Transcendence Into the Peripheral

Disembowelment | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 28, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Nuclear Blast Americ
• ASIN: B00000111N
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #381,885 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The Tree Of Life And Death

2. Your Prophetic Throne Of Ivory

3. Excoriate

4. Nightside Of Eden

5. A Burial At Ornans

6. The Spirits Of The Tall Trees

7. Cerulean Transience Of All My Imagined Shores

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Death-Doom Ambient Meditation, April 28, 2003

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Mr. M. A. Gordon "Mitr" (Liverpool, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Transcendence Into the Peripheral (Audio CD)

`The Tree of Life and Death' burst forth from your speakers -its fast and brutal metal played with frantic desperation. But then, the frantic death metal slows down to a snail's pace, and gives way a to slow, brooding guitar passage. This initial juxtaposition of fast death and slow doom sets the mood for the rest of album, as Disembowelment meander through exotic places rarely visited by metal.
`Transcendence...' is a long ambient meditation that drifts and pulsates to its close. Unusually for the death/doom genre (often pretentious in its technicality), the production is raw; but far from being detrimental, this simply adds to the album's exotic feel.
On the negative side, the album's later tracks can become boring as the listener becomes aware of formula that should be absent in music as meandering as this. However, this is largely cured by the last track, "Cerulean Transience of all My Imagined Shores", being one of the best on the album and summarising the influential style of these Australian miserablists.
Each track is a journey begun and completed (or failed desperately) within it's own boundaries; sadly this has a negative effect on the album as a whole which tends to lack cohesion. Perhaps the interlude "Excoriate" would of had greater impact nearer to the centre or the close?
Regardless, this album is a monolithic masterpiece and a must have for any doom fan.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars DO NOT GET THIS CD, July 29, 2006

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IntoTheMaelstrom (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Transcendence Into the Peripheral (Audio CD)

unless you feel like wasting money. The "Disembowelment" CD has "Transcendence", "Dusk", and "Mourning September" on it, and it's cheaper than this one.
That said, this is an awesome album.

3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars disEMBOWELMENT!!!!!! A STAPLE OF DOOM DEATH..ONE OF THE FIRST DOOM DEATH BANDS!!, October 5, 2005

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INFESTER (Not Germany circa 1930's!) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Transcendence Into the Peripheral (Audio CD)

This is ONE BLEAK MOTHER FUKK!! ALWAYS ONE OF THE BEST IN DOOM DEATH!!!

disEMBOWELMENT hailed from the land of OZ!!..LAND OF MANY GREAT BANDS..(SAD EX FUKKER's!!) they broke up right fater this album which was a shame..but maybe it is for the better..as they said they didnt have it in them for another full length!! TO BAD!!

This is what the member's of SABBATH if they heard it..would just laugh at..seeing as how some band managed to make them sound like SUGAR GUM POP music!!

This is about ATMOSPHERE..the feeling you get is one of pure dread!!!!!

''A BURIAL AT ORINONS'' and ''TREE OF LIFE AND DEATH''are the stand out's to me..but they are all good!! gotta love ''NIGHT SIDE BY EDEN'' as well..very MOODEY!!
'' NO ONE UNDERSTAND's MY SILENCE..''

You are an easy ''stoner rock'' FAG..if you think you know DOOM and dont even know who this band is!! I WARNED YOU!! DONT LABEL YOUR SELF DOOM!!!!!! THIS IS DOOM!!!!! IT IS DEATH!!!!!

This band is always on the mind of the CULT music fan!! it actualy sucks this is back in print!! now some EMO JOO can get a copy!!

ZOGLAPSE..just re-released this..BUT DONT BUY ITI!! buy a used copy instead! so they dont get your money!! make sure to get the DUSK ep as well..that is also good!!

One of the BEST of the 90's...and one of the best in DOOM DEATH..FUKKING TIMELESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HAILS!!!!!