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Obscura

A German Technical death metal band consisting of:

Steffen Kummerer - Guitar/vocals
Christian Muenzer - Guitar
Jeroen Paul Thesseling - Bass Guitar
Hannes Grossmann - Drums

They have released three albums; Retribution, Cosmogenesis and most recently Omnivium.

WARNING: Premature exposure to this level of metal may result in; a melted face, radiation poisoning, insanity or deafness
Person A: "hey could you reccommend a good song by Obscura?

Person B: Why certaintly, A good place to start would be Universe Momentum
by metal sandwich October 8, 2011
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obscurist

A person who likes unknown music but is not as pretentious as a hipster.
Guy 1: Dude, that guy listens to the most unknown bands.
Guy 2: Is he a hipster?
Guy 1: No, he doesn't think he is better than us so he is an obscurist.
by juancarloselpresidente February 18, 2012
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Indie Obscurity Laws

Indie Obscurity Laws (also known as IOLs) are the laws that help indie kids choose their music.

1. Band must be heard of by NOBODY.
2. When heard of by - even by just one person - they are considered mainstream and no good.
3. If ever played on the radio, the band is no longer indie and must be called "overplayed" or "overrated".
4. Must have a ridiculous name (preferably something foreign) like Leidaek, or The Fisher's Leaf, or even Killing All Pigeons.
5. Does not have to be real music. Can be random videogame noises and mumbling.
6. Anybody who doesn't follow these strict laws, has awful, mainstream, commercialized music taste.
Person: Oh, yeah. I like Metro Station, Forever the Sickest Kids, and Owl City.

Indie: Omg. Ur music taste is the most overplayed, unoriginal, crappy taste ever. Go die in a hole or listen to some decent music like -insert indie band name here-.

Person: Wow. You must follow the Indie Obscurity Laws religously.

Indie: Hellz yeah. God forbid me listen to the mainstream crap that you listen to. Idiot.
by JDizzleHomez August 24, 2009
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obscurium

Hardcore pornography fettish involving participants in marmite then licking each other's nipples
You wanna' cum to my "obscurium" dungeon?!
by Obscurium May 8, 2017
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Obscurial

A duragatory term for people who are nonbinary.
Erza Miller is a full on Obscurial.
by King Beartic October 13, 2022
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Music obscurist

An obscure music listener who pretty much judges music by their obscurity than the actual music. Try going on sites like Sputnikmusic.com, last.fm, rateyourmusic or something like that or even youtube, and there will be some obscurists there. Usually they deny that fact that they are an obscurist and get batshit insane if you point it out. They may say they listen to whatever approves to their ears. However, often you'll notice that depending on what site they're on, if you look on their playlists on youtube or scrobbles on last.fm, everything there is ultra obscure music that hasn't made even 5 sells yet. Some will also point out the "true" and "false" of genres. Anything they like,they say is automatically underground,even if it has been famous before. Anything they hate, regardless of the popularity, they call mainstream or "hipster faggotry". Some people sometimes call these people "music elitists". However, they aren't necessarily elitists for this. They definitely are purists though. Some will say that all punk rock must be underground otherwise it's "poser punk", despite that the Ramones, the Clash and Sex Pistols were really popular, and even the Ramones are still famous today. Even a lot of punk bands have appeared on Guitar Hero so thus, that's completely stupid to think.
Normal guy: Hey, I heard you like metal music. You like Megadeth or Pantera or even Job for a Cowboy?
Music Obscurist: You're a fucking poser! Job for a Cowboy?! They are a bunch of posers! And you can't even name any real metal band besides the very famous and legendary ones. Listen to REAL metal if you want to be a real metalhead! Like Unbidden, Murder Reconstruction, Brain Drill, Anaya, Misery Index, etc.
by e9d8e2yh9d8yd92 July 26, 2013
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obscurism

The practice of peppering daily life with obscure references (forgotten films, dead TV stars, unpopular book, defunct countries, etc.) as a subliminal means of showcasing one's education and one's wish to disassociate from the world of mass culture.
Jill has become such a master in obscurism that no one even knows what she's talking about anymore.
by Here's Your Definition March 7, 2016
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