Obscura

"Obscura was founded in 2002 by Steffen Kummerer. The band was named after the Gorguts album Obscura. They are signed to Relapse Records. Obscura continue to create their vision of the future of extreme metal - a symbiosis of death, thrash and black metal merged with progressive elements and technical as well as compositional demand."

The vocals are fairly clean, still Death Metal, but not like gravel-gargling Grindcore or the even more insane Pornogrind. (um, yes. This is a real thing. Maybe I will post some... someday.) Off on a tangent there, but anyway... Obscura is pretty awesome. What I really like is the "cosmic" feel to it and the amazing layered tracks without losing focus.

The Anticosmic Overload:



Septuagint:



New album, Omnivium, out very soon!

Timecry

 Some more Trance Metal!

"Formed in 2007, Timecry [is a new generation] of Melodic Death Metal. Combining fast and heavy guitar riffing with an intricate array of synthesizers", they are one of the pioneers of Trance Metal.  In 2008, Timecry released their debut self-titled EP, only released digitally.  They have a second EP and (hopefully) a full length release soon.  In my opinion, they are one of a very few Trance Metal bands that don't annoy me vocally, along with Silent Descent.

Better Die Standing:



Never More: