Draft:Nailed to Obscurity

Nailed to Obscurity
Nailed to Obscurity
Background information
Origin	Esens, Lower Saxony, Germany
Genres	Death metal;
Years active	2005–present
Labels	Nuclear Blast (present);
Members	Volker Dieken; Jan-Ole Lamberti; Jann Hillrichs; Raimund Ennenga; Lutz Neemann;
Website	[1]

Nailed to Obscurity is a German death metal band from Esens.^[1]

History

The band was founded in 2005 by the two guitarists Jan-Ole Lamberti and Volker Dieken in Esens (East Frisia / Lower Saxony). After a short time and only a few initial rehearsals, the original singer Frank Busker was replaced by Alexander Dirks. A short time later, Jann Hillrichs joined the band and replaced Saverio Girolamo on drums. Carsten Schorn, who replaced the original bassist Wilko Fimmen, joined the band immediately before the recording of the first album.

In 2007, the first full album Abyss... was produced in the Soundlodge Studio by Jörg Uken. In 2012, the band parted ways with long-time singer Alexander Dirks. On September 20, 2013, the album Opaque was released on Apostasy Records, where the band had been under contract since that year. It was the first album with Raimund Ennenga as singer. Opaque was produced together with Lasse Lammert in the LSD Studio; the artwork was by Ben Borucki.

On February 3, 2017, the band released their album King Delusion, which, like its predecessor, was also released via Apostasy Records. It was produced by V. Santura in the Woodshed Studio in Landshut, Bavaria. The artwork was by the Argentinian painter and artist Santiago Caruso.

In 2018, the band signed a record deal with Nuclear Blast and released their most successful album to date, Black Frost, on January 11, 2019, which reached number 37 in the German album charts. The album was again produced by V. Santura and the artwork was again created by Santiago Caruso.