Steffen Kummerer, mastermind of technical dying metallic band Obscura, has responded to the latest allegations of him stealing tune concepts and materials introduced by now former members of the band. The controversy stems from songs featured on the band’s forthcoming new album “A Sonication“, which is headed for a February 07th launch date.
Final week, former bassist Alex Weber got here ahead along with his issues of tune concepts he had introduced to Kummerer getting used on the group’s new single “Evenfall“. In response to Weber, Kummerer had given him assurances the concepts he introduced wouldn’t be utilized in gentle of Weber parting methods with the group.
Echoing the issues raised by Weber, former guitarist Christian Münzner alleged a wholly related state of affairs occurred to him. Münzner nonetheless remained extra aggressive his response, vowing to pursue authorized motion in opposition to Kummerer for the alleged theft.
In a brand new interview with Roadie Crew, Kummerer was requested concerning the state of affairs and replied:
“Oh, I believe there’s a whole lot of frustration concerned on this story. There’s a whole lot of pointless public slander happening proper now. That’s all I’ve to say. If I’ve an issue with somebody, I decide up the telephone and go and cope with it immediately with them, I’m not going to go on my social media and begin a ‘witch hunt’. I believe their intention was slightly completely different, they didn’t wish to remedy the ‘issues’. I discover that very unhappy, as a result of I labored with these guys for a very long time, and we ended up on a comparatively good notice.
I despatched the complete album, the ultimate product, instantly for them to take heed to; I’ve nothing to cover. Now I’m having to cope with somebody placing the complete marketing campaign for the brand new album on maintain, which could be very unhappy, however there’s nothing I can do about it. It’s already occurred, individuals have already shaped their opinions, nobody needs to listen to the opposite aspect of issues anymore, they don’t need my opinion. I’ll cope with it, I’ll resolve it, but it surely received’t be very good for them, that’s all I can say.
It’s unhappy as a result of it’s so pointless. These days, in the event you level issues out like that in public, it doesn’t look good for the individual pointing it out, it’s not a really mature method. In the long run, everybody loses. I’m not going to talk out, there’s not going to be an official assertion. I’ll speak to individuals immediately if it’s actually an issue, however up to now, nobody has come to me to attempt to remedy it immediately, and that’s the nice factor. Once more, I believe there’s a whole lot of frustration concerned in all this, and I’m going to cope with it, however alone phrases, not publicly.”