photos by Scott Wilson
Following the July release of their mauling third album, Agony & Wounds, through Nameless Grave Records, Indianapolis-based death metal henchmen OBSCENE have just announced a Midwest US tour to end the year. From December 6th through 14th, OBSCENE will perform alongside Warp Chamber on the Agony & Excruciation Winter Tour 2024, with shows in Dayton, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Ft. Wayne, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Chicago, Milwaukee, and Indianapolis. See the confirmed routing below.
OBSCENE Agony & Excruciation Winter Tour 2024 w/ Warp Chamber:
12/06/2024 Blind Bob’s – Dayton, OH
12/07/2024 Rock Room – Pittsburgh, PA
12/08/2024 No Class – Cleveland, OH
12/09/2024 Bug House – Ft. Wayne, IN
12/10/2024 Sanctuary – Detroit, MI
12/11/2024 Fulton Street Pub – Grand Rapids, MI
12/12/2024 Reggie’s – Chicago, IL
12/13/2024 X-Ray Arcade – Milwaukee, WI
12/14/2024 Black Circle – Indianapolis, IN
OBSCENE’s Agony & Wounds sees the band raining plague and pestilence upon all in its path. Picking up where …From Dead Horizon To Dead Horizon left off, the record showcases a broadening in the scope in their sound, packing in even more devastating riffs, eerie howls, whirlwind drumming, and a tightening of the band’s signature songwriting chops, fluidly showing a sense of subtlety that belies their more obviously ignorant influences and that stands out in a scene full of Johnny-come-latelies without half the experience needed to pull the same thing off. Their densest, lengthiest, most challenging, and most rewarding album to date showcases the band’s years of constant hard work in OBSCENE, but also their growth as musicians playing in other bands such as Mother Of Graves, Acheron, and Summon The Destroyer.
Featuring a glorious cover spread by legendary artist Brad Moore (Argus, Tomb Mold, Gatecreeper), OBSCENE’s Agony & Wounds was engineered and mixed by Noah Buchanan at Mercinary Studios and mastered by Dan Lowndes at Resonance Sound Studios. This is unquestionably a record fans of Asphyx, early-At The Gates, Brutality, and Morgoth will want to hear.
OBSCENE’s Agony & Wounds is out now on limited gatefold vinyl (300 on Violet and 200 on Gold) and CD at the Nameless Grave Records webshop HERE and Bandcamp HERE as well as on all streaming services.
“Still housing everything in a fast-moving death metal exterior, OBSCENE sound like they’re pushing the limits of their sound to their logical conclusion — the breakneck riffs just keep on coming, drummer Brandon Howe is like a machine and vocalist Kyle Shaw howls like he sees something the rest of us don’t.” – Decibel Magazine
“…hits like a buzzsaw to the face…Agony & Wounds is fast, furious, dense, and vile in all the ways you want out of a modern death metal album… this album attacks from all angles like a pack of starving wolves.” – MetalSucks
“…OBSCENE create a spinning kaleidoscope of sonic terrors… alternately hulking and humongous, demented, and delirious, morbid and agonizing — ice-cold and red-hot and ultimately as eerie as a haunted house — but it’s also so well-structured, cleverly nuanced, and diabolically infectious that it’s likely to take up residence in your brain whether you want it to or not.” – No Clean Singing
“…it truly feels larger than life at times, and much of that is a testament to it being the most well-produced OBSCENE album to date… a stunner of a contemporary death metal record with old-school influences.” – Last Rites
“Agony & Wounds has the original spirit, attitude, and raw purity as driving forces to be a satisfying platter – hopefully allowing the group to gather more followers into the death metal landscape.” – Dead Rhetoric
“Though tracks are mostly short and sweet, you’re never at risk of wishing to move on before the band say otherwise, and the next track also gets your blood pumping again… OBSCENE are onto something here and I’m certainly on board for what they might do in the future, especially if they are going down this snarling, throttling approach of songwriting.” – The Razor’s Edge
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