I absolutely love how still the crowd is. They have no idea what's going on. To see Gorguts in '98 must've blown minds.

@loboahriman7680

3 жыл бұрын

I can't imagine... this was completely out of left field.

@BunchesBundles77

2 жыл бұрын

2021 and it's STILL weird as fuck and I adore it all the more for it.

@chuckp342

2 жыл бұрын

Obscura was very avant-garde at the time. Nothing like their older stuff. Nonetheless, they were badass shows. I saw them quite a few times during that era.

@Bucket5978

2 жыл бұрын

I remember the really mind boggling thing was how tight they were amid all the chaos.

@pier-alexandrefortin6420

2 жыл бұрын

Crowd in 98 : What that goblins are doing with the neck of their guitar !

I played this for a music theory class and no one could even begin to process it. Sick performance here, a definite peak of Gorguts IMO their best lineup

@colins7771

8 ай бұрын

You must have an awesome class.

@hk-4738

6 ай бұрын

Based music teacher.

RIP Big Steve Hurdle. You're role in shaping the sound of Technical Death Metal will not be forgotten. Though no one could ever duplicate what you and Luc created with Obscura.

@lukerogers151

Жыл бұрын

You are role 😅

This literally destroys everything

@sirbattlecat

7 жыл бұрын

First time I heard this song was when I downloaded it from metal-rules.com on my 56k modem in the late 1990s. I was just getting into metal and didn't even know what blast beats were. I thought this was utter noise. Then I listened again 10-15 years later and my mind all but exploded. I could not believe the genius I was listening to.

@huguebouchard9673

6 жыл бұрын

tres bien dit

@lilly6986

6 жыл бұрын

Luis Witcher LOL

@lilly6986

6 жыл бұрын

Battle Cat its a fuckd up masterpiece of shit.

@rathernot3839

5 жыл бұрын

@@sirbattlecat I hate downloading music or streaming it I have about 400 CDs

I quite seriously believe this is the most creative use of tapping I've seen in my 10+ years of music-listening.

@maxmordon7295

2 жыл бұрын

It's such an authentic, weird, terrific way of executing the technique; I think it's even impossible for the most accurate player by ear to figure it out by just listening to it (or maybe after hundreds of attempts).

@emilioi-b2797

Жыл бұрын

I'm not saying they are better, but check out the white light by psyopus, amazing use of tapping, it's such a dissonant riff

The break at 2:36 always leaves me in awe. That sound, and the way they finger the fretboard. Just fucking amazing.

@bassmania84

Жыл бұрын

its literally my fav thing in all of metal. its extremely underrated and most people have no idea who horrifying it is

@colins7771

8 ай бұрын

me tooooo!

This album, "Obscura" is what King Crimson would've sounded like if they played death metal... killer music.

@DemonSlide

4 жыл бұрын

Well, Crimson did make "The ConstruKction of Light". While never as heavy or brutal it is pretty damn dissnonant, eerie and proggresive at times.

@pernauldthevisch5907

3 жыл бұрын

Demilich- Nespithe

@keepthemetalflowing

3 жыл бұрын

@@pernauldthevisch5907 excellent album and band, thanks for reminding me of that lol \m/

@pernauldthevisch5907

3 жыл бұрын

@@keepthemetalflowing yes! 🙌 if people can get past the vocals (which I've actually grown to love), it's a masterpiece!!

@Dogfood130

Жыл бұрын

@@DemonSlide FraKctured could almost fit in on Obscura.

Rush, Voivod, Gorguts, Annihilator, Exciter, Anvil, 3 Inches of Blood, Martyr, Strapping Young Lad, Kataklysm, Cauldron, Cryptopsy, Razor ect. Canada is great! Love from Texas USA!

@FockeWulfFW200

4 жыл бұрын

I would add Quo Vadis as well

@gb9884

3 жыл бұрын

Obliveon, DBC

@bobbyworrest8183

3 жыл бұрын

gorguts is king of all death metal, including canda

@michaelhz37

3 жыл бұрын

Where the fuck is slaughter, infernal majesty and sacrifice?

@TheHydraMaster

3 жыл бұрын

+ Blasphemy

I cant imagine sitting down and nailing this entire song on guitar and here we have these Gods playing, singing and head banging to it all as if it were a daily routine.

@opsec5400

8 жыл бұрын

+Vamsi I've managed to play this entire song but I can't headbang to it, it's very hard to concentrate on playing such a confusing and technical piece while headbanging. Oh yeah, and the vocals.

@FockeWulfFW200

4 жыл бұрын

I guess that's actually their daily routine, lol

@ugsdit5296

4 жыл бұрын

i mean if they play it on tour its is a daily routine

@maxmordon7295

2 жыл бұрын

Not even the greatest player by ear could figure it out (not easily in the slightest after as many times listening to it as one could try)... unless looking at the movements of the hands.

The vocals on this album are the most brutal vocals ever.

@ugsdit5296

4 жыл бұрын

this album in general is pretty fucking brutal

@gb9884

3 жыл бұрын

Luc does good vocals but those back up wailing old woman death vocals are terrible. They are annoying throughout the album. Thankfully they are not on from wisdom to hate.

@melbro7379

3 жыл бұрын

@@gb9884 those are the best part man

@jonathangrass5283

3 жыл бұрын

I agree, but I find even more brutal Antti Boman of Demilich in Nespithe

@noesunyoutuber7680

3 жыл бұрын

@@melbro7379 Exactly! Sounds like somebody retching up their fuckin' lungs, it's horrific.

My favorite Gorguts lineup, although Luc Lemay manages to make amazing music no matter who he works with.

This whole album is a really artful, thoughtful, painful ode to psychological anguish. Came out when I was 16 and was a godsend to me, mentally afflicted as I felt, and as obsessed as I was with technical death metal. Still love it.

@hk-4738

Жыл бұрын

When life gets a little too tough for me, I head out in the woods in the middle of the night and listen through _Obscura_ in its entirety. It's somehow rather... cathartic.

Those vocals from Steve are the most tortured vocals ever recorded...

I remember when this came out, nobody knew what to make of it tbh we were all trying to play catch up to them. a year of listening to this masterpiece and most of us still didn't get it entirely but listening to it was pretty magical if you were a fan

@sirbattlecat

8 жыл бұрын

+John Clock I remember downloading this song as an MP3 from metal-rules.com on my 56k modem. I didn't consider it music. What the fuck were people thinking listening to it? My taste in metal matured as the years passed and I gave it another listen about 10 years later and I almost fell out of my chair because my brain was so blown. Played on a good setup with good because it blows everything away.

@helicopter6845

8 жыл бұрын

That's exactly what happened to me lol. I finally got the high-end monitors and proper listening room, and whoa this fuckin rips!

@GruzMul080

4 жыл бұрын

same over here, my bass player gave me this album, sayin' this is something for you i guess.. he didnt understand what happened with gorguts style switch. 20 years later they suddenly see this was a masterpiece :)

@bobbyworrest8183

3 жыл бұрын

would have loved to been a death metal fan when this came out. I'm glad they basically did the same thing again with their last two releases (reinventing the genre). gorguts deserves all the praise they get.

@colins7771

3 жыл бұрын

You can see everyone in the audience has no fucking clue whats going on, just standing there hypnotized. Its awesome haha.

Steeve's face at 3:15 kills me every time! WE MISS YOU STEEVE

@henrywalton5967

3 жыл бұрын

Fucking brilliant haha

@alessandroxxo

3 жыл бұрын

aahahahah like an happy child

@IMN602

2 жыл бұрын

That right there, was probably the peak of his entire life, laying down some of the most insane brutal shit ever performed ... Didn't he suffer from depression? I know how that is , those moments where you just know your kicking ass and the band is locked in.. That's the face of a musical genius that has learned that he wasnt so worthless after all. I know this because I have gone thru the same thing in a band i was in not to long ago!

@IMN602

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks dude

@BlackSailPass_GuitarCovers

Жыл бұрын

OBSCURA! :D

This was a real pleasure to watch.

This is the hymn of lunacy, love it

@ElXad

7 жыл бұрын

I need new stuff of Lalito Rodriguez Project

@loboahriman7680

3 жыл бұрын

I felt the same way when I heard "carrionshine" for the first time. Like, this is what insanity sounds like.

Big Steve sounded like 2 people when he screamed

I'll never forget hanging with you guys on this tour. RIP big Steeve and Steve Mac.

No, it's so good that it bears no aesthetic relation to any other band and creates moments of anger, beauty, sadness, and nihilistic decay out of the most raucous, dissonant note choice possible. There are albums which are equal, such as Morbid Angel's masterwork Blessed Are the Sick, but not better. Truly one of the most inspiring, unique releases in metal music.

Can't imagine the cheer awe and discomfort the crow of 98'was hearing this monstrosity of chaos!!!...Luc and Steeve the best duo in extreme metal history!!

this is a whole gang of Steves here. lol

'Saw Obscura live in person, life now complete, can die free now'

@1:14 "POTATOES"

@Neterosan28

7 жыл бұрын

lmao

@Cittamatra

5 жыл бұрын

Hahahahaha

@IMN602

5 жыл бұрын

You mean 1:11 noob

@lamargent5434

5 жыл бұрын

Same for me

@warren2785

4 жыл бұрын

Logan Harris 1:12 noob and a half

The number of steves is too damn high!

@mrpman1990

8 жыл бұрын

haha never realised that

@Mephistel

7 жыл бұрын

new sub-genre called Steve Metal

I can see how they’ve influenced bands like Artificial Brain. When I first heard this album, I was confused. It sounded like they were playing while tuning their guitars in a weird rhythm. But as I listen I have realized that these guys are legit visionaries.

@maxmordon7295

2 жыл бұрын

Both the weirder tapping and the use of varied, non-traditional intervals (almost no fifths from what my ears tell me), I suspect, is what made them sound SO different and, off course, they made it work blissfully as just a bunch of musicians could.

Steve's vocals... Wow. Sounds just like the album. And the contrast between Luc and Steve with the vocal tone sounds sick too! Thank you Gorguts, the only band to ever reinvent the wheel, several times now.

This still blows my mind. All the upstrokes and pick slaps against the strings leave me speechless. So technical on another level

I don't blame the crowd for being still, it's probably pretty hard to find your feet when you've had your socks knocked off.

This is the most abrasive and most insane metal I ever heard, I am so happy about it because I always searched for a band like this and struck gold with them

Took me a few years to unpack this album. Now that I have, I can hardly fathom the sheer genius involved. This line-up struggled and suffered to get this thing made and, in doing so, immortalized themselves and changed the world of extreme music forever. How often can you make a statement like that about a metal band?

@bassmania84

Жыл бұрын

yea dude this album is not for all ears haha

Steeve Hurdle was such a badass

2:33, 3:33 = one of the heaviest riffs, ever. Of all time.

To change the sound of death metal in one album. A true masterpiece.

3:31 POTATOES!

remembering Steeve Hurdle, RIP...

steve cloutier is fucking amazing

Bet Roadrunner's pissed they dropped them now.

@Mizziri

9 жыл бұрын

***** Yeah. I wouldn't put it past the guy who kicked them off the label to be kicking himself right now though. Gorguts pretty much pulled a Meshuggah and invented a whole new genre.

Steeve, you look like you had been lost out in the woods eating bears in this video! Great footage. Love that most of the crowd is staring in disbelief as you guys were playing.

Gorguts in their Prime!

The fact that this album even exists blows my mind. But to see them absolutely fucking nail it live as well? This is too much........

We lost a great person, Steve. The music lives on!

My face melts every time I listen to this masterpiece!

Steve MacDonald invented "Shoulder Moeller".

Rest in peace Steve. I love your music

RIP Steeve, you were a genius, your influence lives on \m/

So much awesome.

Could you imagine watching this on mute, thinking you know what they're playing, and then unmite to hear this?!

Shit, this MUST be one of the best videos on KZread.

STEVE PURE ART RIP..

I love this video

i love steeve hurdle's voice. damn. this is awesome.

I saw Steve with Gorguts in 1998, I was 16 back then. I had never heard of Gorguts before that show...but after seeing them live, I was COMPLETELY blown away. R.I.P Steve

luc looks like the most angry canadian

@AwakenTheGuardian

7 жыл бұрын

GLC jonsan308 and he's still the nicest dude ever... 😂😂

@huguebouchard9673

6 жыл бұрын

all canadien look like that.

@joeyuzwa891

4 жыл бұрын

It’s because he’s from the French speaking part of Canada lol

@yomamsie4438

3 жыл бұрын

he's actually extremely nice in person, lol

Hurdle and Macdonald, what great musicians they were🤘

They knew. They knew that soon the world would understand these words: would live these words each and every day. Wtf is happening to the world? No one can answer. Everything is obscure. Only memories have clarity as we grasp for respite from the confusion seeking a dark stasis, a comfort of silence.

DUDE! Fucking awesome find! What a gem you have here man.

I've been listening this since my 14 years old and I keep don't understanding this!!!1

steeve looks like he's having fun. would have loved to have seen him play life if it weren't for his untimely demise. RIP Hurdle

I remember seeing this for the first time. RIP BIG STEEVE HURDLE!

steeve was awesome.. rip

Daaaaaamn ! Dem drums

Cool to see Luc wearing a Terrorizer shirt.

The drummer is probably one of the best metal has to offer! Dude keeps the whole thing going! Fucking amazing

Steeve ~ this entire set needs to be uploaded. The footage looks and sounds amazing. -rennie

Had no idea there were two singers on this album

R.I.P. Big man Steve Hurdle! 🤘

I saw them live for the second time last night. Divine riffs then and now.

We were fucking flabbergasted at school when this came out

To say this is badass feels like a robbery of wording. This is incredible!!!

The intensity is off the charts here

RIP Steeve Hurdle

Absolutely fuckin sick.

This is pummeling

I cannot believe how good this is

Clouded by the bliss obscura Covered by the frame of drama Intra limpidus obscura Limen ex nihilum... Opacitas Trux omnillustrare... Ex regnum de exsanguis Lux absentia, funditus Silenced, fragments of nostalgia Laments, frailty of the mind Bounded by the abyssal fence Light cleanses the internal sense Obscure feeling of immensity Black Opera, unio-mystica Vibrate, filter of emotions Filtrate, shapeless screen unfold Reverie, climate of energy Blackness, centre of whiteness Intra limpidus obscura Limen ex nihilum... Opacitas Trux omnillustrare... Ex regnum de exsanguis Lux absentia, funditus

@mgtowvalues

10 ай бұрын

Thank you for the lyrics. Yes, they knew. They knew that soon the world would understand these words: would live these words each and every day. Wtf is happening to the world? No one can answer. Everything is obscure.

i saw this tour, at the mason jar in PHX, it was epic!!! they killed it!

You know I saw these guys a couple days in a local bar outside of Detroit and they were absolutely amazing and I got to chat with Luc for a minute and he was such a cool guy!

This is simply fascinating !!, brutal !!

2:34 nothing ever before this moment, anywhere on earth in all of time had EVER been THAT FUCKING BRUTAL .. Until this moment in time.. Holy fuck

The glory days that I wish to attended ..

This whole show needs remastered and put out.

saw this tour at the reverb in Toronto it was the 1st time seeing a rediculously well played set by 4 nutty musicians I was awe struck by the intensity of it all I wonder what happened to cloutier

Total brutal insanity, I like!

OBSCURE FEELING OF IMMENSITY BLACK OPERA UNIO MYSTICAAAA

I was at this show

Holy hell. I'm glad I wasn't there, my head would've exploded 😳

I feel like if I tried to headbang to this, I would break my neck

Badass terrorizer shirt and performance!

FUNDITUUUS! Awesome video.

Damn. Epic

Really interesting how many upstrokes they're playing.

this is insane

AMAZING!! That is possibly the weakest crowd considering the brilliance they are witnessing!

Mick foley killing it

RIP Steeve and Steve!

This is probably what Jimi Hendrix sounded like in 1966

Titanesque Luc Lemay.

OH MY GOD!

Gorguts kick ass