Akroasis

Swiss Metallers AKROASIS have unleashed their new single and video ‘Insult The Gods’, taken from the upcoming album “Hubris”, set to be released on April 29th.

AKROASIS explains to the song:
“‘Insult The Gods‘ is probably the most brutal song on our new album ‘Hubris‘. Driving Death Metal with a Thrash edge accompanies the story of Antigone. She accuses her uncle Creon of disregarding the laws of the gods and establishing his own laws for Thebes. Creon had taken over this rule for a short time after his nephews Eteocles and Polyneikes had killed each other at the gates of the city. Under threat of the death penalty, he had decreed that Eteocles should be buried and Polyneikes left outside the gates as he had attacked his city. His sister Antigone felt bound only to humanity and the laws of the gods, disregarded this instruction and buried her brother outside the gates, which resulted in her execution by being walled in alive.”

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The band was founded in 2016 by Marcel Knupp (guitar) and Gerhard Baeriswyl (drums, ex-Anitras Garden) in Kerzers, Fribourg. A short time later, Christof Schafer (lead guitar, ex-Distant Past) joined them.

They decided on the band name AKROASIS. In Greek, this means both hearing and what is heard and can also be interpreted as the conscious perception of music. The new album “Hubris” was recorded in October/November 2023, again in the tried-and-tested Little Creek studio with V.O. Pulver.
The current artwork was once again designed by Mayte C.G., who had already created an outstanding cover for the predecessor “Ilion”. “Hubris” will be released on April 29, 2024 via Doc Gator Records on Digipak CD and in various vinyl versions. [ learn more here ]

TRACKS:
01. Nemesis (00:54)
02. Most Atrocious Deed (05:10)
📺 03. Insult The Gods (04:57)
04. Before A Fall (04:24)
05. Gifted With Fire (04:56)
06. Seven Times (04:20)
07. Driven To Kill (03:57)
08. Eternal Rest (04:11)
09. Unbearable Guilt (03:53)
10. King Minos (04:56)

total: 41:38 min.

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LINE-UP:
Mike Brügger • Vocals
Marcel Knupp • Rhythm Guitars
Christof Schafer • Guitars
Hänsù Zürrer • Bass
Gerhard – Baeriswyl • Drums

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OBSCURA and skinsman Sebastian Lanser have shared a new drum playthrough for the Akroasis single “Ten Sepiroth”. As is the band’s trademark, the performance is airtight, impossibly technical, and impeccably shot; check it out now below.

https://youtu.be/G3k_j8U0MGk

A bass playthrough video of the same song by the band’s Linus Klausenitzer can also be viewed now here. Additionally, OBSCURA recently premiered an official music video for “Ten Sepiroth” via Youtube/Vevo, which can be watched below.

In addition to their series of festival appearances this coming summer, OBSCURA have also announced a stacked new European tour this coming October! They’ll be taking apart Western and Eastern Europe alongside a stellar lineup of Revocation, Beyond Creation, and Rivers of Nihil. View a full itinerary of dates below.

Packed to the gills with virtuosic musicianship, compelling themes, and airtight songwriting, OBSCURA‘s newest album Akróasis (released this past February via Relapse) has breathed new life into death metal, progressive metal and beyond. Akróasis is out now worldwide via Relapse Records on CD, 2xLP and Digital – physical orders are available HERE, and digital orders can be placed HERE.

OBSCURA Live:

July 24 Tel Aviv, IL Gagarin / Progstage Festival
July 24 – 30 Tolmin, SI MetalDays Festival

Aug 11 Jaromer, CZ Brutal Assault
Aug 17 – 20 Dinkelsbuhl, DE Summerbreeze Festival
Aug 21 Brittany, FR Motocultor Festival

***All Dates with Revocation, Beyond Creation, Rivers of Nihil***

Oct 20 München, DE Feierwerk
Oct 21 Weinheim, DE Café Central
Oct 22 Haarlem, NL Patronaat
Oct 23 London, UK The Dome
Oct 24 Sheffield, UK Corporation
Oct 25 Aarschot, BE de Klinker
Oct 26 Paris, FR Divan du Monde
Oct 27 Aarau, CH Kiff
Oct 28 Les Pennes-Mirabeau, FR Jas’Rod
Oct 29 Calenzano/Florence, IT Cycle Club
Oct 30 Brescia, IT Circolo Colony
Oct 31 Ljubljana, SI Orto Bar
Nov 01 Wien, AT Viper Room
Nov 02 Kosice, SK Colosseum
Nov 03 Dresden, DE Scheune
Nov 04 Prague, CZ Nova Chmelnice
Nov 06 Oberhausen, DE Kulttempel
Nov 07 Berlin, DE Lido
Nov 08 Hamburg, DE Markthalle
Nov 09 Stockholm, SE En Arena
Nov 10 Oslo, NO Parkteatret
Nov 11 Aalborg, DK Aalborg Metal Festival