Obscura was very avant-garde at the time. Nothing like their older stuff. Nonetheless, they were badass shows. I saw them quite a few times during that era.
First time I heard this song was when I downloaded it from metal-rules.com on my 56k modem in the late 1990s. I was just getting into metal and didn't even know what blast beats were. I thought this was utter noise. Then I listened again 10-15 years later and my mind all but exploded. I could not believe the genius I was listening to.
I played this for a music theory class and no one could even begin to process it. Sick performance here, a definite peak of Gorguts IMO their best lineup
Imagine if you played along on guitar to the song itself. People would think you were inhuman. In my first band my drummer was still in high-school, he showed our demo to his music teacher and apparently he kinda flipped out! He said we were musical geniuses lol.
@moochicken2253 ruclips.net/video/mqrFMjzIkDU/видео.htmlsi=-i_YZUzxkwe8crx5 My first band, I wrote all the music/lyrics and I was personally training my drummer, this song I had to perform the drums for this recording and the song before it on the full EP
RIP Big Steve Hurdle. You're role in shaping the sound of Technical Death Metal will not be forgotten. Though no one could ever duplicate what you and Luc created with Obscura.
Luc does good vocals but those back up wailing old woman death vocals are terrible. They are annoying throughout the album. Thankfully they are not on from wisdom to hate.
It's such an authentic, weird, terrific way of executing the technique; I think it's even impossible for the most accurate player by ear to figure it out by just listening to it (or maybe after hundreds of attempts).
I cant imagine sitting down and nailing this entire song on guitar and here we have these Gods playing, singing and head banging to it all as if it were a daily routine.
+Vamsi I've managed to play this entire song but I can't headbang to it, it's very hard to concentrate on playing such a confusing and technical piece while headbanging. Oh yeah, and the vocals.
Not even the greatest player by ear could figure it out (not easily in the slightest after as many times listening to it as one could try)... unless looking at the movements of the hands.
This whole album is a really artful, thoughtful, painful ode to psychological anguish. Came out when I was 16 and was a godsend to me, mentally afflicted as I felt, and as obsessed as I was with technical death metal. Still love it.
When life gets a little too tough for me, I head out in the woods in the middle of the night and listen through _Obscura_ in its entirety. It's somehow rather... cathartic.
That right there, was probably the peak of his entire life, laying down some of the most insane brutal shit ever performed ... Didn't he suffer from depression? I know how that is , those moments where you just know your kicking ass and the band is locked in.. That's the face of a musical genius that has learned that he wasnt so worthless after all. I know this because I have gone thru the same thing in a band i was in not to long ago!
No, it's so good that it bears no aesthetic relation to any other band and creates moments of anger, beauty, sadness, and nihilistic decay out of the most raucous, dissonant note choice possible. There are albums which are equal, such as Morbid Angel's masterwork Blessed Are the Sick, but not better. Truly one of the most inspiring, unique releases in metal music.
I remember when this came out, nobody knew what to make of it tbh we were all trying to play catch up to them. a year of listening to this masterpiece and most of us still didn't get it entirely but listening to it was pretty magical if you were a fan
+John Clock I remember downloading this song as an MP3 from metal-rules.com on my 56k modem. I didn't consider it music. What the fuck were people thinking listening to it? My taste in metal matured as the years passed and I gave it another listen about 10 years later and I almost fell out of my chair because my brain was so blown. Played on a good setup with good because it blows everything away.
same over here, my bass player gave me this album, sayin' this is something for you i guess.. he didnt understand what happened with gorguts style switch. 20 years later they suddenly see this was a masterpiece :)
would have loved to been a death metal fan when this came out. I'm glad they basically did the same thing again with their last two releases (reinventing the genre). gorguts deserves all the praise they get.
Steve's vocals... Wow. Sounds just like the album. And the contrast between Luc and Steve with the vocal tone sounds sick too! Thank you Gorguts, the only band to ever reinvent the wheel, several times now.
Can't imagine the cheer awe and discomfort the crow of 98'was hearing this monstrosity of chaos!!!...Luc and Steeve the best duo in extreme metal history!!
Took me a few years to unpack this album. Now that I have, I can hardly fathom the sheer genius involved. This line-up struggled and suffered to get this thing made and, in doing so, immortalized themselves and changed the world of extreme music forever. How often can you make a statement like that about a metal band?
This is the most abrasive and most insane metal I ever heard, I am so happy about it because I always searched for a band like this and struck gold with them
I can see how they’ve influenced bands like Artificial Brain. When I first heard this album, I was confused. It sounded like they were playing while tuning their guitars in a weird rhythm. But as I listen I have realized that these guys are legit visionaries.
Both the weirder tapping and the use of varied, non-traditional intervals (almost no fifths from what my ears tell me), I suspect, is what made them sound SO different and, off course, they made it work blissfully as just a bunch of musicians could.
Steeve, you look like you had been lost out in the woods eating bears in this video! Great footage. Love that most of the crowd is staring in disbelief as you guys were playing.
I saw Steve with Gorguts in 1998, I was 16 back then. I had never heard of Gorguts before that show...but after seeing them live, I was COMPLETELY blown away. R.I.P Steve
Fucking insane album. To think that this shit was written in 93-94.. Gorguts has always been ahead of their time and challenging your ears. What a great band.
They knew. They knew that soon the world would understand these words: would live these words each and every day. Wtf is happening to the world? No one can answer. Everything is obscure. Only memories have clarity as we grasp for respite from the confusion seeking a dark stasis, a comfort of silence.
You know I saw these guys a couple days in a local bar outside of Detroit and they were absolutely amazing and I got to chat with Luc for a minute and he was such a cool guy!
saw this tour at the reverb in Toronto it was the 1st time seeing a rediculously well played set by 4 nutty musicians I was awe struck by the intensity of it all I wonder what happened to cloutier
***** Yeah. I wouldn't put it past the guy who kicked them off the label to be kicking himself right now though. Gorguts pretty much pulled a Meshuggah and invented a whole new genre.
Clouded by the bliss obscura Covered by the frame of drama Intra limpidus obscura Limen ex nihilum... Opacitas Trux omnillustrare... Ex regnum de exsanguis Lux absentia, funditus Silenced, fragments of nostalgia Laments, frailty of the mind Bounded by the abyssal fence Light cleanses the internal sense Obscure feeling of immensity Black Opera, unio-mystica Vibrate, filter of emotions Filtrate, shapeless screen unfold Reverie, climate of energy Blackness, centre of whiteness Intra limpidus obscura Limen ex nihilum... Opacitas Trux omnillustrare... Ex regnum de exsanguis Lux absentia, funditus
Thank you for the lyrics. Yes, they knew. They knew that soon the world would understand these words: would live these words each and every day. Wtf is happening to the world? No one can answer. Everything is obscure.
A part from the songs on Colored Sands, I really like the the live versions of Gorguts songs better than the album versions. Same thing with Today is the Day.
You can have your opinion but best to keep something like that to yourself, man. Gorguts is revered by many and though "Obscura" requires a bit of easing in, it's a phenomenal album...
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I absolutely love how still the crowd is. They have no idea what's going on. To see Gorguts in '98 must've blown minds.
I can't imagine... this was completely out of left field.
2021 and it's STILL weird as fuck and I adore it all the more for it.
Obscura was very avant-garde at the time. Nothing like their older stuff. Nonetheless, they were badass shows. I saw them quite a few times during that era.
I remember the really mind boggling thing was how tight they were amid all the chaos.
Crowd in 98 : What that goblins are doing with the neck of their guitar !
This literally destroys everything
First time I heard this song was when I downloaded it from metal-rules.com on my 56k modem in the late 1990s. I was just getting into metal and didn't even know what blast beats were. I thought this was utter noise. Then I listened again 10-15 years later and my mind all but exploded. I could not believe the genius I was listening to.
tres bien dit
Luis Witcher LOL
Battle Cat its a fuckd up masterpiece of shit.
@@sirbattlecat I hate downloading music or streaming it I have about 400 CDs
I played this for a music theory class and no one could even begin to process it. Sick performance here, a definite peak of Gorguts IMO their best lineup
You must have an awesome class.
Based music teacher.
Imagine if you played along on guitar to the song itself. People would think you were inhuman. In my first band my drummer was still in high-school, he showed our demo to his music teacher and apparently he kinda flipped out! He said we were musical geniuses lol.
@@IMN602what was that band?
@moochicken2253
ruclips.net/video/mqrFMjzIkDU/видео.htmlsi=-i_YZUzxkwe8crx5
My first band, I wrote all the music/lyrics and I was personally training my drummer, this song I had to perform the drums for this recording and the song before it on the full EP
RIP Big Steve Hurdle. You're role in shaping the sound of Technical Death Metal will not be forgotten. Though no one could ever duplicate what you and Luc created with Obscura.
You are role 😅
You can't duplicate it.
This album, "Obscura" is what King Crimson would've sounded like if they played death metal... killer music.
Well, Crimson did make "The ConstruKction of Light".
While never as heavy or brutal it is pretty damn dissnonant, eerie and proggresive at times.
Demilich- Nespithe
@@pernauldthevisch5907 excellent album and band, thanks for reminding me of that lol \m/
@@keepthemetalflowing yes! 🙌
if people can get past the vocals (which I've actually grown to love), it's a masterpiece!!
@@DemonSlide FraKctured could almost fit in on Obscura.
The vocals on this album are the most brutal vocals ever.
this album in general is pretty fucking brutal
Luc does good vocals but those back up wailing old woman death vocals are terrible. They are annoying throughout the album. Thankfully they are not on from wisdom to hate.
@@gb9884 those are the best part man
I agree, but I find even more brutal Antti Boman of Demilich in Nespithe
@@melbro7379 Exactly! Sounds like somebody retching up their fuckin' lungs, it's horrific.
Rush, Voivod, Gorguts, Annihilator, Exciter, Anvil, 3 Inches of Blood, Martyr, Strapping Young Lad, Kataklysm, Cauldron, Cryptopsy, Razor ect. Canada is great! Love from Texas USA!
I would add Quo Vadis as well
Obliveon, DBC
gorguts is king of all death metal, including canda
Where the fuck is slaughter, infernal majesty and sacrifice?
+ Blasphemy
I quite seriously believe this is the most creative use of tapping I've seen in my 10+ years of music-listening.
It's such an authentic, weird, terrific way of executing the technique; I think it's even impossible for the most accurate player by ear to figure it out by just listening to it (or maybe after hundreds of attempts).
I'm not saying they are better, but check out the white light by psyopus, amazing use of tapping, it's such a dissonant riff
I cant imagine sitting down and nailing this entire song on guitar and here we have these Gods playing, singing and head banging to it all as if it were a daily routine.
+Vamsi I've managed to play this entire song but I can't headbang to it, it's very hard to concentrate on playing such a confusing and technical piece while headbanging.
Oh yeah, and the vocals.
I guess that's actually their daily routine, lol
i mean if they play it on tour its is a daily routine
Not even the greatest player by ear could figure it out (not easily in the slightest after as many times listening to it as one could try)... unless looking at the movements of the hands.
It's the drums that's the real challenge. You gotta listen to it repeatedly. As you listen more and more reveals itself to you. It's rewarding as hell
This whole album is a really artful, thoughtful, painful ode to psychological anguish. Came out when I was 16 and was a godsend to me, mentally afflicted as I felt, and as obsessed as I was with technical death metal. Still love it.
When life gets a little too tough for me, I head out in the woods in the middle of the night and listen through _Obscura_ in its entirety. It's somehow rather... cathartic.
The break at 2:36 always leaves me in awe. That sound, and the way they finger the fretboard. Just fucking amazing.
its literally my fav thing in all of metal. its extremely underrated and most people have no idea who horrifying it is
me tooooo!
My favorite Gorguts lineup, although Luc Lemay manages to make amazing music no matter who he works with.
Steeve's face at 3:15 kills me every time! WE MISS YOU STEEVE
Fucking brilliant haha
aahahahah like an happy child
That right there, was probably the peak of his entire life, laying down some of the most insane brutal shit ever performed ... Didn't he suffer from depression? I know how that is , those moments where you just know your kicking ass and the band is locked in.. That's the face of a musical genius that has learned that he wasnt so worthless after all. I know this because I have gone thru the same thing in a band i was in not to long ago!
Thanks dude
OBSCURA! :D
No, it's so good that it bears no aesthetic relation to any other band and creates moments of anger, beauty, sadness, and nihilistic decay out of the most raucous, dissonant note choice possible. There are albums which are equal, such as Morbid Angel's masterwork Blessed Are the Sick, but not better. Truly one of the most inspiring, unique releases in metal music.
Steeve's screams... Oh, man :O
It sounds like he's jumping up and down on Lego and it's perfect
I remember when this came out, nobody knew what to make of it tbh we were all trying to play catch up to them. a year of listening to this masterpiece and most of us still didn't get it entirely but listening to it was pretty magical if you were a fan
+John Clock I remember downloading this song as an MP3 from metal-rules.com on my 56k modem. I didn't consider it music. What the fuck were people thinking listening to it? My taste in metal matured as the years passed and I gave it another listen about 10 years later and I almost fell out of my chair because my brain was so blown. Played on a good setup with good because it blows everything away.
That's exactly what happened to me lol. I finally got the high-end monitors and proper listening room, and whoa this fuckin rips!
same over here, my bass player gave me this album, sayin' this is something for you i guess.. he didnt understand what happened with gorguts style switch. 20 years later they suddenly see this was a masterpiece :)
would have loved to been a death metal fan when this came out. I'm glad they basically did the same thing again with their last two releases (reinventing the genre). gorguts deserves all the praise they get.
You can see everyone in the audience has no fucking clue whats going on, just standing there hypnotized. Its awesome haha.
Those vocals from Steve are the most tortured vocals ever recorded...
Steve's vocals... Wow. Sounds just like the album. And the contrast between Luc and Steve with the vocal tone sounds sick too! Thank you Gorguts, the only band to ever reinvent the wheel, several times now.
I'll never forget hanging with you guys on this tour. RIP big Steeve and Steve Mac.
Can't imagine the cheer awe and discomfort the crow of 98'was hearing this monstrosity of chaos!!!...Luc and Steeve the best duo in extreme metal history!!
This was a real pleasure to watch.
This still blows my mind. All the upstrokes and pick slaps against the strings leave me speechless. So technical on another level
This is the hymn of lunacy, love it
I need new stuff of Lalito Rodriguez Project
I felt the same way when I heard "carrionshine" for the first time. Like, this is what insanity sounds like.
Took me a few years to unpack this album. Now that I have, I can hardly fathom the sheer genius involved. This line-up struggled and suffered to get this thing made and, in doing so, immortalized themselves and changed the world of extreme music forever. How often can you make a statement like that about a metal band?
yea dude this album is not for all ears haha
Hell yes
To change the sound of death metal in one album. A true masterpiece.
This is the most abrasive and most insane metal I ever heard, I am so happy about it because I always searched for a band like this and struck gold with them
I can see how they’ve influenced bands like Artificial Brain. When I first heard this album, I was confused. It sounded like they were playing while tuning their guitars in a weird rhythm. But as I listen I have realized that these guys are legit visionaries.
Both the weirder tapping and the use of varied, non-traditional intervals (almost no fifths from what my ears tell me), I suspect, is what made them sound SO different and, off course, they made it work blissfully as just a bunch of musicians could.
@1:14 "POTATOES"
lmao
Hahahahaha
You mean 1:11 noob
Same for me
Logan Harris 1:12 noob and a half
Steeve, you look like you had been lost out in the woods eating bears in this video! Great footage. Love that most of the crowd is staring in disbelief as you guys were playing.
'Saw Obscura live in person, life now complete, can die free now'
I saw Steve with Gorguts in 1998, I was 16 back then.
I had never heard of Gorguts before that show...but after seeing them live, I was COMPLETELY blown away.
R.I.P Steve
2:33, 3:33 = one of the heaviest riffs, ever. Of all time.
this is a whole gang of Steves here. lol
The number of steves is too damn high!
haha never realised that
new sub-genre called Steve Metal
even now its still such a unmatched and untouchable album
The fact that this album even exists blows my mind. But to see them absolutely fucking nail it live as well? This is too much........
I don't blame the crowd for being still, it's probably pretty hard to find your feet when you've had your socks knocked off.
Shit, this MUST be one of the best videos on RUclips.
The drummer is probably one of the best metal has to offer! Dude keeps the whole thing going! Fucking amazing
We lost a great person, Steve. The music lives on!
My face melts every time I listen to this masterpiece!
This is still without a doubt the most insane live concert footage in existence.
Rest in peace Steve. I love your music
Gorguts in their Prime!
remembering Steeve Hurdle, RIP...
Steeve ~ this entire set needs to be uploaded. The footage looks and sounds amazing. -rennie
Fucking insane album. To think that this shit was written in 93-94.. Gorguts has always been ahead of their time and challenging your ears. What a great band.
DUDE! Fucking awesome find! What a gem you have here man.
RIP Steeve, you were a genius, your influence lives on \m/
So much awesome.
steve cloutier is fucking amazing
Could you imagine watching this on mute, thinking you know what they're playing, and then unmite to hear this?!
They knew. They knew that soon the world would understand these words: would live these words each and every day. Wtf is happening to the world? No one can answer. Everything is obscure. Only memories have clarity as we grasp for respite from the confusion seeking a dark stasis, a comfort of silence.
i love steeve hurdle's voice. damn. this is awesome.
I love this video
3:31 POTATOES!
RIP to the drummer. I saw him w Gorguts at the Whisky in Hollywood in 2000
And to big Steeve whos channel this is.
2:34 nothing ever before this moment, anywhere on earth in all of time had EVER been THAT FUCKING BRUTAL .. Until this moment in time.. Holy fuck
To say this is badass feels like a robbery of wording. This is incredible!!!
You know I saw these guys a couple days in a local bar outside of Detroit and they were absolutely amazing and I got to chat with Luc for a minute and he was such a cool guy!
saw this tour at the reverb in Toronto it was the 1st time seeing a rediculously well played set by 4 nutty musicians I was awe struck by the intensity of it all I wonder what happened to cloutier
steeve looks like he's having fun. would have loved to have seen him play life if it weren't for his untimely demise. RIP Hurdle
STEVE PURE ART RIP..
Steve MacDonald invented "Shoulder Moeller".
I saw them live for the second time last night. Divine riffs then and now.
I remember seeing this for the first time. RIP BIG STEEVE HURDLE!
Hurdle and Macdonald, what great musicians they were🤘
The intensity is off the charts here
Bet Roadrunner's pissed they dropped them now.
***** Yeah. I wouldn't put it past the guy who kicked them off the label to be kicking himself right now though. Gorguts pretty much pulled a Meshuggah and invented a whole new genre.
@@Mizzirinah they just reinvented tech death
Steeve Hurdle was such a badass
This whole show needs remastered and put out.
Had no idea there were two singers on this album
I've been listening this since my 14 years old and I keep don't understanding this!!!1
steeve was awesome.. rip
Clouded by the bliss obscura
Covered by the frame of drama
Intra limpidus obscura
Limen ex nihilum... Opacitas
Trux omnillustrare...
Ex regnum de exsanguis
Lux absentia, funditus
Silenced, fragments of nostalgia
Laments, frailty of the mind
Bounded by the abyssal fence
Light cleanses the internal sense
Obscure feeling of immensity
Black Opera, unio-mystica
Vibrate, filter of emotions
Filtrate, shapeless screen unfold
Reverie, climate of energy
Blackness, centre of whiteness
Intra limpidus obscura
Limen ex nihilum... Opacitas
Trux omnillustrare...
Ex regnum de exsanguis
Lux absentia, funditus
Thank you for the lyrics. Yes, they knew. They knew that soon the world would understand these words: would live these words each and every day. Wtf is happening to the world? No one can answer. Everything is obscure.
luc looks like the most angry canadian
GLC jonsan308 and he's still the nicest dude ever... 😂😂
all canadien look like that.
It’s because he’s from the French speaking part of Canada lol
he's actually extremely nice in person, lol
A part from the songs on Colored Sands, I really like the the live versions of Gorguts songs better than the album versions. Same thing with Today is the Day.
Really interesting how many upstrokes they're playing.
Ten years ahead of the game
i saw this tour, at the mason jar in PHX, it was epic!!! they killed it!
2:18 *HOW* does he nail it live????????????
I cannot believe how good this is
R.I.P. Big man Steve Hurdle! 🤘
Daaaaaamn ! Dem drums
Mick foley killing it
1:03 what are doing bro
He’s blast beating his meat
6661111
@@fabril2673 lmao
Cool to see Luc wearing a Terrorizer shirt.
This is simply fascinating !!, brutal !!
OBSCURE FEELING OF IMMENSITY
BLACK OPERA UNIO MYSTICAAAA
Yeah the guys are insane players but props to the drummer for coming up with a drum track that works with such chaos
Holy hell. I'm glad I wasn't there, my head would've exploded 😳
You can have your opinion but best to keep something like that to yourself, man. Gorguts is revered by many and though "Obscura" requires a bit of easing in, it's a phenomenal album...
lmao the crowd is like whaaaaaat the fuck is this
What is that tapping technique they do around 2:38?
Pretty sure it’s pick tapping
@@Daniel-mf3bc Thank you!
I feel like if I tried to headbang to this, I would break my neck
3:15 Was that a smile? That's not allowed!! lol
The glory days that I wish to attended ..
FUNDITUUUS! Awesome video.
check out the rare EP by the Negativa, the almost part 2 of obscura before steve hurdle died- they have 3 tracks
RIP Steeve Hurdle