Diluvium (album)
2018 studio album by Obscura
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Diluvium is the fifth studio album by German technical death metal band Obscura, released on 13 July 2018 via Relapse.[12][13][14] Diluvium is also marked as the last album of the band's four-album concept series, along with Cosmogenesis (2009), Omnivium (2011) and Akróasis (2016).[15]
Released13 July 2018
RecordedOctober – November 2017
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| Released | 13 July 2018 | |||
| Recorded | October – November 2017 | |||
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| Length | 51:32 | |||
| Label | Relapse | |||
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| Singles from Diluvium | ||||
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Decibel |   [5] |
| Exclaim! | 8/10[6] |
| Metal Hammer | [7] |
| Metal Injection | 7/10[8] |
| MetalSucks |  [9] |
| NME | [10] |
| Ultimate Guitar Archive | 7/10[11] |
Track listing
All lyrics are written by Steffen Kummerer.
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Clandestine Stars" |
| 3:38 |
| 2. | "Emergent Evolution" | Kummerer | 4:52 |
| 3. | "Diluvium" |
| 5:02 |
| 4. | "Mortification of the Vulgar Sun" |
| 6:09 |
| 5. | "Ethereal Skies" |
| 5:18 |
| 6. | "Convergence" | Kummerer | 4:04 |
| 7. | "Ekpyrosis" |
| 5:23 |
| 8. | "The Seventh Aeon" | Kummerer | 5:17 |
| 9. | "The Conjuration" |
| 5:33 |
| 10. | "An Epilogue to Infinity" |
| 6:16 |
| Total length: | 51:32 | ||
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11. | "A Last Farewell" (instrumental) | Klausenitzer | 2:26 |
| Total length: | 53:58 | ||
Personnel
Obscura
- Steffen Kummerer – guitars, vocals
- Rafael Trujillo – guitars, string arrangements (track 5)
- Linus Klausenitzer – bass
- Sebastian Lanser – drums
Additional musicians
- Jonas Baumgartl – cello (track 5)
- Ulf Klausenitzer – violin (track 5)
- V. Santura – string arrangements (track 5)
Production and design
- V. Santura – production, engineering, mixing, mastering
- Obscura – production, music arrangement
- Norwin Palme – assistant engineering (drums)
- Orion Landau – artwork
- Christian Weiss – photography
- Sylvia Makris – photography
Charts
| Chart (2018) | Peak position |
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| US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[16] | 3 |
| US Independent Albums (Billboard)[17] | 18 |
| US Indie Store Album Sales (Billboard)[18] | 24 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[19] | 58 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[20] | 93 |