Claiming to capture the essence of nature and translate it into their musical compositions, Transcendus hail from Indonesia and have just released their debut album Nocturnal Ambience on THT Productions. Labelling their style as dark ambient metal, they actually rarely ever mix the ambient with the metal. The music here is fairly simple and has a dark feel. I enjoy the ambient songs better than the heavy songs. The hardest thing to get past for most will be the horribly annoying vocals. Imagine a cross between Danielson and some of Kekal's new vocal stylings. Mix that with music in the vein of Dr Dark and you have the metal tunes in a nutshell. Overall, not a bad debut, but a band that could use some (more) musical work.
