RetributionTechnical metal for the sake of being technical? That certainly could be a fitting summary of Germany's fleet fingered metal act Obscura, who forgo anything resembling melody in favor of shredding and good old fashioned noise as evidenced throughout their debut album, Retribution, which was remastered reissued by Relapse Records in 2010 (with a few bonus tracks tacked on). Retribution remains one fierce beast full of so much stop start riffing that