Transcending Obscurity

NEW RELEASE PREORDER: #DevenialVerdict (Finland) - Old Blood - Fresh Wounds (Death Metal)

Video stream #1 - youtu.be/7xKGx3_rt1k
Video stream #2 - youtu.be/t7uJmMW8RZM
Bandcamp - devenialverdictband.bandcamp.com
Store links - linktr.ee/transcending...

Full 5/5 rating for the MORS VERUM album!

► ""Canvas" is an album that cannot disappoint. A must-have." - Metal Underground

Music - morsverum-label.bandcamp.com

Review link - www.metalunderground.at/cd-berichte/...

Glad to see the dark/dissodeath release of #Undersave on this best albums of 2025 list from HellHeaven! I felt this one was a tad overlooked!

Music - undersave-label.bandcamp.com

Feature link - hellheaven.blogs.sapo.pt/best-of-2025...

4/5 stars for the #Phasma LP thanks to Wormwood Chronicles!

"“Purgatory” stands out because it doesn’t sound like a lot of other bands in the genre of death metal... it’s guaranteed to bash you in the face and tell you to fuck off afterwards."

Review - www.wormwoodchronicles.net/torture-cham...

An epic new song from the Greek black metal band #Decipher's new album has been premiered at Mystification Zine!

► "upheld the core virtues found on their first LP while refining songcraft toward increasingly nuanced, better-rounded pieces"

Premiere - mystificationzine.com/2026/02/10/d...

Here's the artwork of the new release from the Finnish death metal band #DevenialVerdict whose preorders will be up later this week! A song from it can be heard here - youtu.be/7xKGx3_rt1k

Artwork by Niilas Nissilä

Dissonant/Progressive Death Metal from the Canadian band Mors Verum and their newest EP called 'Canvas'.

Rating: 9,1/10

Released through @transcendingobs.bsky.social

morsverum-label.bandcamp.com/album/canvas

#dissonantdeathmetal
#progressivedeathmetal
#deathmetal
#metalmusic
#metalsky

Veilburner just arrived from @transcendingobs.bsky.social ! Beautiful like every one of their releases. #metalsky

OFFICIAL RELEASE DAY: #MorsVerum (Canada) - Canvas (Dissonant/Progressive Death Metal)

Full album stream - www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m8I...
Bandcamp - morsverum-label.bandcamp.com
Store links - linktr.ee/transcending...

Sinister Black Metal from the Mexican band Muerto and their yet to be released album called 'Eclipsed Realms', which will be released on the 17th of April.

Rating: 8,7/10

Released through @transcendingobs.bsky.social

muerto-label.bandcamp.com/album/eclips...

#blackmetal
#blackeneddoommetal

The new album of the dissonant/progressive death metal band #MorsVerum album is streaming in full on our channel before it officially drops tomorrow!

Don't forget that we've offered the album on vinyl as well!

Listen to it here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m8I...

Swedish death metal/post punk band #FLOATING have given us an alternate merch design option which we're offering in white as well as khaki/mocha brown colour. The colours are all rather limited. Feel free to check them out!

BC - floating-label.bandcamp.com
Store links - linktr.ee/transcending...

Celest C. Illustrator / Concept Artist

Line up -
Eloi Nicod - Guitar / Composition / Production
Mathieu Lefevre - Vocals / Lyrics
Lucas Martinez - Guitar
Vincent Amar - Bass
Thomas Giroud - Drums

Artwork made by Celest.C (www.artstation.com/celest)

Band's statement - "This album is more collective act, reshaping who we are as a band. After four years of work, it moves toward a more emotional and atmospheric approach. "Agnomysticism" reflects a balance between the tangible and the spiritual, expressing the perseverance in an uncertain world."

French technical/progressive death metal band #TheScalarProcess have released an official lyric video from their upcoming album titled "Agnomysticism". Watch the song also featuring a guest solo from Justin Mckinney ( #TheZenithPassage) over here - youtu.be/vD1Qmnybcm8

NEW RELEASE PREORDER: #Muerto (Mexico) - Eclipsed Realms (Black Metal)

New song - youtu.be/GoU3BQEIiPc
First song - youtu.be/YtPb077owCA
Bandcamp - muerto-label.bandcamp.com
Store links - linktr.ee/transcending...

FFO - Amenra, Emptiness, Opera IX, Deathspell Omega

Artwork by Ricardo González

9/10 rating for the dissonant/progressive death metal band #MorsVerum's imminent release!

- "offers a kaleidoscope of other sounds for those of us looking for something different" - Metal Temple

Music - morsverum-label.bandcamp.com

Review link - metal-temple.com/review/mors-...

Bandcamp - phasmametal.bandcamp.com

Premiere - www.nocleansinging.com/2026/01/30/a...

The final song from the black/death metal band #Phasma has been unveiled by @nocleansinging.bsky.social!

- "There is really almost nothing about the song that sounds born of this world, or at least born from sane minds; all by itself it seems to manifest… purgatory"

9 albums of ours ended up on Extreme Metal Maniac's best albums of 2025 feature.

L-R: #Imperialist, #Demiurgon, #SerpentCorpse, #GloriousDepravity, #Felgrave, #Obscureviolence, #CrownofMadness, #Veilburner, #Thorn

Feature link - extrememetalmaniacblog.blogspot.com/2026/01/extr...

Line up -
Jason Athanasiadis (Kawir) - Guitars and songwriting
Luis Ferre (Gravecarver) - Vocals and lyrics
Bill Nanos (Dead Congregation) - Drums
George Markantonis - Bass

The #Phasma release gets a rating of 9/10 by #MetalTemple!

► "the music is weighted, aggressive, and intricate, and the vocals reign down continually like a storm of fists on your head"

Music - phasmametal.bandcamp.com

Review link - metal-temple.com/review/phasm...

Greek black metal band #Decipher premiere new track/lyric video via No Clean Singing.

"The melodies weap and moan, piercing in their impressions and anguished in their moods, but as a wheel turns in the video the song becomes a tempest"

Premiere link - www.nocleansinging.com/2026/01/26/a...

@replicant.band and Glorious goddamn Depravity at TVEye in Queens, NYC

What a delight. Such fantastically excellent bands. It was like a mini @transcendingobs.bsky.social festival

@ironmermaid.bsky.social; @avantdumb.bsky.social; @subvertallmedia.com

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The #FLOATING release seems to be the album of the year for Blayne Smith of #BangerTV! This is such a huge honour!

Keep an eye out for some new band merch dropping next week!

Music - floating-label.bandcamp.com

Video link - youtu.be/SXSuWkrDFjA?...

RUSHONROCK.COM thinks the #Depravity album is among the best death metal albums of 2025! FYI - only last copies of the vinyl remain!

Music - depravitydeath.bandcamp.com

Feature link - rushonrock.com/2025/12/23/b...

Massive thanks to @toiletovhell.bsky.social for writing a feature on the #TranscendingObscurity 2026 label sampler and covering EVERY SINGLE SONG!

Label Sampler - transcendingobscurity.bandcamp.com/album/2026-l...

Feature link - toiletovhell.com/26-for-26-th...

NEW RELEASE PREORDER: #Apolaustic (Switzerland) - No Plenitude Without Suffering

Official lyric video - youtu.be/-l4RTM_mCG0
Video stream - youtu.be/_BowxE2De5o
Bandcamp - apolaustic-label.bandcamp.com
Store links - linktr.ee/transcending...

Genre - Melodic black/death metal

Cheers to Inner-Strength Check Podcast for having #Veilburner (#3), #DeadandDripping (#7), #Floating and #Byonoisegenerator in their best albums of 2025 list!

Music - transcendingobscurity.bandcamp.com

Best albums list - www.innerstrengthcheckpodcast.com/blog/riff-my...

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