''Akróasis'' (stylized "Akrøasis" in the cover) is the fourth album by German

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band Obscura. It was released on February 5, 2016 through

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. A music video was released for the album's title track on November 19, 2015. A second music video for the song "Ten Sepiroth" was released through

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on June 20, 2016.

Track listing

Personnel

;Obscura *

Steffen Kummerer Steffen Kummerer (born 1 June 1985) is a German guitarist and vocalist. He is the leader, main songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist of the death metal band Obscura, as well as the black metal band Thulcandra. Since 2012, he has been a member of ...

- guitar, vocals * Tom Geldschläger - guitar *

Linus Klausenitzer Linus Klausenitzer is a German bass player, best known for being a former bassist for the German progressive death metal band Obscura. He also plays bass in a German/Dutch progressive death metal band Noneuclid, as well as progressive death meta ...

- bass * Sebastian Lanser - drums ;Additional Personnel * V. Santura - Production, Engineering, Mixing, Mastering * Dejan Djukovic - Engineering * Jan Vacik - Engineering * Thies Neu - Engineering * Maria Bullok - Additional vocals on "Ode to the Sun" * Monika Bullok - Additional vocals on "Ode to the Sun" * Matthias Preisinger - Violin, viola, and orchestral arrangement on "Weltseele" * Jupp Wegener - Cello on "Weltseele" * Phillipp Rohmer - Double bass on "Weltseele" * Orion Landau - Artwork Music arranged by Obscura

Charts

''Akroasis'' landed at number five on the Top Heatseekers album chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the top 100 of The ''Billboard'' 200. Loudwire awarded ''Akroasis'' as "Best Metal Song of 2016". Whatculture awarded "The Monist" as "Best Heavy Metal Song of 2016". The Metalist awarded "Akroasis" as "Best Release of 2016".

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Akroasis 2016 albums Obscura (band) albums Relapse Records albums