Steffen Kummerer of Obscura Addresses Accusations of Riff Theft by Former Members

Steffen Kummerer, the driving force behind technical death metal band Obscura, has addressed allegations made by former band members accusing him of stealing song ideas for the band’s upcoming album, A Sonication, set to release on February 7th.

The controversy surfaced last week when former bassist Alex Weber accused Kummerer of using song ideas from their collaborative sessions in the band’s latest single, “Evenfall,” despite assurances they wouldn’t be used following Weber’s departure.

Former guitarist Christian Münzner echoed these claims, alleging a similar situation regarding his contributions. Münzner has taken a firmer stance, stating his intention to pursue legal action against Kummerer for the alleged theft.

In a recent interview with Roadie Crew, Steffen Kummerer was asked about the allegations surrounding the band’s upcoming album. He responded:

“Oh, I think there’s a lot of frustration involved in this story. There’s a lot of unnecessary public slander going on right now. That’s all I have to say. If I have a problem with someone, I pick up the phone and go and deal with it directly with them, I’m not going to go on my social media and start a ‘witch hunt’. I think their intention was a little different, they didn’t want to solve the ‘problems’. I find that very sad, because I worked with those guys for a long time, and we ended up on a relatively good note.

I sent the entire album, the final product, right away for them to listen to; I have nothing to hide. Now I’m having to deal with someone putting the entire campaign for the new album on hold, which is very sad, but there’s nothing I can do about it. It’s already happened, people have already formed their opinions, no one wants to hear the other side of things anymore, they don’t want my opinion. I’ll deal with it, I’ll resolve it, but it won’t be very nice for them, that’s all I can say.

It’s sad because it’s so unnecessary. Nowadays, if you point things out like that in public, it doesn’t look good for the person pointing it out, it’s not a very mature approach. In the end, everyone loses. I’m not going to speak out, there’s not going to be an official statement. I’ll talk to people directly if it’s really a problem, but so far, no one has come to me to try to solve it directly, and that’s the good thing. Again, I think there’s a lot of frustration involved in all this, and I’m going to deal with it, but on my own terms, not publicly.”

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