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Quebec (CA) Death Metal trio OBVURT will release debut EP The Beginning March 31 on Brutal Mind. A lyric video for EP track "The First Light" was just released and is available below:
Initially, OBVURT was a solo project created by Philippe Drouin. In 2016 he was victim of a car accident, which injured his right wrist and prevented him from playing the guitar. Despite undergoing multiple medical operations, Philippe was not able to get his dexterity back. Even when facing adversity, he refused to give up on himself or on the guitar skills he had been perfecting for 15 years.
In 2018, he decided to buy a left-handed guitar, despite being right handed. With the help of Michael Angelo Batio, and because he kept practicing, Phil was able to come up with his very first songs.
OBVURT was formed in 2020 in Québec. Band members are: Philippe Drouin
(EX-UNBREAKABLE HATRED, EX-VITIATED), Olivier Pinard (CATTLE DECAPITATION, CRYPTOPSY) and Samuel Santiago (AGONY, EX-GOROD). Philippe was the one who came up with the name OBVURT, which relates to his particular turn of fate. OBVURT stands for Obvert (to oppose) and Hurt (to wound). In august 2020 the band recorded their first EP, The Beginning, with Christian Donaldson (CRYPTOPSY) at The Grid Productions.
A quarantine playthrough video for EP track "Obverted," featuring a guest guitar solo from Michael Angelo Batio, was released previously and can be viewed below:
Track Listing:
1. Prelude Dm
2. Osteophyte
3. The First Light
4. Obverted*
5. Scars of War
6. The End
*Guest guitar solo by Michael Angelo Batio
Album Credits:
Produced by Christian Donaldson
Co-produced by Obvurt
Engineered by Christian Donaldson
Assistant Engineer Marco fréchette
Mastered by Christian Donaldson at The Grid, Montreal, QC
Produced at Grid Productions, Pointe- Aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada
Layout and Artwork by Jon Zig
Pre-order:
Bandcamp: brutalmind.bandcamp.com/album/the-beginning
Brutal Mind Store: https://tinyurl.com/y5sfa523
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Philippe Drouin - Guitars/Vocals
Olivier Pinard - Bass
Samuel Santiago - Drums
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Obvurt was formed in 2020 in Québec, Canada.
Band members are: Philippe Drouin (Unbreakable Hatred), Olivier Pinard (Cattle Decapitation, Cryptopsy) and Samuel Santiago ( ex: First Fragment, Gorod).
Philippe was the one who came up with the name OBVURT which relates to his particular turn of fate.
OBVURT stands for Obvert (to oppose) and Hurt (to wound).
In the summer of 2020, the band assembled after working from home for months.
They recorded their first EP THE BEGINNING in August with the help of sound engineer Chris Donalson (Cryptopsy) from THE GRID studio in Montreal.
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The Beginning - (EP) 2021
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Death Metal
Canada
