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The Obsessed is a Doom metal act. Their sound grew out of Saint Vitus, Pentagram and White Zombie. Those roots explain a lot about how The Obsessed arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Saint Vitus, Pentagram, The Gates of Slumber, Reverend Bizarre and Count Raven, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Eyehategod, Kyuss, Saint Vitus, Cathedral and Yob, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 23 connections around The Obsessed, reaching back through Saint Vitus and forward to Eyehategod. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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The Obsessed connections
The Obsessed grew out of Saint Vitus, Pentagram and White Zombie, shares an orbit with Saint Vitus, Pentagram, The Gates of Slumber and Reverend Bizarre, went on to shape Eyehategod, Kyuss, Saint Vitus and Cathedral. 23 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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