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Transcending Obscurity @transcendingobs.bsky.social · 1d

She's still frail and very timid, probably after having had a traumatic time initially, but she's getting there. Even though we thought we had taken in enough back then, I'm glad we took her in too.

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Transcending Obscurity @transcendingobs.bsky.social · 1d

Here's an update on June who we rescued from crows pecking her eyes out since, well, June. It's a bit of a miracle that she didn't lose her eye and she seems to have made a complete recovery there.

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Transcending Obscurity @transcendingobs.bsky.social · 1d

Canadian atmospheric blackened sludge band #Drofnosura have revealed the title track from their upcoming release. It’s an outstanding album if it isn’t apparent already.

Listeb to it here - youtu.be/RC0W2OSdCDE?...

Bandcamp - drofnosura-label.bandcamp.com

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Transcending Obscurity @transcendingobs.bsky.social · 2d

OFFICIAL RELEASE DAY: #PERISHING (Costa Rica) - Malicious Acropolis Unveiled (Death/Doom Metal)

Full album stream - www.youtube.com/watch?v=uucX...
Bandcamp - perishing.bandcamp.com
Store links - linktr.ee/transcending...

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Transcending Obscurity @transcendingobs.bsky.social · 2d

Perfect 10/10 rating for the latest #Demiurgon release!

► "exactly what a death metal album should give us" - Dead Rhetoric.com

Check out their beast of an album here - demiurgon-label.bandcamp.com

Review link - deadrhetoric.com/reviews/demi...

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Transcending Obscurity @transcendingobs.bsky.social · 3d

► “a must listen for death/doom fans” - @everythingisnoise.bsky.social

The #PERISHING album comes out tomorrow! Watch out for it!

Music - perishing.bandcamp.com

Review link - everythingisnoise.net/reviews/peri...

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Transcending Obscurity @transcendingobs.bsky.social · 3d

NEW BAND SIGNING: Finnish band Death Obvious playing avantgarde death/black/doom metal

Listen to one of the songs here - youtu.be/EcCL8zpQYfM

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Transcending Obscurity @transcendingobs.bsky.social · 4d

Australian death metal band #Depravity have released a badass playthrough video of one of their songs! Watch it on our channel here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuKq...

Preorders for their new album "Bestial Possession" are up now!

Bandcamp - depravitydeath.bandcamp.com

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Transcending Obscurity @transcendingobs.bsky.social · 5d

NEW RELEASE PREORDER: #DeadandDripping (US) - Nefarious Scintillations (Brutal/Technical Death Metal)

Video stream #1 - www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWG8...
Video stream #2 - www.youtube.com/watch?v=vl1Q...
Bandcamp - deadanddrippingus.bandcamp.com
Store links - linktr.ee/transcending...

Transcending Obscurity @transcendingobs.bsky.social · 6d

" #PERISHING understand the fundamentals of grisly death-doom and should be a name to watch in this field of endeavor" - Wormwood Chronicles

Keep an eye out for their debut full length release dropping soon!

Music - perishing.bandcamp.com

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

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Transcending Obscurity @transcendingobs.bsky.social · 9d

OFFICIAL RELEASE DAY: #Undersave (Portugal) - Merged In Abstract Perdition (Dark/Dissonant Death Metal)

For fans of: Immolation, Ulcerate, Replicant, Maere, Gorguts

Full album stream - www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8Sp...
Bandcamp - undersave-label.bandcamp.com
Store links - linktr.ee/transcending...

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Transcending Obscurity @transcendingobs.bsky.social · 10d

Postal services to the US have finally resumed in full swing. We've got quite a few parcels still to send out to the US which we intend to do in a week's time. Thanks a bunch for your patience and understanding here! Tariffs surely suck but there will be none for ya'll.

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Transcending Obscurity @transcendingobs.bsky.social · 11d

Listen to a new song from the US brutal/technical death metal band #DeadandDripping's new album "Nefarious Scintillations". Preorders for it to go live in the coming week!

New song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vl1Q...
Previous one: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWG8...

Artwork + all music by Evan Daniele

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Transcending Obscurity @transcendingobs.bsky.social · 12d

First review of the new #Veilburner album is in! The year should end on a high note!

► "Veilburner cements itself as one of the premier acts of the mirky underworld" - Head-Banger Reviews

Tunes - veilburnerband.bandcamp.com

Review - headbangerreviews.com/2025/09/26/v...

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Transcending Obscurity @transcendingobs.bsky.social · 12d

First review of the new #Veilburner album is in! The year should end on a high note!

► "Veilburner cements itself as one of the premier acts of the mirky underworld" - Head-Banger Reviews

Tunes - veilburnerband.bandcamp.com

Review - headbangerreviews.com/2025/09/26/v...

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Transcending Obscurity @transcendingobs.bsky.social · 12d

US technical death metal band #Fleshbore have released a drum playthrough video with Robin Stone.

Watch it on the channel here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bs3...

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Transcending Obscurity @transcendingobs.bsky.social · 13d

Yes, we have learned about them and as outrageously high as they are, none of it will be borne by the customers as we will be absorbing all of it. And sadly none of the products are exempt either. We're figuring out better options while of course the show goes on.

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Transcending Obscurity @transcendingobs.bsky.social · 13d

Dark/dissonant death metal band #Undersave reveal the final song from their upcoming album!

► "a new pinnacle within the band’s technical yet fluidic death metal riffcraft" - Mystification Zine

Music - undersave-label.bandcamp.com

Premiere - mystificationzine.com/2025/10/03/u...

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Transcending Obscurity @transcendingobs.bsky.social · 15d

Premiere - www.nocleansinging.com/2025/10/02/a...

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Transcending Obscurity @transcendingobs.bsky.social · 15d

Death/doom band #DwellingBelow unearth a new song! Despite buried in endless layers of filth, they manage to incorporate an emotive lead or two! Check it out!

► "lead listeners through a nightmarish and often bizarre labyrinth" - No Clean Singing

Music - dwellingbelow.bandcamp.com

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Transcending Obscurity @transcendingobs.bsky.social · 16d

OFFICIAL RELEASE DAY: #Enragement (Finland) - Extinguish All Existence (Brutal Death Metal)

Full album stream - www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQl3...
Bandcamp - enragement-label.bandcamp.com
Store links - linktr.ee/transcending...

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Transcending Obscurity @transcendingobs.bsky.social · 16d

NEW RELEASE PREORDER: #Depravity (Australia) - Bestial Possession (Death Metal)

Bandcamp - depravitydeath.bandcamp.com
Store links - linktr.ee/transcending...

FFO: Morbid Angel, Suffocation, Deicide, Hate Eternal, Hour of Penance, Nile, Demiurgon

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Transcending Obscurity @transcendingobs.bsky.social · 17d

Brutal death metal band #Enragement’s album is streaming in full along with track-by-track commentary from the band members.

Link - www.inferno.fi/uutiset/tays...

Bandcamp (drops tomorrow!) - enragement-label.bandcamp.com

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Transcending Obscurity @transcendingobs.bsky.social · 17d

Music - undersave-label.bandcamp.com

Review - mystificationzine.com/2025/09/30/u...

Merged In Abstract Perdition, by UNDERSAVE

7 track album

undersave-label.bandcamp.com

Transcending Obscurity @transcendingobs.bsky.social · 17d

We're super excited for the upcoming #Undersave release! Don't sleep on it! Thanks to Mystification Zine for the review!

FFO: Immolation, Gorguts, Replicant, Ulcerate

► "momentum, chaotic scrawl, and dread-bound atmospheric heave make for a dark and damned death metal experience"

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