Oblivion Clock is an EP by the Norwegian avant-garde metal band Virus. It was released on 1 December 2012 by Duplicate Records.

Oblivion Clock
EP by
Released1 December 2012 (2012-12-01)
Recorded2001 – 2012 at various locations[1]
GenreAvant-garde metal
Length31:30
LabelDuplicate
ProducerCzral, Einar Sjursø, Bjeima
Virus chronology
The Agent That Shapes the Desert
(2011)
Oblivion Clock
(2012)
Memento Collider
(2016)

Background

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The working title of Oblivion Clock was Flux the Fluent. It was recorded at various locations in a period of eleven years; the work on the EP began as far as 2001 and it was finished by the end of 2012.[1]

This was the band's last album with the session bassist and keyboardist Bjeima. Additional session bassists on the album were Plenum, who at the time was an ex-member of Virus, and Bård Ingebrigtsen. Cover art for EP was made by the band's drummer Einar Sjursø.

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."Oblivion Clock"5:47
2."Inverted Escape"4:04
3."The Pull of the Crater"5:16
4."Gaslight Exit" (instrumental)3:13
5."Saturday Night Virus"4:17
6."Seen in the Sediments"5:42
7."Shutout (The Walker Brothers cover)"3:11
Total length:31:30

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ a b Virus – Oblivion Clock at metal-archives.com Retrieved on 6 August 2016