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The Hirsch Effekt – Eskapist
The Pitch: One of the most original albums of the year.  German trio The...
Boris- Dear
Over the course of twenty-five years, Boris has been impossible to predict.  While their...
Dead Cross – Dead Cross
Expectations can make or break an album for a listener. No matter how open...
The Lurking Fear – Out Of The Voiceless Grave
The Pitch: Swedish crusty death metal outfit The Lurking Fear (members of At The Gates, Disfear,...
Atriarch – Dead as Truth
I’ll be quite candid: I was completely unacquainted with the “deathrock” genre before I...
Protean Collective – Collapse
Protean Collective have been active members of the Boston prog scene for over a...
Elder Devil – Graves Among The Roots
The Pitch: Callifornia gind/hardcore band Elder Devil (members of Cabin Fire and Keeper/Plastic Bag...
Deliverance- CHRST
France’s Deliverance has gone for as bleak of a sound as possible on their...
Jute Gyte – Oviri
Hailing from the state of Missouri, Jute Gyte is the brainchild of Adam Kalmbach. ...
Scalpel – Methods To Delusion
The Pitch: New England progressive technical death squad Scalpel self-release a vicious new album and...

Latest Releases

ARALLU (Israel) – Six (Middle Eastern Black Metal)
ARALLU from Israel are imbibing their Middle-Eastern influences and channeling the same using the...
MINDKULT (US) – Lucifer’s Dream (Doom/Stoner/Shoegaze)
US band MINDKULT are turning the genre on its head. Stepping out of the...
URSINNE (International) – Swim With The Leviathan (Old School Death Metal)
It doesn’t get bigger than this. Two death metal legends, who’ve been around for...
PAGANIZER (Sweden) – Land of Weeping Souls (Swedish Death Metal)
Swedish heavyweights PAGANIZER release an album that defies logic. Having been around since nearly...
MRTVI (UK) – Negative Atonal Dissonance (Experimental Black Metal)
MRTVI, the mysterious underground entity has reared its ugly head with another groundbreaking album...
NORSE (Australia) – The Divine Light of a New Sun (Dissonant Black Metal)
Australian black metal band NORSE surpass everything they’ve done in the past. ‘Pest’ was...
SOMNIUM NOX (Australia) – Terra Inanis (Atmospheric Black Metal)
From Australia, atmospheric black metal band SOMNIUM NOX conjure up their full length and...
DRUG HONKEY (US) – Cloak of Skies (Atmospheric Death/Doom Metal)
US band DRUG HONKEY have always been a step ahead of their peers, if...
WARCRAB (UK) – Scars of Aeons (Death Metal/Sludge Metal)
Death metal meets sludge metal. Sheer heaviness meets grimy riffing. This devastating mix has...
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...

Latest Features

LIVE RECAP: One Master at The Bancroft Bar
INTERVIEW: UAE Death metal band Nervecell
SONG PREMIERE+ALBUM REVIEW: U.S. Black Metal Band Necrolytic Goat Converter
July 2017 Highlights – TO Staff
INTERVIEW+ALBUM PREMIERE: Finnish Death Metal Band Desecresy
INTERVIEW: Australian Death Metal Band Psycroptic
LIVE RECAP: Numenorean, Wormwitch at the Brick by Brick
EXCLUSIVE ALBUM PREMIERE – Mysterious Black Metal Entity TELE.S.THERION
SPECIAL FEATURE: Doom/Sludge Round-Up
LIVE RECAP: Necrot, Undergang at the Tower Bar
LIVE RECAP: Blood Incantation, Qrixkuor at the Til-Two Club
ALBUM STREAM+REVIEW: Swedish Black/Thrash Band Nekrokraft

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Latest PR bands

DEVANGELIC (Italy) – Phlegeton (Brutal Death Metal)
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)

Latest Label News

Transcending Obscurity Records signs doom supergroup with members of PANTHEIST, VOID OF SILENCE, APHONIC THRENODY
It’s not often that you get to work with members of some of the...
Swedish death metal band FERAL sign to Transcending Obscurity Records
Swedish death metal force Feral have signed a multiple album and format deal with...
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 Records
In a first, Arallu from Israel sign to the Indian label Transcending Obscurity Records....
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...

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