Tag Transcending Obscurity
Four-piece deathmongers Paganizer seem to have been around for eternity and whilst the band has existed under this moniker since about 1999 it feels like they have been around since death metal emerged in the mid-80s. However, one thing is… Continue Reading →
Australia has a reputation of sorts of being brutal, be it the fact everything on the continent is trying to actively kill you in some way and its people have a rather blunt sense of humour which pulls no punches…. Continue Reading →
This is the second album from this Lithuanian band, following “Illusions of Eternity” in 2017. They describe their black metal as “dissonant”. Well that’s one word for it. I was surprised to hear a dark industrial electronic beat to begin,… Continue Reading →
Having musically overdosed by the pharmaceutically enhanced Drug Honkey I noted that 2 members of that particular group are helping line up the drawers in the autopsy room as Morgue Supplier. In actual fact the roots of this group go… Continue Reading →
With a couple of albums and a few EPs already out this third album by US band Dischordia is likely to divide the technical death metal world, purely because the album is so off the wall that describing it with… Continue Reading →
You know how it is when you get French extreme metal to listen to and review… expect the unexpected! This debut full length follows a demo and EP out in 2015 and 2017 respectively and whilst I have not heard… Continue Reading →
The quality control at Transcending Obscurity continues to be of high value, as we come to this first album from Birmingham’s progressive death metallers, “As the World Dies”. Certainly, lead guitarist Scott Fairfax is going to be a familiar name… Continue Reading →
Hey! You! Do you like Celtic Frost? No, not the modern Tom G. Warrior in a beany hat doom stuff, but the old, old stuff? You know, the “URGH”-laden Morbid Tales of yore, before the synthesisers, Mexican Radios and all… Continue Reading →
It’s good to see Czech band Godless Truth back like an old friend. Some years ago I saw them play somewhere in North London, possibly supporting Vomit Remnants at that pub at Archway, and liked their brutal style so much… Continue Reading →
My love for Tech Death has certainly dwindled in the last year or so, I still love the genre but I don’t care about it like I once did. I’m basically far more critical of the genre now. However, this… Continue Reading →
The release rate by India’s Transcending Obscurity is staggering to say the least and whilst you would expect the odd duff release here and there, there is a consistency that few extreme metal labels can compare to, and coupled to… Continue Reading →
Quite possibly one of the most underrated and overlooked death metal bands of the last 30 years, Sweden’s Wombbath may have a moniker conjuring up images of sonic rancidity but they offer so much more than that, indeed their latest… Continue Reading →