Obscura
by Gorguts

Album
Obscura by Gorguts
Year: 1998
Release date: 1998-06-23
Overall rank: 3,920th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 92 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1998 (65th)
Award Top albums of of the 1990s (642nd)
Award Best albums of all time (3,920th)

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Obscura is ranked as the best album by Gorguts.

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Overall rank: 3,920th | 1990s rank: 642nd | 1998 rank: 65th  Overall chart history
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 !		08/06/2026 16:52 mizzle  Ratings distribution  1,55882/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.1/100, a mean average of 74.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.3.


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Obscura forum mentions

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From BestEverAlbums 07/02/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5361): By deadhouse
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by ) 1. by (1970) 2. by by (1965) 4. (1980) 5. by by (1967) 7. by (1959) 8. by by (1985) 10. by (1967) 12. by (1971) 13. by (1959) 14. by (1970) 15. by (1968) 16. by by (1979) 19. by (1966) 20. by (1969) 21. by (1960) 22. by (1959) 23. by…”
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From Anti 02/10/2024 22:21 in The Great Revisitation Project: 2023-24 Edition
“February 9, 2024 ◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈ ◈◈◈◈◈ Obscura is one of those albums where I can’t listen to anything else after playing it through its entirety because my mind just got pummeled. 60 minutes of very dissonant death metal that, while does have some slower parts, is relentless with…”
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From Mercury 06/11/2023 19:33 in Greatest Metal According to Gowi/LedZep/Repo/Rocky and I!
“Okay, the ballots are in. The votes are cast. Me and LedZep and Gowi and Repo and RockyRaccoon all made top 100 Fave metal albums charts in recent weeks. They are all cool. And they have all been tabulated. Note to those who made these charts, thanks agaon! They are awesome and have given me lots…”
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From 04/03/2014 17:56 | #108397 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
I remember describing my first experience with Obscura as "tearing apart my brain and putting it back together", it's a special record.
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From 05/13/2010 13:56 | #11679 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Usually death metal doesn't appeal to me. This album, however just tweaked my attention. I heard about it's musical complexities and gave it a listen. I was not disappointed. Yeah if you're not accustomed to listening to this type of stuff, it's a tough runner, but if you give it the chance it's truly beautiful.
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From 03/30/2015 21:53 | #138271 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
The playing on this album is just off the charts. There are some incredibly complex arrangements on here, and it's insanely heavy to boot. A favourite of mine from the death metal genre.
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From 07/14/2017 08:29 | #194261 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Easily one of the most technically dissonant records ever released. And that's why it's so fucken good!
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From 01/24/2018 20:14 | #206446 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
This is the first metal album I've ever listened to, so there's absolutely no frame of reference, but I really like what I'm hearing. I've always had a thing for dissonance, so obviously "Obscura" is right up my street, but I also appreciate the technical proficiency on display here as well as the transporting lyricism. It's a behemoth for sure.
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