After many line up changes, including key members departing, Steffen Kummerer has gone on the record to state that he will be changing the name of Obscura to Obsolete.

This is crazy. Literally nobody can stay in this band with Steffen for more than 9 years...

Is this a belated April fools? Moving from Obscura to Obsidious? Seriously? That said it's not like it's a new thing for the band to happen... Klausenitzer played with a bunch of former members in other projects as well.

I don't think anyone has real beef with Kummerer, cause they always talk nicely about him as far as I've seen.

Written by SatanicBlood on 22.04.2020 at 18:39

After many line up changes, including key members departing, Steffen Kummerer has gone on the record to state that he will be changing the name of Obscura to Obsolete.

He's gonna pull a Chuck Schuldiner.

Written by Maco on 22.04.2020 at 20:54

Written by SatanicBlood on 22.04.2020 at 18:39

After many line up changes, including key members departing, Steffen Kummerer has gone on the record to state that he will be changing the name of Obscura to Obsolete.

He's gonna pull a Chuck Schuldiner.

Die and have other people play his music?

Written by Desha on 22.04.2020 at 19:44

I don't think anyone has real beef with Kummerer, cause they always talk nicely about him as far as I've seen.

Eh, I'm not so sure, dude. My money is on him being the problem. Didn't you hear about what happened between him and Fountainhead after Akroasis?

Bring back Grossman, Thesseling, and Munzer

Written by Traezeus on 22.04.2020 at 21:57

Eh, I'm not so sure, dude. My money is on him being the problem. Didn't you hear about what happened between him and Fountainhead after Akroasis?

Exactly. Let's be sure not to misinterpret political correctness as niceness... they are, after all, professional musicians...

If I remember correctly, Tom Geldschläger left the band on the same differences these 3 main members may have quit -- Kummerer really hold them musically. Perhaps why he ended up destroying 2 bands in 10 yrs.

Written by Traezeus on 22.04.2020 at 21:57

Eh, I'm not so sure, dude. My money is on him being the problem. Didn't you hear about what happened between him and Fountainhead after Akroasis?

Oh I don't doubt that he's the problem, just that it's a serious problem, not just some disagreements. And no I didn't hear about that.

Maybe he can go solo and just do his own thing? You can use session/live/guest musicians if you're always parting ways due to differences xD
Oh who am I kidding... Obsidious part was hilarious, specially when you know it kinda means obsessional. Are we sure this is not a joke?

Obscura is almost as much a solo project for Steffan as it is for Michael's Opeth and was for Chuck's Death. I don't see this as a big problem unless he completely veers the sound away from their core.

Written by Desha on 23.04.2020 at 10:45

Oh I don't doubt that he's the problem, just that it's a serious problem, not just some disagreements. And no I didn't hear about that.

Just do a quick Google search for "fountainhead kummerer" and you'll see some interesting articles. Regardless, I believe Kummerer to be the reason behind all the departures over the last few years. I'm not saying anyone is in the right or wrong, being that we don't have the full story, but there's something clearly going on behind the scenes here.

Written by gavdann on 24.04.2020 at 16:55

Obscura is almost as much a solo project for Steffan as it is for Michael's Opeth and was for Chuck's Death. I don't see this as a big problem unless he completely veers the sound away from their core.

I don't disagree with this. Diluvium was a solid release from them so I don't have any doubts with Kummerer's writing ability. I'm just glad Muenzner, Grossman, and Klausenitzer still play together in other projects.

Written by Traezeus on 24.04.2020 at 20:31

Just do a quick Google search for "fountainhead kummerer" and you'll see some interesting articles. Regardless, I believe Kummerer to be the reason behind all the departures over the last few years. I'm not saying anyone is in the right or wrong, being that we don't have the full story, but there's something clearly going on behind the scenes here.

I did and it's kind of ambiguous to me (a lot of dead links to "proof" too), but yeah it definitely seems like Kummerer is pretty full of himself. No news there though I guess.