''Omnivium'' is the third studio album released by

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death metal band Obscura, and the second album of Obscura's four album concept. The album was recorded at Woodshed Studio in southern Germany with engineer Victor Bullok (also known as V.Santura). It was released by Relapse Records on 29 March 2011. The album is based on

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's ''Clara: or On Nature's Connection to the Spirit World'' (1810). Obscura released the track "Septuagint" to the public on 19 January 2011. The second song from ''Omnivium'', "Vortex Omnivium", was released to the public on 24 February 2011. The limited edition album included a bonus track, a cover of

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's "Concerto", an embroidered Obscura patch, a guitar pick, and an album cover sticker. ''Omnivium'' debuted at #11 on the USA's

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chart, and at #14 on Germany's

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Newcomer chart., furthermore, within the first week the album sold 2,000 copies in the US.

Track listing

Credits

Writing, performance and production credits are adapted from the album liner notes.

Personnel

;Obscura * Steffen Kummerer –

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Christian Münzner Christian Münzner (born 21 August 1981) is a German guitarist who plays for the bands Obscura and Alkaloid. He is also known for playing for the technical death metal band Necrophagist from 2002 until 2006, appearing on their 2004 release ''Epi ...

– guitar *

Jeroen Paul Thesseling Jeroen Paul Thesseling (born 13 April 1971) is a Dutch fretless bass player, most famous for his work in the German progressive death metal band Obscura and the Dutch progressive death metal band Pestilence. Biography ;Early life Jeroen started ...

– bass *

Hannes Grossmann Hannes Grossmann (born 8 September 1982) is a German drummer who plays for the German progressive band Alkaloid. He was also the drummer during Necrophagist's ''Epitaph'' era and played with Obscura. Biography Early life Hannes Grossmann was bo ...

– drums ;Guest musicians *

Tommy Talamanca Tommy Talamanca is an Italian guitar virtuoso, keyboard player, and a sound engineer and producer, most famous for his work in Italian death metal band Sadist. He is notable for his ability as a music producer and engineer, but also for his talent ...

– guitar solo on "Euclidean Elements" * Morean – guitar solo on "Velocity" ;Production * Obscura –

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, mixing, mastering * V. Santura (

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) – production, recording, mixing, mastering ;Artwork and design * Orion Landau –

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* Christian Weiss –

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Charts

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Omnivium 2011 albums Obscura (band) albums Relapse Records albums Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling