Lovingly pinched from The Obelisk: Burning Sea of Green, the sophomore outing from intercontinental troupe Obskuria released through World in Sound, is a two-fold mood piece, and by that I mean that not only does the record evoke a particular atmosphere throughout, but it also requires a certain mindset on the part of the listener to be at its highest potency.

The band features members of Peru's La Ira de Dios and a seemingly shifting cast of German and American contributors, making for a widely varied listen throughout Burning Sea of Green, the vocals of Murielle Stadelmann giving multiple album highlight performances on "Memories of Mysteria", "Somewhere", the extended closing title track and a surprise cover of Slayer's "Black Magic", presented here as a soulful chuck of garage psychedelia.

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(Special thanks to JJ Koczan for the very kind permission)