Transcending Into The Unknown is a collaboration between Norwegian musicians Filip Dahl, Stian Dahl and Robert Dahl. As the surname suggests, all three members are related with Filip and Robert being brothers and Stian being Filip’s son. Although they are all self-confessed “guitar geeks” and share a common love of guitars and guitar playing, none of them have ever played together.

Filip is a composer and multi-instrumentalist who started his career back in the 70’s with various Norwegian rock bands. His music ranges from melodic prog rock via blues rock to harmonic and symphonic rock and states his influences as Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Kansas, Marillion and Dream Theater.

Stian started playing guitar at an early age and, although his early sound was based on blues and rock, he gradually introduced elements of other genres such as neoclassical and death metal and is influenced by the likes of Dimebag Darrell, Paul Gilbert, Bradon Ellis and Rick Graham.

Robert started out on the punk / metal scene of Trondheim and draws inspiration from music styles such as thrash metal, doom, and stoner rock, as well as blues and even jazz.

Transcending Into The Unknown is the projects latest single and was released on 07/04/2023.

With three guys as obviously talented and as diverse in styles as these, it is no wonder the track they have produced is nothing short of sublime!

The track is a hauntingly beautiful instrumental that really does showcase the unique styles of all three members. You really can tell where one guitarist finishes and the next starts and all three together really does create a stunning sound.

The track is quite bluesy in style but has elements of other genres sneaking in, prog rock being the main one as the guitar work can be quite technical at times, and this is added to with the inclusion of piano and organ at various times during the song.

There is a slow-paced percussion section that keeps the song tight and in time, but it really is the immense talent on show here that makes this track!

A fantastic track to listen to that really will send shivers down your spine! Please, please, please check these guys out.! Simply outstanding.

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