Nomination for Best Bass Player in 2016 – Loudwire Music Awards

For his work on Obscura’s newest album “Akroasis” bassist Linus Klausenitzer is now nominated for Best Bassist of the Year by Loudwire!

“It’s an absolute honor to be nominated for the Loudwire Music Awards 2016 – in a row with bass players that inspired me a lot in my career as well as bassists which play in the biggest rock bands of the world: David Ellefson (Megadeth), Martin Mendez (Opeth), Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Duff McKagan‘s (Guns N’ Roses) and many more.” – Linus Klausenitzer

You can vote for him on Loudwire.com (surely the biggest rock/metal website in the world wide web) .


Obscura | Steinberg Endorsement

Obscura proudly announces partnership with Steinberg

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“I use Steinberg products since I am 16 years old. As I studied Media IT, intuitive user interface design is very important to me. The quality and concepts Steinberg products have always impressed me.” – Linus Klausenitzer

Steinberg has been providing award-winning, technologically advanced music and media production products for musicians and producers of music, video and film since 1984. Today, Steinberg is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of music and audio software and hardware, with more than two million users worldwide. Steinberg also provides business customers with license-management and copy-protection systems.

The Steinberg range of products has long since found world renown in all aspects of modern digital audio processing, and form the backbone of facilities specializing in music composition and production, mastering, restoration, broadcast, sound design, audio post for the film industry among many others.


Obscura | End of European Tour

“I can’t believe that the Akroasis European Tour is over!
Thank you so much everyone for showing up and for your never ending support! This tour was a huge success!
I met so many great people and it was a pleasure to share the stage and backstage areas with Rivers of Nihil, Beyond Creation and Revocation every night.
Being back home the planning for next year is running already: Obscura, Alkaloid and finally also Noneuclid again. So stay tuned!
And for this year I have one big project left: The digital bass workshop!” – Linus Klausenitzer


Linus Klausenitzer announces digital workshop

Linus Klausenitzer will be live streaming a digital bass workshop from his home studio with live interaction where viewers can participate via video chat and text messages. He doesn’t offer bass lessons online so don’t miss this rare opportunity! Please note that the amount of tickets is strictly limited to 10 people per workshop.

Topics:

  • Composing bass lines: Linus Klausenitzer will demonstrate different options to make a song better with your bass playing. He will give you new ideas and explain some bass lines that he wrote for the recent OBSCURA album “Akróasis”.
  • Special playing techniques & phrasing: You will learn how to make a difference to other bass players beyond the standards that most bass players use.
  • Working on bass sounds: Finding a musical identity is one of the most difficult challenges of being a musician. Linus will show you how to find ways to achieve your own bass and band sound.
  • The role of a bass in a metal rhythm group: The way that bass players use their instruments has changed a lot in the last few decades. Linus will show you what is important to make a band sound good as a bass player.

Video Teaser about Akroasis Tour in Europe

At the 20th of October the Obscura headlining tour through Europe will start.

AKROASIS EUROPA 2016

OBSCURA
REVOCATION
BEYOND CREATION
RIVERS OF NIHIL

presented by EMP, MetalHammer, ENGL Amplification

Tickets:
www.emp.deAvocado Booking

20.10.16 Germany München @ Feierwerk
21.10.16 Germany Weinheim @ Café Central
22.10.16 Holland Haarlem @ Patronaat
23.10.16 UK London @ The Dome
24.10.16 UK Sheffield @ Corporation
25.10.16 Belgium Aarschot @ de Klinker
26.10.16 France Paris @ Divan du Monde
27.10.16 Switzerland Aarau @ Kiff
28.10.16 France Les Pennes-Mirabeau @ Jas’Rod
29.10.16 Italy Calenzano/Florence @ Cycle Club
30.10.16 Italy Brescia @ Circolo Colony
31.10.16 Slovenia Ljubljana @ Orto Bar
01.11.16 Austria Wien @ Viper Room
02.11.16 Slovakia Kosice @ Colosseum
03.11.16 Germany Dresden @ Scheune
04.11.16 Czech Rep Prague @ Nova Chmelnice
05.11.16 Poland Wroclaw @ Liverpool
06.11.16 Germany Oberhausen @ Kulttempel
07.11.16 Germany Berlin @ Lido
08.11.16 Germany Hamburg @ Markthalle
09.11.16 Sweden Stockholm @ En Arena
10.11.16 Norway Oslo @ Parkteatret
11.11.16 Denmark Aalborg @ Aalborg Metal Festival

Tickets:
www.emp.deAvocado Booking


Hannes Grossmann’s album “The Crypts of Sleep” released

German musical virtuoso Hannes Grossmann (Alkaloid, Blotted Science, Hate Eternal, ex-Obscura, ex-Necrophagist) has released his second solo album entitled “The Crypts of Sleep” today.

Linus Klausenitzer recorded all bass tracks on this album using his Ibanez ATK, his fretless Ibanez BTB7 and Ibanez BTB 676.
Grossmann plays drums on the entire album and enlisted the the help of numerous all-stars in the extreme music scene including Danny Tunker (Alkaloid, Abhorrent, ex-Aborted) – Rhythm and Lead Guitars, Linus Klausenitzer (Obscura, Alkaloid, Noneuclid) – Bass, Morean (Alkaloid, Dark Fortress, Noneuclid) – Vocals, Christian Muenzner (Spawn of Possession, ex-Obscura, ex-Necrophagist) – Lead Guitars, Fountainhead (ex-Obscura, Despotic) – Lead Guitars, Per Nilsson (Scar Symmetry) – Lead Guitars, and Erik Rutan (ex-Morbid Angel, Hate Eternal) – Lead Guitars.

More information available at hannesgrossmann.com and Bandcamp.


Obscura Mexico tour announced

Obscura | México 2016

Apoyando su nuevo album „Akroasis“, Obscura regresa a México en el 2016 como parte de „Akroasis World Tour“. Después de cuatro años, los conciertos en Monterrey, México D.F. y Guadalajara son los primeros en America Latina. Venta de boletos y mas information serán dados a conocer próximamente.

Octubre 7 | Monterrey
Octubre 8 | Mexico City (Tickets available here)
Octubre 9 | Guadalajara

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Supporting their brand new album „Akroasis“, Obscura return to Mexico in 2016 as part of the „Akroasis World Tour“. After four years, the three exclusive shows in Monterrey, Mexico-City and Guadalajara mark the band’s first shows in Central America. Tickets & detailed information will be published soon.

October 7 | Monterrey
October 8 | Mexico City (Tickets available here)
October 9 | Guadalajara

Obscura Mexico 2016


New Endorsement: Scott Dixon

The Scott Dixon® brand has grown from strength to strength since it was founded in 1991 and over the past twenty four years the UK based company cooperated with acts from Testament, Metallica to Anthrax to name a few. Obscura and Scott Dixon Inc® tighten the bonds with an endorsement to provide maximum protection for the bands’ instruments during all upcoming shows of the “Akroasis Worldtour” and beyond.

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Obscura Europe headliner tour in October/November 2016

AKROASIS EUROPA 2016

Line-up:

OBSCURA
REVOCATION
BEYOND CREATION
RIVERS OF NIHIL

20.10.16 Germany München @ Feierwerk
21.10.16 Germany Weinheim @ Café Central
22.10.16 Holland  Haarlem @ Patronaat
23.10.16 UK London @ The Dome
24.10.16 UK Sheffield @ Corporation
25.10.16 Belgium Aarschot @ de Klinker
26.10.16 France Paris @ Divan du Monde
27.10.16 Switzerland Aarau @ Kiff
28.10.16 France Les Pennes-Mirabeau @ Jas’Rod
29.10.16 Italy Calenzano/Florence @ Cycle Club
30.10.16 Italy Brescia @ Circolo Colony
31.10.16 Slovenia Ljubljana @ Orto Bar
01.11.16 Austria Wien @ Viper Room
02.11.16 Slovakia Kosice @ Colosseum
03.11.16 Germany Dresden @ Scheune
04.11.16 Czech Rep Prague @ Nova Chmelnice
05.11.16 Poland Wroclaw @ Liverpool
06.11.16 Germany Oberhausen @ Kulttempel
07.11.16 Germany Berlin @ Lido
08.11.16 Germany Hamburg @ Markthalle
09.11.16 Sweden Stockholm @ En Arena
10.11.16 Norway  Oslo @ Parkteatret
11.11.16 Denmark  Aalborg @ Aalborg Metal Festival

Ticket Links: https://www.realmofobscura.com/live/

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