Omnivium is the third studio album released by German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 death metal

Death metal

Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....

 band Obscura

Obscura (band)

-History:Obscura was founded in 2002 by Steffen Kummerer. The band was named after the Gorguts album Obscura. In 2006 Obscura self-released their debut album Retribution and toured alongside Suffocation within Europe. A European headlining tour through East and South Europe followed in 2007...

. The album was recorded at Woodshed Studio in southern, Germany with engineer V. Santura. The album is set for release by Relapse Records

Relapse Records

Relapse Records is an independent record label based in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. It was founded by Matthew F. Jacobson in 1990.-History:The label was started by Matthew F. Jacobson in August, 1990 in his parents' basement in Aurora, Colorado...

 on March 29, 2011.

The album is based on Friedrich Schelling's "On Nature's Connection to the Spirit World".

Obscura Released the track "Septuagint" to the public on January 19, 2011.

The album will have a limited edition which includes exclusive bonus track "Concerto", embroidered Obscura patch, guitar pick, and an album cover sticker.

The second song from Omnivium, "Vortex Omnivium", was released to the public on February 24, 2011.

Omnivium debuted at #11 on the USA's Top Heatseekers

Top Heatseekers

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 chart and at #14 on Germany's Media Control Newcomer chart.

Track listing

All lyrics by Steffen Kummerer.

Personnel

• Steffen Kummerer
  Steffen Kummerer
  Steffen Kummerer is a German guitarist and vocalist who founded German progressive/technical death metal band Obscura and black/death metal band Thulcandra.-Early life:Steffen Kummerer was born on the 1st of June 1985...
  
   - guitar, vocals
• Christian Muenzner
  Christian Müenzner
  Christian Muenzner is a German metal guitarist, best known for playing for technical death metal band Necrophagist from 2002 until 2006, appearing on their 2004 release Epitaph. Prior to being in Necrophagist, he was in the German death metal act Defeated Sanity, featuring on their debut promo,...
  
   − lead guitar
• Jeroen Paul Thesseling
  Jeroen Paul Thesseling
  Jeroen Paul Thesseling is a Dutch fretless bass player, most famous for his work in German death metal band Obscura and Dutch death metal band Pestilence.. He is currently active in Pestilence and his fusion-metal project Nufutic.-Biography:...
  
   − fretless bass
• Hannes Grossmann
  Hannes Grossmann
  Hannes Grossmann is a German drummer who plays for German death metal band Obscura and US technical extreme metal band Blotted Science. His drumming is also heard on the Necrophagist album "Epitaph".-Early life:...
  
   - drums
• Tommy Talamanca
  Tommy Talamanca
  Tommy Talamanca is an Italian guitar virtuoso, keyboard player, and a sound engineer & producer, most famous for his work in Italian death metal band Sadist.-Biography:...
  
   (Sadist
  Sadist (band)
  Sadist is a progressive death metal band from Genoa, Italy, founded in 1991. The band split up in 2000 after releasing their Lego album, but reunited in 2005 and released their self-titled album in 2007. Their compositions involve a heavy usage of guitar solos and keyboard solos, with progressive,...
  
  , Nufutic) - guest guitar solo on "Euclidean Elements"
• Morean (Dark Fortress
  Dark Fortress
  Dark Fortress is a black metal band from Landshut, Germany, formed in 1994. They have released six studio albums, a split album and a demo album.-Early:...
  
  ) - guest keyboard solo on "Velocity"