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Ninth Realm – Damnation’s Veil (Shirt Worthy Dark Fantasy Death Thrash)
I’m kind of surprised I apparently never heard of these guys until now, but they keep themselves pretty hidden. That or I suck at finding the good stuff (probably this, actually). Ninth Realm have been around for almost a decade, but the majority of their output has been demos and splits, with some the […]
debonoir \ experimental black metal \ experimental death metal \ France \ JB Godefroy \ silver fox \ Slaanesh \ Transcending Obscurity \ unc
Viande – Monument Aux Morts (Debonair Blackened Death Metal)
For a band who’s name just means “meat” you might not expect much. I know it’s in French, but come on now. It does sound cool with the accent, however, I’ll admit, but if you’re a first-timer for the power that is Viande, you might be wondering if it’s worth it when they’re named […]
Arifullah Ali \ atmospheric death metal \ Canada \ dissonant death metal \ experimental death metal \ India \ kanvaskarat \ nihilism \ progressive death metal \ Transcending Obscurity
Mors Verum – Canvas (Atmospheric Progressive Death Metal)
I’ve said it a number of times but now, but it deserves repeating that Transcending Obscurity Records pumps out some of the most progressive metal I’ve come across. Normally when one of his promos appears I expect experimentation to the highest degree, and I get it. That tradition of expectations delivered continues with Canvas […]
esoteric black metal \ experimental black metal \ gnostic black metal \ Luciana Nedelea \ Luciana Nedelea Artworks \ Pennsylvania \ Transcending Obscurity \ United States
Veilburner – Longing for Triumph, Reeking of Tragedy (Gnostic Nihilistic Experimental Black Metal)
You think that everything’s been done until you come across an act like Pennsylvania’s Veilburner and realize the space left to create new forms in any genre is actually infinite. People forget, though set patterns exist and keep us safe at night so we can latch on to our dwindling mortality, we need variation […]
Alexander Shadrin \ death doom \ Morkh \ Nether Temple Design \ Transcending Obscurity \ United States
Dwelling Below – Wearisome Guardians (Dimensional Death Doom)
Dwelling Below, a heretofore criminally ignored death doom act from the United States, have carved a space for themselves in a genre known primarily for crushing atmosphere, but yet which can often lead to plodding that wearies the listener to the point of disgust. Thus perhaps calling this one Wearisome Guardians was a bad […]
darkened death metal \ Russia \ S.TkN. \ Sergey T. \ Transcending Obscurity
Obscureviolence – Refuting the Flesh (Darkened Death Metal)
I never seem to have trouble coming up with genre tags (primarily for my own personal enjoyment), but this new power trio sure gave me a challenge! Featuring members of Horror God, Russia’s Obscureviolence seem, at first, to combine two popular genres as has been the fad this past decade, the black and the […]
death metal \ experimental death metal \ Italy \ metaphysical death metal \ Roberto Toderico \ Transcending Obscurity
Shrieking Demons – The Festering Dwellers (Metaphysical Death Metal)
I’ve got to keep giving it to Transcending Obscurity. Guy always drops albums from bands pushing the envelope way past the norm. Though I may only review his stuff here and there, that’s really a standard of greatness I apply to everything. As I always say, if you see it here, you know it’s […]
chaotic death metal \ Kishor Haulenbeek \ psychological death metal \ Transcending Obscurity \ United States \ Virginia
Construct of Lethe – A Kindness Dealt in Venom (Psychologically Chaotic Death Metal)
Wow we got a lot going on in this one, and cool to see another Virginia band grace this site since it now gives me an excuse to creep on them in their hometown, which is not far from me. If I were to provide a one-word explanation of what to expect out of […]
Juanjo Castellano \ Swedeath \ Sweden \ Swedish death metal \ Transcending Obscurity
Revolting – The Shadow at the World’s End (Acceptable Swedish Death Metal)
So I wasn’t a big fan of this at first. In fact I wasn’t a fan at all. I pretty much hated it, but then I realized it wasn’t the fault of Revolting, I had just heard too much typical death metal going through the promos and I forgot, lol, this is the Swedish […]
crust metal \ Sweden \ Transcending Obscurity \ Turkka G. Rantanen
Henry Kane – Age of the Idiot (Conglomerate Crust Metal)
I feel like the promos I’ve been receiving, the ones I’ve selected anyway, have really come in the perfect order. I’ve had a great sampling of noise, heavy metal, punk, etc., and now add to that this slab with some crust stuff and we’re pretty much filling out a memoir. And this is rather […]
