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AUS DER TRANSZENDENZ
BREED OF A DYING SUN

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FORMAT:
CD    CATALOG N. IVR-010

I. Breed Of A Dying Sun (5:36)
II. Hymns Of Ruin (5:50)

III. A Dream Of Ghosts (5:11)
IV. A Pathway To Rebirth (7:13)
V. The Secret Revealed (9:26)


Total time 33:16

Jewelcase CD with 12-page booklet

Released February 11th, 2012
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The expressive dimension of AUS DER TRANSZENDENZ materializes in 2009 thanks to the contributions of various individuals from the underground black metal scene whose identity won't be revealed.

The main target was to grab the black metal roots and its typical musical shape to gradually evolve, transpass and transcend them into a new synthesis of sound and thought.

The Central-European black metal perception has been drawn into an ocean of visions, resonating with the mystic majesty of past aeons and the coldest feelings of immaterial strenght.
The chalice dropping the juice of black metal poison has been emptied, the thrill consumed its last fading streams. What once was incarnated beauty has been transfigured by ambition, strangled by avenging shadows.

AUS DER TRANSZENDENZ play a noble and regressive form of black metal: poisoned by the Modern Age, but always perceiving the eternal immanence of a past dead by the sword, but never to be forgotten.



SOUNDS OF TRANSCENDENCE 




 
A PATHWAY TO REBIRTH


 



AUS DER TRANSZENDENZ : DISCOGRAPHY


                                                                                   

BREED OF A DYING SUN  (I, Voidhanger Records - 2012)

 



BREED OF A DYING SUN : REVIEWS




STEREO INVADERS
Review by Thiess

Veramente poche e farraginose le notizie avute e trovate su questo Project, la cui origine dovrebbe essere l’Italia e i cui membri fanno parte del folto underground. Cinque brani dalla durata corposa ci raccontano di un Black Metal che attinge dalle atmosfere e dai crescendo tipicamente Norvegesi, soffiando come vento gelido, e tingendosi poi della consapevolezza del più vissuto guerriero. Non sappiamo di preciso di cosa parlino i testi, è però molto il trasporto in ogni singolo pezzo, voci sussurrate che in lontananza ci raccontano tutto il loro dolore. E’ chiaro che questo aspetto, così ovattato ed in qualche modo epico, sia voluto e non figlio di una cattiva produzione. C’è un sentore così di Pagan Metal, strutture che nel loro lacerante livore si rinnovano innalzandosi e portandoci ad un livello decisamente più aulico via via dello scorrere del brano. “Breed Of A Dying Sun” è il tramonto di un sole freddo, una luce che tutto ricopre ma che nel proprio pallore, ci angoscia. Ci piacerebbe che venisse dato più risalto agli strumenti, così che potessero essere meglio distinti, senza snaturare l’ambientazione ancestrale tipica e volutamente rilasciata dalla band.
[7.5 out of 10]

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SEA OF TRANQUILLITY
Review by Kim Jensen

Enter Austrian black metallers Aus der Transzendenz, who bring along with them Breed of a Dying Sun - yet another interesting release via I, Voidhanger Records.
Stylistically, we are dealing with semi-atmospheric black metal, which displays all the typical features of modern black metal, such as tremolo picking, blastbeats, repetition and harsh vocals as well as loads of intensity. In that respect, Aus der Transzendenz leaves nothing desired fore by the black metal fan.
The production is extremely fuzzy and, unlike much black metal, has an almost warm feel to it, which, however, is evened out by the heavy use of reverb (the vocals, for instance, sound like they were recorded in the Echo Valley). The performance itself is also very organic, at times bordering on what some would consider sloppy. But this is of course not necessarily a negative thing in the universe of black metal. Also, while a lot of the drumming is fairly standard black metal blastbeating, there are actually a couple of interesting details and neat things going on.
And this use of reverb is one of the factors in the generation of the overall atmospheric feel of the album, which also has a certain melancholy and at times even melodic (almost avant-garde) sensibility to it as well in the form of, for instance, soft and ambient passages and dissonant harmonies. In 'A Pathway to Rebirth' some of the vocals are delivered in a canting clean voice, which suits the overall atmosphere quite well.
This atmosphere-rich fuzzy black metal release observes all the conventions of black metal and, yet, it is original enough that it itself contributes with something new to the genre, and fans of this type of black metal should definitely check out this release.

[3 out of 5]

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HATEFUL METAL
Review by Aceust

Aus der Transzendenz ist eine noch junge Gruppe, die 2009 gegründet wurde und in Wien beheimatet ist. Mehr ist nicht bekannt, zumal die einzelnen Bandmitglieder unerkannt bleiben möchten. Wie dem auch sei, jedenfalls handelt es sich bei Breed Of A Dying Sun augenscheinlich um die Debütveröffentlichung. 33 Minuten lang bekommt man atmosphärisch kalten Black Metal vorgespielt, der klanglich ein wenig roh und mit Hall unterlegt ist. Die Lieder sind zwischen fünf und neun Minuten lang und Aus der Transzendenz halten sich nicht lange mit Ein- oder Überleitungen auf.
A Dream Of Ghosts beginnt umgehend peitschend schnell. Das Schlagwerk gleicht einem Inferno, zu dem stark verzerrte und grelle Gitarren sowie ein beißender Kreischgesang zu hören sind. Obwohl das Lied temporeich in die Vollen geht, ist das Stück ein atmosphärisches, was an den verzerrten Gitarrenmelodien liegt, die mich in ihrem Klang manchmal an Blut Aus Nord erinnern. Die fünf Lieder gleichen sich, man hat eher den Eindruck, ein einziges, langes Lied zu hören. Sicherlich gibt es Veränderungen, aber die kalte Atmosphäre, der stark verzerrte Kreischgesang, welcher stets so klingt, als käme er aus der Ferne durch dichtem Nebel zu einem, sind in allen Liedern ähnlich. Zudem ist das Tempo meistens hoch und im Mittelteil gibt es stets eine langsame, atmosphärische Passage zu hören. Auf der einen Seite ist Breed Of A Dying Sun eine übersichtliche Scheibe, gerade rhythmisch ist das hohe Tempo oft monoton, was aber mit guten Gitarrenmelodien kombiniert wurde, weshalb ob aller Raserei, Aus der Transzendenz es schaffen, ein atmosphärisch sehr dichtes Werk abzuliefern. Lediglich das letzte Lied, The Secret Revealed, fällt ein wenig aus der Reihe. Da gibt es Phasenweise auch länger andauernde Langsamkeit und sehr leisen, fast schon versteckten, Klargesang zu hören. The Secret Revealed ist ein sehr gutes Lied, in dem gnadenlose Schnelligkeit, bissiger Kreischgesang und verträumte Langsamkeit hervorragend miteinander kombiniert wurden.
Breed Of A Dying Sun ist eine sehr interessante Scheibe, die mir vor allem der Gitarren wegen sehr gut gefällt. Auch wenn man das alles schon mal gehört hat und man sich an die eine und andere Band erinnert fühlt, wissen die großartigen, grellen Melodien aber dennoch zu überzeugen. Die langgezogenen, grellen Gitarrenmelodien harmonieren für mich sehr gut mit der Schnelligkeit, weshalb ich das Album auch als überaus düster und eindringlich empfinde. Mag sein, dass es einige Leute langweilig oder zu monoton empfinden, doch dann sollte man sich mal auf die vielen, guten und subtilen Melodien konzentrieren. Ich hoffe jedenfalls, dass es Aus der Transzendenz nicht bei diesem einen Album belassen werden.

[8 out of 10]

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METAL.IT
Review by Beppe Caldarone

Esordio discografico per questa misteriosa entità black metal a nome Aus Der Transzendenz della quale è pressochè impossibile trovare informazioni in giro.
La proposta del gruppo affonda le sue radici nel black metal dei prime movers norvegesi reinterpretato, però, secondo un'ottica moderna grazie alla quale "Breed of a Dying Sun" gode di una atmosfera malsana davvero riuscita.
I cinque brani che compongono il disco alternano velocità assassine ed estranianti a rallentamenti più ragionati in cui viene fuori un approccio alla materia che potremmo definire "mistico" ed alieno da un lato ed epico dall'altro.
Il gruppo è molto abile nel conferire alla sua musica un taglio distaccato dalla realtà, un taglio in cui la glacialità del suono si erge a protagonista insieme con le vocals che sembrano provenire da lontano e si integrano con gli strumenti diventandone esse stesse delle naturali estensioni.
Siamo di fronte ad una concezione del black metal che deve molto all'insegnamento di quello che comunemente viene definito post black metal, ma gli Aus Der Transzendenz possono contare su una spiccata personalità che rende la loro proposta particolarmente interessante.
Inutile citare un brano in particolare: "Breed of a Dying Sun" va considerato come una unica lunghissima traccia all'interno della quale si sprofonda lentamente senza riuscire più a liberarsene.
Ottimo inizio.
[7,5 out of 10]

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POPDOSE
Review by Dave Steed

An unidentified group of central European underground black metal artists got together to form Aus Der Transzendenz. With Breed Of The Dying Sun they both take black metal a step forward and backwards at the same time. The overall sound is typical of the old school - raw production and hollow vocals. But they weave in a lot of differet chord changes and melodies within their sound, incorporating what feels like a more modern slant of the black metal of yesterday. It ends up being five tracks of dark and dirty black metal that both reminds you the vintage years and excites you for what is still to come.

 

 



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