Obscurity announce new album details

The German black/death/Viking metal band OBSCURITY has just set the release date for their upcoming album Tenkterra at November 12th. The band will release their new album through SMP/Trollzorn Records.

Tenkterra was recorded by Tim Schuldt at 4CN-Studio in Wuppertal (Germany). The mixing and mastering took place in Dead Rat Studio (Aarhus, Denmark) by Jacob Bredahl (ex-HATESPHERE). And all artwork is delivered by Jan Yrlund from Darkgrove Designs (also TÝR, KORPIKLAANI, STRATOVARIUS, SVARYSOT, IMPERIA, SIRENIA, FAANEFJELL). The production was in the hands of Obscurity and Bony (JAPANISCHE KAMPFHÖRSPIELE).

With Tenkterra, Obscurity have created a concept album about the epic Celtic/Germanic history. The concept is based on the region's self-conception and historically substantiated events in the Bergisches Land. Tenkterra seizes on Celtic and Germanic roots putting them into the context of these events. The concept deals with the time between about 200 B.C. and 800 A.D., thereby spanning a time period of 1000 years. With regards to content the concept comprises the region's Celtic roots, the Germanic expansion, the battle against the superior Roman Empire and the split-up of the late Germanic peoples by Christianization culminating in the epic war between Franks and Saxons.

The album title is characteristic of the concept and the region. Tenkterra is a composition made up of the words Tenkterer (Engl. tencteri; a Germanic tribe) and Terra (Lat. earth/land) meaning "land of the Tenkterer”. It synonymously stands for the Bergisches Land (region in Germany) and its self-conception which was most strongly shaped by the Tencteri.

Tenkterra tracklisting :

'Keltilwald'
'Tenkterer'
'Keldagau'
'Blut für Blut'
'Raubzug der Sugambrer'
'V Legion'
'Germanicus' Rache'
'Brukterer'
'Grenzland'
'Bergischer Hammer'

Obscurity is:
Agalaz - vocals
Cortez - guitars
Dornaza - guitars
Ziu - bass
Arganar - drums

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Jason Fisher    September 27, 2010