Retribution (Obscura album)

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Retribution
Retribution obscura.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 2006
RecordedAugust 2004 at Mastersound Studios
November 2006 (Bonus Tracks)
Genre Technical death metal
Length45:50
Label Vots Records, Relapse (remastered)
Producer Obscura and Alexander Krull
V. Santura (remastered)
Obscura chronology
Retribution
(2006)
Cosmogenesis
(2009)
Alternative cover
Retribution Obscura Reissue.jpg
2010 remastered edition cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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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.

Contents

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 Schuldiner Schuldiner3:48
Total length:45:50
2010 Reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
12."Synthetically Revived" (Suffocation cover)
  • Cerrito
  • Hobbs
4:04
13."God of Emptiness" (Morbid Angel cover) David Vincent Trey Azagthoth 6:01
Total length:55:55
2010 Japanese Reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
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
Additional personnel
Production

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References

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