Posts Tagged ‘Transcending Obscurity Records’
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › A on Friday, November 13th, 2020
Atrae Bilis is promoted as technical death metal. Canadian technical death metal, to be specific. I didn’t know this, or at least had never thought about it before, but with that genre tag, they’re in great company. Gorguts, Cryptopsy, and more recently, Archspire fit that bill. As just mentioned, great company, even if I don’t […]
Tags: 2020, Atrae Bilis, J Mays, Review, Technical Death Metal, Transcending Obscurity Records
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › C on Monday, October 12th, 2020
In my introduction to Coexistence, I figured I would talk about my introduction to Coexistence. Get it? I first found out about this band when their video for the track “Collateral Dimension,” also the title track of their debut album, randomly played on YouTube. I kind of knew what to expect when I saw the […]
Tags: 2020, Coexistence, J Mays, Progressive Death Metal, Review, Transcending Obscurity Records
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › H on Wednesday, April 29th, 2020
Nothing like a little world chaos and a global pandemic to really get the blood pumping, amiright?! Maybe it’s just the lingering threat of societal collapse talking, but I think crust and grindcore is really on the cusp of having a moment. It’s that raw mix of anxiety-ridden rage, irremovable pessimism, and willingness to watch […]
Tags: 2020, Death Metal, Grindcore, Henry Kane, Steve K, Transcending Obscurity Records
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › V on Tuesday, March 31st, 2020
I was unaware Paraguay had such an excellent death metal act, in the name of this 5-piece named Verthebral. I will admit to getting a bit burnt out recently to the oversaturation in the death metal scene of bands trying to out brutal one another. While I understand the competitive nature of that often the […]
Tags: 2020, Death Metal, Frank Rini, Review, Transcending Obscurity Records, Verthrebral
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › W on Friday, November 8th, 2019
Transcending Obscurity is on quite a roll in 2019, firmly establishing themselves as one of the best labels going around in the underground metal scene. Already the label has dished up an impressive quota of quality metal releases this year, and with the upcoming The Drowning album yet to drop, there’s plenty more goodness to […]
Tags: 2019, Death/Doom Metal, Luke Saunders, Review, Transcending Obscurity Records, Warcrab
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › B on Thursday, October 3rd, 2019
What can I say about Bones and their new, and third full-length album, Diseased, that hasn’t already been said before about a few other bands; namely, the ones that seem to influence Bones and their trade of crusty and sometimes even punky, no frills, basic, bare boned death metal. If Terrorizer/Nausea meets Celtic Frost/Obituary by […]
Tags: 2019, Bones, Death Metal, Kristofor Allred, Review, Transcending Obscurity Records
Posted in Frontpage Feature, Reviews, Reviews › R on Monday, August 26th, 2019
A seasoned veteran and stalwart of the Swedish death metal scene, the prolific Rogga Johansson (Paganizer, Ribspreader, Down Among the Dead Men and countless other acts) has dipped his toes into solo waters again for sophomore album, Entrance to the Otherwhere. The multi-talented artist handles all lyrics, music and songwriting duties, ably assisted by session […]
Tags: 2019, Death Metal, Luke Saunders, Review, Rogga Johansson, Transcending Obscurity Records
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › M on Tuesday, November 6th, 2018
Master is a bit of an unusual act. The band, or more specifically, bassist/vocalist and founding member, Paul Speckmann, has been involved in the metal scene for 35 years now and arguably, he is credited among other notable metal alumni such as Death‘s Chuck Schuldiner, Possessed, and Necrophagia‘s Killjoy with helping create death metal itself. […]
Tags: 2018, Kristofor Allred, Master, Review, Transcending Obscurity Records
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › D on Friday, October 26th, 2018
IT’S MORPHIN’ TIME! Okay, I won’t lie to you guys. I didn’t actually know the catch phrase to the once longtime running children’s show without having to look it up. In all honesty, I’ve never seen an episode of the original program or its spinoffs as I am considered an old fart to many youngsters, […]
Tags: 2018, De Profundis, Kristofor Allred, Review, Transcending Obscurity Records
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › C on Thursday, August 23rd, 2018
Transcending Obscurity’s first foray into pure Swedish death metal is relative success with Crawl’s debut, Rituals. Crawl’s members are relative unknowns but veterans of the scene and there are branches from the extensive Demonical family tree in drummer, Amir Batar and there is Joachim Lyngfelt formerly of the underrated Decomposed. Then output is a nasty, direct crusty, […]
Tags: 2018, Crawl, E.Thomas, Review, Transcending Obscurity Records
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › S on Friday, July 13th, 2018
I’ll tell you what, Transcending Obscurity Records, is having a strong run here recently. The tiny Independent Indian label has churned out excellent releases from the likes of Jupiterian, De Profundis, Gaerea , Down Among the Dead Men, and one of the best death metal records of the year in Depravity’s Evil Upheaval, and that with […]
Tags: 2018, E.Thomas, Review, Sadistik Forest, Transcending Obscurity Records
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › D on Thursday, June 28th, 2018
Ill keep short and sweet, like the 11 songs on the third album from Dave Ingram (ex-Benediction, Ursinne, Echelon, Just Before Dawn) and Rogga Johannson ( too fucking many to type). Much like their prior two albums (2013s self titled debut and 2015s Exterminate! Annihilate! Destroy!), … And You Will Obey Me is a more crust/d […]
Tags: 2018, Down Among the Dead Men, E.Thomas, Review, Transcending Obscurity Records
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › D on Friday, May 11th, 2018
This is death metal. This is just DEATH FUCKING METAL. I mean after 8-10 good spins of this album, that’s about the best way to sum this up. If you haven’t heard of Depravity, it might be because they’re in the middle of the ocean on the continent of Australia, and this is their first […]
Tags: 2018, Death Metal, Depravity, Kevin E, Review, Transcending Obscurity Records
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › A on Thursday, March 8th, 2018
So about 8 years ago and for another webzine, I reviewed the second album from Australia’s Arkheth, IX & I: The Quintessence of Algaresh, a sprawling, brilliant, epic 2 CD , 10 song, 150 minute album of Symphonic black metal in the vein of Emperor, Keep of Kalessin, Dimmu Borgir et al. Well, apparently my review […]
Tags: 2018, Arkheth, Avant-Garde/Experimental, Black Metal, E.Thomas, Review, Transcending Obscurity Records
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › G on Friday, January 12th, 2018
Even though he has long championed his home country (India) and other Asian bands , Transcending Obscurity Records owner Kunal Choksi has outdone himself with the second effort from Mumbia’s Gutslit. You’d would have no idea these guys were from India once you hit play, as the band culls from a plethora of brutal influences […]
Tags: 2017, Brutal Death Metal, E.Thomas, Gutslit, Review, Transcending Obscurity Records
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › U on Wednesday, September 6th, 2017
On paper, I should be super pumped about Ursinne, (Swedish for ‘fury’) a project featuring Dave Ingram (Benediction, Downlord, Down Among the Dead Men, Echelon) and Jonny Pettersson (Ashcloud, Henry Kane, Gods Forsaken, Wombbath, Just Before Dawn, etc) rounded out by bassist Sonia Nusselder. Even more so when I heard Kam Lee (Massacre) makes an […]
Tags: 2017, E.Thomas, Review, Transcending Obscurity Records, Ursinne
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › H on Tuesday, April 11th, 2017
It looks like we have another burgeoning Rogga Johannsson in the making by way of Sweden’s Johnny Pettersson. Not only did he feature in the reactivated Wombath, he is in Ashcloud, Gods Forsaken, Human Harvest, Just Before Dawn, Syn;Drom, Skineater, Vholdghast and produces/mixes or masters in all of those projects. On Henry Kane (The creepy […]
Tags: 2017, E.Thomas, Henry Kane, Review, Transcending Obscurity Records
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › S on Wednesday, November 30th, 2016
Due to an unfortunate and excruciating ear infection that has had me uniaural for about three months I failed to write this review in a timely fashion, for which I must apologize to the band and the band’s guests. This EP deserved a timelier addressing. Because, frankly, it smokes. It does not smoke because it […]
Tags: 2016, Chris S, Review, Stench Price, Transcending Obscurity Records
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › E on Monday, November 28th, 2016
When I received this promo, I questioned the need for another Dave Ingram (Benediction, Bolt Thrower, Hail of Bullets), Rogga Johansson (Paganizer, Revolting, Ribspreader, Johansson & Speckmann et al) collaboration, despite my enjoyment of both guys’ previous and current projects, even more so considering they both recently collaborated on two Down Among the Dead Men albums […]
Tags: 2016, E.Thomas, Echelon, Review, Transcending Obscurity Records
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › S on Tuesday, June 28th, 2016
India’s Transcending Obscurity is becoming a pretty reliable source for simple, no frills death metal of late, (Primitiv, Third Sovereign, Affliction Gate, etc), and the duo comprising Indian newcomers Strangulate is no exception. Using old school American Death metal as a template, the Cannibal Corpse and Suffocation influence is immediate and obvious, but these guys do […]
Tags: 2016, E.Thomas, Review, Strangulate, Transcending Obscurity Records
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › P on Monday, April 18th, 2016
Transcending Obscurity continues to develop, distribute, promote and release home grown talent giving us fine bands like Strangulate, Biopsy, Rectified Spirit Diabolus Arcanium, and now the debut from Mumbai’s Primitiv. The aptly named Primitiv is not doing anything new. They play a very simple form of Jungle Rot/Six Feet under mid paced chugging, death metal. Its’ got deep burly vocals, a […]
Tags: 2016, E.Thomas, Primitiv, Review, Transcending Obscurity Records
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › A on Friday, April 15th, 2016
Want old school death metal? Here you go. A Compilation of all the demo and split tracks Greece’s Abyssus released prior to their fine 2015 full length debut Into the Abyss. 16 tracks, a bunch of covers and a whole lot of analog, musty, thrashy death metal goodness. India’s Transcending Obscurity is turning into a solid […]
Tags: 2016, Abyssus, E.Thomas, Review, Transcending Obscurity Records
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › S on Thursday, February 25th, 2016
Festering, Norwegian rot is the slophouse gruel served from four-piece skullfuckers The Sickening. The overall attack is a slaughterhouse explosion with cattle guts, pig snouts and delectable innards flying in every direction. Catchy, thrash metal viruses escape from the contamination ward while sloppy, sluggard death metal chug is laid to fecal waste thanks to guttural […]
Tags: Jay S, Review, The Sickening, Transcending Obscurity Records, Xtreem Music
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › D on Tuesday, February 16th, 2016
It’s like label boss Kunal and his magnificent imprint Transcending Obscurity has a never-ending well of awesome artists to draw from. Next in a long storybook of metal gems come the Indian-founded, aggressive, symphonic black metal band Diabolus Arcanium and their debut LP, Path of Ascension. Truth be told, I’m probably the wrong guy for […]
Tags: 2016, Diabolus Arcanium, Jay S, Review, Transcending Obscurity Records
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › R on Monday, January 4th, 2016
The always reliable Transcending Obscurity label seems to dish out a never ending arsenal of extreme metal releases from all over the world with no boundary on style or genre. I personally admire Kunal’s ethic and dedication to underground heaviness and more often than not enjoy the bands he brings to the table. Fresh on […]
Tags: 2015, Jay S, Rectified Spirit, Review, Transcending Obscurity Records