Germany's progressive death metal masters Obscura complete their long-running, four-album conceptual circle with the release of Diluvium (defined as a great oceanic flood), their most evocative, diverse and vibrant release to date. Diluvium is due out July 13th on CD/LP/Digital via Relapse Records.

Watch the official video for "Diluvium" below. "Diluvium" was directed by Mirko Witzki (Kreator, Blind Guardian, Caliban) and further explores the album's celestial themes.

The band commented further on the concept: "With the title track of our new album we present you one of the most fast forward and brutal compositions Diluvium has to offer. The music video created by German Cinematographer Mirko Witzki shows the first part of a connected story relating to the band's long running four album cycle."

Additionally, Obscura will perform at select European festivals this summer including Vienna Metal Meeting, Amsterdam Metal Meeting and Summer Breeze Open Air. Stay tuned for more tour dates in the near future.

Diluvium physical packages are available via Relapse.com here, and digital downloads / streaming services here.

Recorded with longtime producer V. Santura (Triptykon, Pestilence) at Woodshed Studios in Landshut, Germany, Diluvium is a stunning achievement for the illustrious quartet and a landmark release for progressive metal as a whole. Complete with all the band's signature elements plus groundbreaking polyrhythms, dramatic songwriting, and jaw-dropping virtuosity, Obscura raise the bar once again with an album that will go down in the annals of metal history as one of the most astonishing performances the genre has to offer.  

Album art by Orion Landau.

Diluvium tracklisting:

"Clandestine Stars"
"Emergent Evolution"
"Diluvium"
"Mortification Of The Vulgar Sun"
"Ethereal Skies"
"Convergence"
"Ekpyrosis"
"The Seventh Aeon"
"The Conjuration"
"An Epilogue To Infinity"
"A Last Farewell" (Bonus Track)
 
"Diluvium" video:

Tour dates:

May
12 - Vienna, Austria - Vienna Metal Meeting 2018
19 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Amsterdam Metal Meeting 2018

August
15-18 - Dinkelsbuhl, Germany - Summer Breeze Open Air 2018

(Photo - Christian Martin Weiss)