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...

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-...

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...

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 More below ⬇️⬇️

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...

More catnip fun for the pets. How many of them do you see? L-R: Warrior, Marble, Jasmine, Betty, Ramses (Bringer of Paw), Sky, Arty, Teddy, Dark Knight, Mildy, Phantom, Julie, Boku, Cuddles

Canadian death metal band #MorsVerum premiere a new track via @nocleansinging.bsky.social! ► "completely fascinating, mind-warping, and captivating" Music - morsverum-label.bandcamp.com Premiere - www.nocleansinging.com/2026/01/15/a...

Nicolas Mella from France sent us this awesome pic of the pyramid that he made of the TO coffee mugs. Their fate hangs in balance though.

#Phasma have a new song premiered via @toiletovhell.bsky.social! This largely black metal song has a couple of "brutal" surprises along the way. ► "Phasma aims to mix benighted black metal with domineering death metal, finding some kind of cosmically terrifying balance in the dissociated fray"

It's great to see so many different releases of ours getting featured on the best albums of the year lists. The #DeadChasm release here made it to Zephyrs Odem's list! Music - deadchasm-label.bandcamp.com Link - www.zephyrs-odem.de/tales-from-t...

Many thanks to @metalinjection.bsky.social for writing about our 2026 label sampler! Label sampler - transcendingobscurity.bandcamp.com/album/2026-l... Metal Injection link - metalinjection.net/av/full-albu...

Blackened tech death band #Unaligned have released an official video of one of the songs from their latest album. You can watch it on the channel here - youtu.be/OxOX4arhP8A Bandcamp - unaligned-label.bandcamp.com

@angrymetalguy.bsky.social staff writer Andy-War-Hall has the #Hexrot album in the #2 spot in his best albums of 2025 list! Music - hexrot-label.bandcamp.com Feature link - www.angrymetalguy.com/who-are-thes...

LPs of all of the 2025 releases are now in and we're in the process of sending them out. Thanks a lot for your patience and support! L-R: #Perishing, #Enragement, #Undersave, #Demiurgon, #Drofnosura, #Veilburner, #Depravity, #GloriousDepravity, #DeadandDripping

The label sampler time is always a good time for the animals. We got them some toys and also catnip yesterday.

Transcending Obscurity Records 2026 Label Sampler Link - transcendingobscurity.bandcamp.com/album/2026-l... Artwork by Nekromold

@metalhammer.bsky.social magazine has the #FLOATING release in their "10 best death metal albums of 2025" list! Music - floating-label.bandcamp.com Feature link - www.loudersound.com/features/bes...

7 releases of ours end up on Technical Music Review's best albums of 2025 list! They are of Eschaton, Depravity, Fleshbore, Unaligned, Glorious Depravity, Dead and Dripping, and Byonoisegenerator! Music - transcendingobscurity.bandcamp.com Feature link - technicalmusicreview.com/2025/12/31/t...

Transcending Obscurity 2026 label sampler coming your way soon. Here’s a glimpse of the artwork.

@angrymetalguy.bsky.social staff writer has featured two of our albums on his best albums of 2025 list - #Byonoisegenerator (#2) and #Depravity (#9)! Music - byonoisegenerator-label.bandcamp.com depravitydeath.bandcamp.com Feature link - www.angrymetalguy.com/kenstrositys...

@musipediaofmetal.bsky.social writer has four of our releases in his best albums of the year list - #Eschaton, #Skaphos, #Depravity, and #GloriousDepravity! All the music - transcendingobscurity.bandcamp.com Link - musipediaofmetal.blogspot.com/2025/12/gcs-...

Our newest kitty knows what last year was like. Here’s hoping this year will be a better one for all!

What a year it's been! 80% of the releases have been with new bands or those working with us for the first time and even so, we seem to have done okay with putting them on the map.

It's a huge honour to have five of our releases on @machinemusic.bsky.social's best albums of 2025 list, with the #Floating release as a shared #1 album of the year! The others are #Drofnosura, #GloriousDepravity, #DeadandDripping, and #Veilburner! Feature link - machinemusic.net/2025/12/18/m...

Chuffed to see the Finnish brutal death metal band #Enragement's release in this top 10 albums of 2025 list by Toilet ov Hell! ► "Enragement’s 4th full-length is maybe the most fun record of the year" Music - enragement-label.bandcamp.com Feature link - toiletovhell.com/top-albums-o...

The #GloriousDepravity release gets featured in this Last Rites writer’s year end list! Music - gloriousdepravity-label.bandcamp.com Link - yourlastrites.com/2025/12/19/b...

#1 spot for the best brutal death metal album of 2025 goes to the #DeadandDripping release according to the YouTube channel Jimmy From The Block! Watch it here - youtu.be/N8NmqF1JFMY?... Music - deadanddrippingus.bandcamp.com

Five of our releases end up on @thekillchainblog.bsky.social's best albums of 2025 list - #Floating (#2), #DwellingBelow (#4), #Skaphos, #ShriekingDemons, and #Imperialist! Listen to them here - transcendingobscurity.bandcamp.com Feature link - thoseonceloyal.wordpress.com/2025/12/24/l...

NEW RELEASE PREORDER: #Decipher (Greece) - ΘΕΛΗΜΑ (Thelema) Music - www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwMk... Bandcamp - decipherbm.bandcamp.com Store links - linktr.ee/transcending...

DECEMBER 2025 OFFER: Get 30% off on all physical formats! The prices of the physical formats are already discounted - $8.49 for CDs/cassettes and $19.99 for LPs! The offer is on our main store and Bandcamp store products - Main store - tometal.com Bandcamp - transcendingobscurity.bandcamp.com

2026 will see the release of the new album from the Greek black metal band #Decipher which is titled "ΘΕΛΗΜΑ (Thelema)". Artwork has once again been made by Artem Grigoryev. You can listen to one of the new tracks here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwMk...

Metal Epidemic writers have included our releases of #Haxprocess, #Fleshbore, #Veilburner, and #Abyssalis in their best albums of 2025 lists! Check them out here - transcendingobscurity.bandcamp.com Feature link - www.metalepidemic.com/metal-epidem...

SERPENT CORPSE’s impactful release ends up on The Headbanging Moose’s top 10 EPs of 2025 list! Music - serpentcorpse-label.bandcamp.com Feature link - theheadbangingmoose.com/2025/12/18/t...

The #PERISHING album is #2 on CVLT Nation’s top 10 death doom albums of 2025 list! Music - perishing.bandcamp.com Feature link - cvltnation.com/cvlt-nations...