56 |
| 3. | "Unhinged" |
| Kummerer | 2:16 |
| 4. | "None Shall Be Spared" |
| Baumgartl | 5:58 |
| 5. | "Alone" | V. Santura | Kummerer | 3:44 |
| 6. | "Hymn to a Nocturnal Visitor" |
| Stephan Bergbauer | 6:33 |
| 7. | "Intoxicated" | V. Santura | Kummerer | 2:29 |
| 8. | "Exit Life" | V. Santura | Kummerer | 3:48 |
| 9. | "Sentiment" | Kummerer |
| 6:11 |
| 10. | "Sweet Silence" (instrumental) | Kummerer | 3:15 | |
| 11. | "Lack of Comprehension" (Death cover) | Chuck Schuldiner | Schuldiner | 3:48 |
| Total length: | 45:50 | |||
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12. | "Synthetically Revived" (Suffocation cover) |
| 4:04 | |
| 13. | "God of Emptiness" (Morbid Angel cover) | David Vincent | Trey Azagthoth | 6:01 |
| Total length: | 55:55 | |||
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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| 14. | "Decade ov Therion" (Behemoth cover) | Krzysztof Azarewicz | Nergal | 3:37 |
| 15. | "Wings" (Vader cover) | Paweł Frelik | Piotr Wiwczarek | 3:09 |
| Total length: | 62:41 | |||
Personnel
- Obscura
- Steffen Kummerer – guitars, vocals
- Markus Lempsch – guitars, backing vocals
- Jonas Fischer – bass
- Jonas Baumgartl – drums, cello (track 6)
- Additional personnel
- Victor "V. Santura" Bullok – additional vocals, guitar solo (track 8)
- Stephan Bergbauer – guitar solos (track 2, 9)
- Matthias Röderer – guitar solo (track 7)
- Thorsten Bauer – guitar solo (track 11)
- Martin Bauer – bass solo (exact track uncredited)
- Orion Landau – design on reissue
- Production
- Alexander Krull – producer
- Obscura – producer
- Victor "V. Santura" Bullok – mastering engineer on the reissue
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