This is their best song:

Some great TDM released this year.

Obscura (Gorguts album) > Obscura (death metal band)

I found the Gorguts album too bizarre and technical for my liking. There's a point where too much technicality is too much.

All I know is Obscura definitely needs to put out an album called Gorguts, for symmetry's sake.

That would get so confusing.
Obscura - Gorguts
Gorguts - Obscura

I sorta agree. I dig the Gorguts album, but it's kinda inaccessible at first. Obscura is just ace though.

That's part of what the Gorguts album is going for. It is not something that most can fully grasp on the first go and demands repeat listens to really appreciate. First time hearing it, it is weirdo and chaotic, all over the place.. which is something in it's favor. It is basically like Captain Beefheart going towards Death metal. It is more of a musicians album I think, casual listeners won't get it, but those with an understanding of theory would have a better chance with it.

It sticks out like a sore thumb in Gorguts discography, it is challenging and it is at times over the top technically, but it is experimental and interesting.

I can see how it divides listeners though, seems to be no middle ground, you either love it or hate it with no in between.

But I do not think it can be judged on techincal aspect alone for why it is unlistenable.. especially in the context of the band Obscura or Technical Death metal at all. Virtually all TDM is just wankery. Look at say The Faceless, who I think are dreadful and cliche and predictable in all senses. That is techincal wankery for the sake of being techincal, but without being interesting. Obscura (album) on the other hand is technical, but it has character behind it unlike the majority of Techincal DM bands out there.

I said I sorta agree. It's growing on me, and I appreciate it's bizarre schizophrenic weirdness, and how the vocals have this unhinged quality to them that really goes with the music, but's it's still sorta unapproachable to me at this point.

it grabbed my attention from the get-go, i love it on first listen

then again, i've been weaned on pretty difficult stuff