Transgression is a Old School Death Metal band from Leverkusen, Germany.

In early 1997 Transgression was founded by Rene Hollweg (g), Dave Steffens (b), Andreas Westphal (v) (who all played together in a Band called Asmodina before), Carsten Koch (g) and Michael Pohl (dr).

In this constellation some gigs were played before the band has to split up with singer Andreas through personally disagreements. After a short time drummer Michael left the band for studying in foreign countries.

The problem of having no drummer was solved through the recognization of old Asmodina-times as former drummer Arkadius Neumann joined the band.

After some times of only rehearsing instrumentally in early 1999 Lars Zimmermann joined the band on the vocals.

With this static line-up some demos were recorded:

June 1999: "First Demo(n)" – rehearsal room recording that was sold on tape at concerts

March 2000: "redruM" 4-song 8-track-recording that was spread as CD-R

December 2002: "Live in Wermelskirchen" Recording from a concert with Pungent Stench and Disastrous Murmour

Since 1999 the line-up has not changed and a six-song-CD was produced by the band. "Guilty Rotten Flesh" is obtainable through the band and some mailorders.

Current line-up
Lars Zimmermann - Vocals
Rene Hollweg - Guitar
Carsten Koch - Guitar
Dave Steffens - Bass
Arkadius Neumann - Drums

Official: http://www.transgression-metal.de/
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/transgressionmetal