Obscura is at Photo City Music Hall in Rochester on March 26. If you are into technical death metal — and I mean actually into it, not just wearing the shirt — this is one of the tightest live bands working in the genre right now. The German four-piece plays with a level of precision that borders on clinical, except the songs still hit like a wall when they need to.
Photo City is becoming a reliable stop for heavier touring acts passing through the Finger Lakes, and a Thursday night death metal show in a room this size is exactly the kind of booking that makes Rochester’s music scene worth paying attention to. The sound at Photo City handles distortion well, which matters when the guitars are tuned this low.
Tickets are available through SeatGeek. Doors at 7:00 PM. Bring earplugs if you value your hearing. Leave them in your pocket if you do not.