Obsession

Don't know if this band has been discussed here but if not - here we ago?

What do you guys think of the US metal legends Obsession? I love Mike Vescera as a vocalist and his take on Judas Priest-style metal in Obsession is amazing. Love the two first records - classic metal to the bone. Lot's of great headbangers and an amazing performance by Vescera.

Anyone heard their new album? What is that one like?

On a sidenote - what is the status of the Metal Mayhem reissues of Obsession material? I heard those are treated as bootlegs by the band - their myspace even says not to buy anything with the Metal Mayhem logo on it. Anybody has any info on that? I would love to know if I'm buying a bootleg before I invest heard-earned cash into it...

My Line Of Fire guitar player has the Metal Mayhem reissues...they look and sound good...they probably just did it without contacting the band...but they're not "bootleg" in the way that they look or sound bad...

Love Obsession and about everything Mike Vescera has sung on.Great Vocalist!

"Methods to Madness" was excellent.

I bought their reunion album and didn't like it at all.

I have their first EP and the two full length albums that followed and like them all.

I like Obsession, too! Good stuff!

The first 2.5 albums were a BIG part of the soundtrack to my youth. Scarred for Life, plus Exxplorer - Symphonies of Steel, Zoetrope - Amnesty, Thor - Only the Strong, and the first 2 Tokyo Blade got played daily for a long time!!

Their last album is killer too, but my fave will be always SCARRED FOR LIFE

I'd say the aforementioned reissues are not bootlegs (sites which are legitimate carry them), but the band was probably screwed over by the record label, from the sounds of things. I recall reading that was why Suicidal Tendencies re-recorded their debut.

Scarred For Life and Methods Of Madness are both great albums. I never got to see Obsession live but did see Mike sing with Loudness on the Soldier Of Fortune tour.

I got into Obsession a couple of years ago. I picked up their ep and all of their studio albums. Great band fronted by one of the best singers in the history of heavy metal

Obsession is a band I have on my want list but haven't gotten any yet. I will eventually but there are so many other releases I'd like to pick up first and close out those discographies.

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Scarred For Life and Methods Of Madness are both great albums. I never got to see Obsession live but did see Mike sing with Loudness on the Soldier Of Fortune tour.

What do you think of the albums they made since they reformed, Carnival of Lies and Order of Chaos? I dig them both.