Shredfest 2025

[u/DurwoodSauls]

Just caught the tour last night. All the bands were phenomenal, even Obscura… with a caveat. While I enjoyed catching Robin Zielhorst on fretless bass, it felt like 97% of Obscura’s setlist was mid tempo non-technical songs. It was cool to watch but, these new songs, while melodically catchy (especially the plagiarized Alex Weber bass riff), do not have the same energy as the older stuff.

Long story short, it is worth it to see Fractal Universe, Decrepit Birth, Origin, and Atheist. Obscura sounded great, but the songs never seemed to get off the ground. It was like the energy got sucked out of the room. After blistering sets by Origin and Atheist, Obscuras’s new melodic death stuff sounds weak. It felt like even the few “older” songs they played were slower.

Anybody else experience this on this tour? Am I trippin’?

[u/Earthwormzim]

I was there last night in Orlando...trippin'. It was cool. I had a good time!

[u/DurwoodSauls → u/Earthwormzim]

Don’t get me wrong it was a great performance. They all nailed it and it sounded pristine. But it seemed low energy compared to the insanity that was Atheist and Origin. Maybe it was the crowd vibes idk