Oblivion Clock

Oblivion Clock
EP by Virus
Released	1 December 2012 (2012-12-01)
Recorded	2001 – 2012 at various locations[1]
Genre	Avant-garde metal
Length	31:30
Label	Duplicate
Producer	Czral, Einar Sjursø, Bjeima
Virus chronology
The Agent That Shapes the Desert (2011) Oblivion Clock (2012) Memento Collider (2016)

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

Background

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

No.	Title	Length
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

Virus Einz — drums, cover art, production Czral — vocals, guitars, production Other staff Zweizz — lyrics (track 5)

Additional personnel Plenum — bass guitar (tracks 1, 5) Bård — bass guitar (track 7) Bjeima — bass guitar (tracks 2, 3, 6), keyboards, samples, production

References

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