Edinburgh’s masked metalcore outlier OBELISK will release his debut album Brushed By Darkness on Friday 12th December. Ahead of its arrival, he’s unveiled a powerful new single and video, Set Me Free. Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVGCPWonZgg , and listen in via: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1Efeb29eqPN5LLALBnjvUw .
OBELISK is a one-man force: anonymous, self-produced, and entirely hands-on. Every riff, lyric, and layer comes from him alone. His music leans into instinct and emotion, building something that feels raw, personal, and strangely intimate for such a heavy sound.
He first surfaced in 2024 with the brooding single Stardust Cycle, followed by Where Do You End? and Tragically Designed. Those early tracks caught attention for their chaotic energy and deliberate songwriting, quickly pulling him into the alt-metal conversation. Each release added a little more presence, showing an artist who isn’t afraid to push himself deeper into the shadows he writes from.
Inspired by the likes of Sleep Token, Green Day, Bring Me The Horizon, and Electric Callboy, Brushed By Darkness doesn’t sit neatly in one lane. It shifts between moods and styles, exploring themes of isolation, unrest, and the messy, often unspoken side of creativity. It’s as much a personal release as it is a shout to anyone who’s ever felt stuck inside their own head.
OBELISK’s music hits like a mix of confession and confrontation—vulnerable one moment, furious the next. Nothing here feels accidental. Brushed By Darkness marks the true beginning of OBELISK’s story: unfiltered, determined, and impossible to ignore.
Track listing:
1: Slifer the executive producer
2: Where Do you End?
3: Karmaeleon
4: Working Class Zero
5: Stardust Cycle
6: Tragically Designed
7: Have You Ever Seen The Sunset, at 3pm?
8: Set Me Free
9: Plaything
10: Smiling Politely
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