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Michael Vescera
Michael Vescera
American singer
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Helstar
Helstar
band
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Bitch (band)
Bitch (band)
American band
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Savage Grace (metal band)
Savage Grace (metal band)
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Omen
Omen
American heavy metal band
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Scanner
Scanner
German power metal band
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Oz
Oz
Finnish heavy metal band
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Cirith Ungol
Cirith Ungol
Californian heavy metal band
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Tokyo Blade
Tokyo Blade
English heavy metal band
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Nasty Savage
Nasty Savage
band
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Black Rose
Black Rose
British band
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The Obsessed
The Obsessed
American band
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Axxis
Axxis
German heavy metal band
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Artillery
Artillery
Danish thrash metal band
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Hirax
Hirax
American thrash metal band
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Banshee
Banshee
band
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Witchfynde
Witchfynde
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Chinchilla
Chinchilla
German band
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Malice
Malice
American musical group
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Loudness
Loudness
Japanese heavy metal band
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Gang Green
Gang Green
American punk rock band
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Solitude Aeturnus
Solitude Aeturnus
American epic doom metal band
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Disorder
Disorder
band
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Geordie
Geordie
English rock band
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Bolt Thrower
Bolt Thrower
English band
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Memory Garden
Memory Garden
musical artist
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White Spirit
White Spirit
British heavy metal band
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44 Magnum
44 Magnum
Japanese heavy metal band
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Mortician
Mortician
death metal/deathgrind band
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Skrew
Skrew
band
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Neon Cross
Neon Cross
Christian rock band
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Agonizer
Agonizer
Finnish band
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Little Caesar
Little Caesar
band
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Brocas Helm
Brocas Helm
American heavy metal band
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Paul Di'Anno
Paul Di'Anno
English heavy metal singer
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Crematory
Crematory
German metal band
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Evocation
Evocation
Swedish death metal band
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Circus of Power
Circus of Power
band
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Genitorturers
Genitorturers
band
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Demon
Demon
English rock/metal group
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Autopsy
Autopsy
American death metal band
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More
More
British heavy metal band
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Angel Witch
Angel Witch
British metal band
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Chastain
Chastain
band
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Witchfinder General
Witchfinder General
English band
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Holy Moses
Holy Moses
German band
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Bleed the Sky
Bleed the Sky
American metalcore band
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Candiria
Candiria
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Waysted
Waysted
British band
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Stormwitch
Stormwitch
German band
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Heavy Metal Kids
Heavy Metal Kids
band
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Messiah
Messiah
band
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Tankard
Tankard
German metal band
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Exciter
Exciter
Canadian speed metal band
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Pentagram
Pentagram
American heavy metal band
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Armored Saint
Armored Saint
American heavy metal band
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Trespass
Trespass
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Massakre
Massakre
Chilean band
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Axel Rudi Pell
Axel Rudi Pell
German guitar player
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Waltari
Waltari
Finnish band
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God Dethroned
God Dethroned
band
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Necrophagia
Necrophagia
American band
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Hawaii
Hawaii
heavy metal band formed in 1982
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Ancient
Ancient
Norwegian black metal band
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Brujeria
Brujeria
Mexican-American extreme metal band
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Legion of the Damned
Legion of the Damned
thrash metal/death metal band
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Starz
Starz
1970s American heavy metal and power pop band
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T.T. Quick
T.T. Quick
American band
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Hecate Enthroned
Hecate Enthroned
Welsh black metal band
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Warlord
Warlord
American heavy metal band
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GBH
GBH
British punk band
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Cryptic Slaughter
Cryptic Slaughter
band
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Tygers of Pan Tang
Tygers of Pan Tang
British heavy metal band
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Gwar
Gwar
American heavy metal band known for its stage costumes and satirical sci-fi themes
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Discharge
Discharge
British hardcore punk band
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Wrathchild
Wrathchild
English heavy metal band
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King Kobra
King Kobra
band from Los Angeles
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Separatist
Separatist
Australian Christian deathcore band
Intro
American heavy metal band
Record Labels
Members, past and present

Obsession is an American heavy metal band formed in 1982, and noted for spawning the career of singer Michael Vescera. The band first came on to the scene on the Metal Massacre 2 compilation from Metal Blade Records. After that, the band released the EP Marshall Law and the albums Scarred for Life and Methods of Madness under the Enigma label. They broke up in 1989, only to reform in 2004 and then releasing the album Carnival of Lies in 2006 with Mausoleum Records.

Obsession then signed to the Ulterium - Inner Wound record label to release their latest album, Order of Chaos, in 2012.

Obsession provided songs for the films Sleepaway Camp II, Sleepaway Camp III as well as for Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III.

The band also appears on the compilation albums Metal Blade 15th Anniversary from Metal Blade Records and Heavy Metal Machine – Pull One from Medusa Records.