Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway
The latest installment of Riot’s Revelation brings us face-to-face, uh, ear to speaker, with an incredible compilation of music. It comes from one of planet Earth’s premier labels specializing in sonic savagery, Transcending Obscurity Records.
The label has amassed one massive, 36-song undertaking entitled ‘Label Sampler 2018‘ and it is a stunning offering, indeed. The responsible parties at T.O.R. even broke things down into segments based on the genre-style of the bands. You have:
Tracks 1 – 15: DEATH METAL ALLIANCE
Tracks 16 – 20: BLACK METAL HORDE
Tracks 21 – 29: DOOM METAL ENCHANTMENT
Tracks 30 – 36: EXPERIMENTAL MADNESS
Nice groupings, huh? Truthfully, it is nothing when compared to the bands themselves that were collected for this gift. It was insanity on my part to attempt to link them all to this article, but here it is, a complete rundown of who and which song you get from them…
01. HEADS FOR THE DEAD (International) – Serpent’s Curse (Death Metal)
02. DOWN AMONG THE DEAD MEN (International) –…And You Will Obey Me (Crust/Death Metal)
03. NATTRAVNEN (International) – Suicidium, The Seductress Of Death (Death Metal)
04. ROGGA JOHANSSON (Sweden) – The Re-emergers (Death Metal)
05. FERAL (Sweden) – Horrendous Sight (Death Metal)
06. EYE OF PURGATORY (International) – Fornever To Awaken (Swedish Death Metal)
07. CRAWL (Sweden) – Suffer (Death Metal)
08. DEPRAVITY (Australia) – Despondency (Dark Death Metal)
09. DE PROFUNDIS (UK) – War Be Upon Him (Death Metal)
10. HENRY KANE (UK) – Age of the Idiot (Death Metal/Crust)
11. SADISTIK FOREST (Finland) – Destructive Art (Death Metal)
12. WARLORD UK (UK) – Graveyard Planet (Old School Death Metal)
13. CEREBRUM (Greece) – A Face Unknown (Technical Death Metal)
14. XPUS (Italy) – Holy Sperm Upon The Lambs (Black/Death Metal)
15. BOKLUK (Spain) – Black Gush (Gnarly Death Metal)
16. SATHANAS (US) – The Left Hand Of Satan (Black/Thrash Metal)
17. NIGREDO (Greece) – Choronzon Possession (Black Metal)
18. IMPERIALIST (US) – The Singularity (Black/Death Metal)
19. OROB (France) – The Wanderer (Atmospheric Black Metal)
20. THE WANDERING ASCETIC (Singapore) – The Will To Live (Black/Thrash Metal)
21. OFFICIUM TRISTE (Netherlands) – World In Flames (Atmospheric Death/Doom Metal)
22. TOWARDS ATLANTIS LIGHTS (International) – Babylon’s Hanging Gardens (Atmospheric Doom Metal)
23. ET MORIEMUR (Czech Republic) – Dies Irae (Atmospheric Doom/Black Metal)
Nice, huh? I think so too, hence this heads up about the Transcending Obscurity Records ‘Label Sampler 2018‘, now streaming below. You can also go the headfirst route and download this NYP (Name Your Price) item at this location.
