Transcending Obscurity Records
Transcending Obscurity Records is an independent extreme metal label based in Mumbai, India, run by Kunal Choksi. Its roots trace back to Diabolical Conquest, a metal webzine and message board Choksi launched in the mid-2000s; exactly when that project turned into a dedicated record label is unconfirmed, since available sources disagree. By the label's own account it has since grown into a full operation with its own office, warehouse, and in-house merch production, plus dedicated storefronts serving India, Europe, and North America. Its catalog covers death, black, doom, and more dissonant or technical extreme metal, with a roster mixing newer signings and longer-running acts from multiple continents.
Quick Facts
- Country
- India
- Label size
- Large, well-established independent underground label
- Activity
- Very active
- Genres
- Death Metal, Black Metal, Doom Metal, Dissonant/Technical Death Metal, Atmospheric Extreme Metal
- Career-stage fit
- emerging, developing, established
What Does Transcending Obscurity Records Release?
Representative artists: Wombbath, Diskord, Defect Designer, Replicant, Abyssus, Noltem, Viande, World in Ruins, Crypts of Despair, Sarcoptes, Cutterred Flesh, Veilburner, Hanging Garden, Depravity
Large, internationally diverse extreme metal roster spanning death, black, doom, and dissonant/technical subgenres, mixing newer signings with longer-running acts from the US, Europe, Scandinavia, and India.
Who Is This Label Likely to Fit?
An active, well-established underground extreme metal label that reviews unsolicited submissions but signs selectively; a realistic target primarily for death/black/doom metal acts with a polished, well-produced release rather than early-stage or rough demo material.
This is Metal-Labels' analysis based on available roster and activity data, not a claim made by the label itself.
Demo & Submission Information
The label says it reviews every submission sent to info@tometal.com but can't guarantee a reply given the volume it receives, and suggests allowing 2-3 weeks before following up. Label staff have also described being selective about new signings, especially in black metal, so having a strong, well-produced release ready is likely to matter more than simply sending a rough demo. No official statement on geographic restrictions for submissions was found either way.
Submission information last checked: August 2026
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