What are some of the challenges involved in this? You’ve done a very good job bringing metal from India to the world. I also announced Transcending Obscurity Asia so that I can do the same for Asian bands that I did for Indian bands via Transcending Obscurity India. Earlier this year, I started a sub-label for the classic albums called Transcending Obscurity Classics, and have since put out releases by Deceased ( Fearless Undead Machines) and Abyssus (Greek death metal). A couple of years later, I started a distribution leg of the label (which has now been phased out) just so that I could work with more upcoming bands from my region and help them stand on their feet, while providing them with the same distribution and promotional facilities as the bands on my main labels. In 2013, I started an Indian sub-label specifically for the bands from my country, called Transcending Obscurity India. Since the name change, newer albums of The Dead and Preludium came out and also releases by Norse (black metal from Australia), The Whorehouse Massacre (Canadian sludge/doom), Affliction Gate (French old school death metal), Seedna (atmospheric black metal band from Sweden), and of late, Paganizer (Swedish death metal legends).
The first release on the label was the underground death/sludge/doom band The Dead from Australia, followed by releases of Preludium from Poland, and avant-garde doom band Drug Honkey from the US. The label started around 2009 as an extension of the Diabolical Conquest webzine (which eventually got renamed to Transcending Obscurity). Give us a quick rundown of the history of the label.
We caught up with Choksi over email to get the skinny on everything he’s got going on. “I wish my label was based in US or Germany,” says Choksi, who mentions he keeps his prices for his CDs on the lower side, “but I’m in India and I’m trying my best to do things in a significant as well as supportive manner from over here.” Check out his Facebook page to keep up to date on everything his labels have going on. Meanwhile, Transcending Obscurity India/Asia have releases from Darkrypt (India), Rudra (Singapore), Grossty (India), Chaos (India), and a split release from Shepherd (India) and Death by Fungi (India). Over on Transcending Obscurity Classics, a reissue of Warlord U.K.’s Maximum Carnage is in the works. The hard-working Choksi does so much we thought we should lay it out here nice and simple before going any further:ġ: He runs Transcending Obscurity Records/Classics, which releases records from international bands as well as handles reissues from international bands.Ģ: He runs Transcending Obscurity India/Asia, which deals with bands from India and Asia.Ĭhoksi has a busy upcoming release schedule for his labels: he’s got Swampcult, Stench Price (with members of Brutal Truth, Cynic, Hail of Bullets, and more), Fetid Zombie, Echelon (featuring Dave Ingram of Hail of Bullets, ex-Bolt Thrower, ex-Benediction), and Sepulchral Curse coming out on Transcending Obscurity Records. Kunal Choksi is a metal maniac on a mission. Transcending Obscurity head honcho Kunal Choksi lives for metal.
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