I hear that. Obscura had a bit of that "i don't know how anyone pulled this off, but i do know that no one will ever pull it off again" sort of vibe to it for me. I would be more surprised if they or anyone else could get anywhere near that again. Which is why i found Ulcerate's last couple records to be so interesting, i guess, because they are doing something similar and i come away with a somewhat similar feeling from the listening, even though, the production and songs aren't really the same at all. Just something hard-to-place, about the songs, the sounds, the way they combine.

It was much more than a technical ability thing. There was just something amazing and different about how Obscura fit together and worked. Like the sounds were not a direct result of what anybody was playing or singing, just a related side effect or altered echo. That is absolutely a record that i never want to learn how to play any of. It sits in a magical space in my brain, where the sounds just are. I know how enough cool sounding things work, i like Obscura to largely remain an unknown, as if it was made by supernatural means or something.