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I always get a little giddy when I get a release from Transcending Obscurity, mostly because owner Kunal has got one of the best ears in extreme metal when it comes to signing exciting bands. I confess that I hadn’t… Continue Reading →
Even the name of 71Tonman’s hometown of Wrolclaw, Poland, seems like an apt, ne prescient slice of nominative determinism, being as the band’s raison d’etre is an ominous, slow and brutally dense wedge of sludge metal. Comprising just four tracks,… Continue Reading →
I will state here and now that this is a staggering album from start to finish, and now that you’ve read that you can go and check it out. However, I will expand on that bold statement as US act… Continue Reading →
This is the fourth album by the decade old Californian band, but the first where Trevor isn’t playing all the instruments, as he is joined for the second time by vocalist Stevie, with drummer Robin and bassist Igor both debuting…. Continue Reading →
I knew this had to be on Transcending Obscurity just because of the number of pictures included in the press pack, and the vibrant colours on the cover… As to the band despite being formed around 2006 and this being… Continue Reading →
1985-1988 were really important years in the development of extreme metal. For a while, the terms now used in relatively precise terms by lovers of our brands of noise were relatively interchangeable. I can recall Megadeth proudly calling themselves “state… Continue Reading →
As a label Transcending Obscurity have had a great year and an outstanding attitude in pushing new talent so here we are with another debut, this time some funeral doom from the spiritual home of the genre, Finland. At thirty-seven… Continue Reading →
Dissonant Death/Black Metal band Veilburner are an intriguing prospect. Their brand new album ‘VLBRNR’ is the latest chapter in the Pennsylvanian’s on-going nuanced storybook world that has been created over their last five albums. As with their last two opuses… Continue Reading →
Formally known as Defilementory, Danish Dissonant Death Metal troupe Dysgnostic have unleashed a new eight track album entitled ‘Scar Echoes’ through uber-prolific Indian label Transcending Obscurity Records. This marks the trio’s debut album under this guise and sees the band… Continue Reading →
In my opinion the term Brutal Death Metal gets bandied about a lot these days but the old school meaning of that term has been lost and it gets tagged on to a lot of Slam bands and Death Metal… Continue Reading →
This album is De Profundis’ sixth in their 17-year existence and is both melodic and aggressive in equal measure. The London based quintet have been honing their skills for quite some time, and I thoroughly enjoyed what they have delivered… Continue Reading →
Ah, another release from my favourite ‘located behind a restaurant’ label. Gentle jokes aside Transcending Obscurity seem to have a knack for finding quality and producing it so I thought I’d have a listen to Newcastle’s Live Burial who though… Continue Reading →