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Death Fortress- Triumph of the Undying
Since releasing their first demo ‘Pulling Ancient Stone’ in 2012, U.S. black metal band...
Goatwhore – Vengeful Ascension
New Orleans has been known for a lot of things — devastating hurricanes, occasional...
Igorrr – Savage Sinusoid
The Pitch: “Music with no bounds” returns with Igorrr, a project that is influenced...
Schammasch – The Maldoror Chants: Hermaphrodite
The Pitch: Back just a year after their lauded triple-album, Triangle, creative black metallers...
Tyrannosorceress – Shattering Light’s Creation
Tyrannosorceress is a silly name for a black metal band, and now that we’ve...
The Summoned – Sessions
The Pitch: Boston technical death metal quartet The Summoned use their demented sophomore album to...
Moribundo – Raíz Amarga
As a band, Moribundo appears to be just getting started. Although they first put...
Necrot – Blood Offerings
While death metal as a genre has diversified a lot over the years, something...
Gloom- Solaris
Washington D.C.’s Gloom is a band I’ve been following for about three years now,...
Sikth – The Future In Whose Eyes?
The Pitch: UK’s Sikth follows up their fantastic comeback mini-album with a full length...

Latest Releases

ALTAR OF BETELGEUZE (Finland) – Among the Ruins (Stoner Doom/Death Metal)
Altar of Betelgeuze from Finland are onto something special. Not content with playing either...
ILLIMITABLE DOLOR (Australia) – Self-titled (Atmospheric Doom Metal)
From members of the acclaimed doom band THE SLOW DEATH comes a special band...
THE FUROR (Australia) – Cavalries of the Occult (Black/Thrash Metal)
THE FUROR from Australia prepare an explosive concoction of death, black and thrash metal...
HENRY KANE (Sweden) – Den Förstörda Människans Rike (Death/Crust Metal)
From Jonny Pettersson of WOMBBATH comes HENRY KANE, a ferocious slab of crusty Swedish...
WARLORD U.K. (England) – Maximum Carnage (Classic Death Metal)
On the 20th anniversary of ‘Maximum Carnage’, originally released on Nuclear Blast in 1996,...
SOOTHSAYER (Ireland) – At This Great Depth (Atmospheric Doom Metal)
SOOTHSAYER from Ireland return to unveil their sophomore album after putting out an incredible debut....
ECHELON (International) – The Brimstone Aggrandizement (Death Metal)
New death metal supergroup Echelon carry on where another supergroup Stench Price left, employing...
SEPULCHRAL CURSE (Finland) – At the Onset of Extinction (Black/Death Metal)
Finnish death metal group with members of SOLOTHUS have decided to take a step...
STENCH PRICE (International) – Self-titled (Avant-garde Grindcore)
STENCH PRICE are a grind ‘supergroup’ like no other. Not only do they feature...
FETID ZOMBIE (US) – Epicedia (Death Metal)
Mark Riddick is a legend in the underground. His works are in existence since...

Latest Features

LIVE RECAP: Void Omnia, He Whose Ox is Gored at the Soda Bar
SONG PREMIERE: Paraguayan death metal band Verthebral
SONG PREMIERE: Persian black metal band Zurvan
The Grindhouse Chronicles – #3 (Feat. Gendo Ikari, Lunatic Hooker, The Heads are Zeros, Fubar)
SONG PREMIERE: UK Black Metal Band Kassad
SONG PREMIERE: U.S. Sludge/Post Metal Band Atonement Theory
ALBUM PREMIERE: LLNN + Wovoka’s “Traces/Marks”
SONG PREMIERE: Belarusian black/death band Ljosazabojstwa
May 2017 Highlights – TO STAFF
Exclusive Premiere – Bangladesh-based doom band MOONSHINER
SONG PREMIERE: Canadian Metal Veterans BISON
SONG PREMIERE: U.S. Black Metal Band Wreche

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Latest PR bands

DEPHOSPHORUS (Greece) – Impossible Orbits (Astrogrind)
PATHOLOGY (US) – Self-titled (Brutal Death Metal)
Dante’s Theory (Singapore) – Amut (Death Metal)
Martyrdoom (Poland) – Grievous Psychosis (Death/Doom Metal)
Plasmodium (Australia) – Entheognosis (Experimental Black Metal)
Gurthang (Poland) – Shattered Echoes (Black/Doom Metal)
Demonic Resurrection (India) – Dashavatar
Macabra (International) – To The Bone (Death Metal)
Colosso (Portugal) – Obnoxious (Experimental Death Metal)
Lustravi (US) – Cult of the Blackened Veil (Black Metal)

Latest Label News

Black/thrash metal band AFFLIKTOR sign to Transcending Obscurity Records
We’re thrilled to sign Toby Knapp’s black/thrash metal band Affliktor from US. He’s a...
ARALLU from Israel sign to Transcending Obscurity Asia
In a first, Arallu from Israel sign to the regional sub-label Transcending Obscurity Asia....
Long-running old school heavy metal band LUCIDREAMS to release album under Transcending Obscurity India
LUCIDREAMS from Bangalore, India have been around for a seriously long time. There’s a...
WARCRAB to release two albums under Transcending Obscurity Records
Warcrab have been signed for a two-album deal via Transcending Obscurity Records. They uniquely...
US atmospheric death/doom band DRUG HONKEY re-sign to Transcending Obscurity Records
Drug Honkey and Transcending Obscurity Records go back a long way. In fact, back...
New death metal supergroup URSINNE sign to Transcending Obscurity Records
After Echelon, Dave Ingram who is top form, is now working with Jonny Pettersson...
Transcending Obscurity Records signs MYTHOLOGICAL COLD TOWERS – legendary doom/death metal band
After signing Officium Triste, which is another very long-running band with a legendary status,...
PLAGUE THROAT sign to Transcending Obscurity India (sub-label)
One of India’s leading bands, Plague Throat, are on the verge of releasing their...
Transcending Obscurity Records signs Spanish death/black metal band GLOOM
At Transcending Obscurity Records, we’re looking for bands that are trying to do something...
Experimental black metal band ARKHETH sign to Transcending Obscurity Records
At a time when we are busy putting together the latest label sampler, we’re...

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