NewsJanuary 14, 2025 6:38 PM ET2,950 views

Obscura face further allegations of stealing riffs

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Obscura are in even more hot water as additional allegations of stealing riffs have surfaced. Primary songwriter Steffen Kummerer has  previously been accused by former bassist Alex Webber of stealing riff ideas for their upcoming album A Sonication.  

Now, former guitarist Christian Münzner, who left the band in 2024, has relayed similar complaints:

 just heard more of the new Obscura. There are riffs I had written and was guaranteed would not be used, and they are being used 1:1, note for note, stolen, copied, as well as entire song structures. Mr. Tech Death Genius strikes again I would say. If Nuclear Blast releases this they are thiefs as well. I will not let this slide and explore every legal avanue. There are limits to how much shit we should tolerate. These songs were intended for a solo EP I was planning to do after the Obscura split, now I can not do this anymore. This can not go on. Especially if we "agree to disagree" because of creative differences and then you use other peoples work, after you say we are not on the same page what we want musically?

 




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