Kummerer spent the ensuing years composing the songs that would comprise Obscura's 2006 debut album, Retribution, bypassing the traditional extreme metal process of distributing demos and performing in clubs along the way. Even his supporting cast during the album sessions -- guitarist Markus Lempsch, bassist Jonas Fischer, and drummer Jonas Baumgartl -- were merely hired guns who would be subsequently dispensed with after its independent release to widespread rave reviews -- so raving, in fact, that Kummerer and his pet project quickly became the objects of a metal label bidding war before signing with the highly respected Relapse Records for the release of the Obscura's second album, Cosmogenesis. This too met with overwhelmingly positive response within the metal community, and benefited from a new lineup of virtuosos including guitarist Christian Münzner and drummer Hannes Grossman, formerly of respected German techno-deathsters Necrophagist, plus legendary Pestilence bassist Jeroen Paul Thesseling.

Two more albums followed in 2011 (Omnivium) and 2012 (Illegimitation) before even more lineup changes transfromed the band's sound. Bassist Linus Klausenitzer replaced Thesseling in late 2011, drummer Sebastian Lanser joined for a 2014 tour, and young jazz guitarist Rafael Trujillo was recruited in 2015. The band's first recorded date with this roster was Akróasis in early 2016. ~ Eduardo Rivadavia