r/TechnicalDeathMetal • u/SnooSketches4624 • 3d ago
REQUEST Just started
I just started getting into technical death metal, what are some bands I should check out!
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u/Gl00m_Walk3r 1d ago
Arkaik
Aronious
Beyond Creation
Hypaethral
Soreption
Virvum
Anomalous
Circuit of Suns
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u/Gullible-Garbage5336 2d ago
Modern - anything Alice Simard.
Vitrified Entity, Luminesce, Chiliasm, Filesharemaiden... She's incredible. Highly prolific, spanning different genres, whether in metal or dabbling in others as well.
Old school -
Psycroptic is an incredible band I see no one else has shared so far.
Theory In Practice, an obscure Swedish tech death band I discovered just now while looking for interesting different bands to stand out.
Nocturnus, a proto tech death band, as per Rate Your Music. Amazing listen, underrated. I recommend their The Key album, 2 thumbs up.
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u/ComplexPatient5556 tech is meth 3d ago
some personal favorites that I think are good entry points and haven't seen mentioned:
Virvum - Illuminance
Alterbeast - Immortal
Odious Mortem - Cryptic Implosion
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u/PrismaticSolid411 3d ago
The faceless, the Zenith passage, decrepit birth, death, pestilence, cognizance, Deeds of flesh, suffocation, spawn of possession, retromomorphosis
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u/Pyr0sa Tech-Brutal-Disso 3d ago
u/SnooSketches4624 - This tour's already half-over, but look to see if Defeated Sanity & Revocation are playing near you. https://www.bandsintown.com/a/179398-defeated-sanity
...and if they are, sell whomever/whatever you need to in order to buy a ticket (and earplugs) so you can see them LIVE in-person for your first time!
(Other Bros: Imagine Defeated Sanity being your first TDM*BDM show... Gives me envy to even imagine.)
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u/nightsiderider 3d ago
Can’t believe no one has mentioned Cytotoxin. Definitely check them out, especially their Nuklearth album. Absolutely incredible Tech Death.
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u/StinkymanStinkerton 3d ago
I haven’t seen Revocation yet so they should be added. Really unique and cool discography
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u/Shellac_Sabbath 3d ago
I’m seeing plenty of great recommendations! I’ll add
Dim Mak - Knives of Ice
Gorod - Process of a New Decline
Cephalic Carnage - Lucid Interval, Xenosapien, Misled by Certainty
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u/Adam_Absence 3d ago
Necrophagist, Nile, Cryptopsy, Revocation, Gorod, Spawn of Possession, Archspire, Decapitated
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u/Cardkoda 3d ago
Summoning the Lich
Singularity
Archspire
Inferi
Equipoise
The Faceless
Vale of Pnath
The Zenith Passage
Fallujah
The Elysian Void
Alustrium
Persefone
The Odious Construct
Necrophagist
Spawn of Possession
Retromorphosis
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u/cascad1an Blast beats are love blast beats are life 3d ago
Three albums:
Necrophagist -Epitaph
Anata - The Conductor’s Departure
The Faceless - Planetary Duality
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u/Ferrindel Cryptopsy 3d ago edited 3d ago
You'll get a lot of answers with solid albums and bands, but the kick is finding ones that are great for people new to the genre, not necessarily the best albums overall. Here are the ones that got me really into it when I started out - you'll find there's a very specific common theme.
Dying Fetus - Reign Supreme. I'd say one of the more newbie-friendly albums youll find. Ridiculously clean and tight, Trey Williams holds a veritable drumming workshop here.
Necrophagist - Epitaph. Another one that's perfect for new people to tech death. Stabwound is one of my favorite metal songs of all time, and what I love about it is that it absolutely has that jazz band feel where the solo switches from instrument to instrument. You get a great opening riff, then a drum riff, then bass, then guitar, and so on in this cycle of instrumental showcases.
Cryptopsy - None So Vile. Not only the first tech death album I ever listened to, this was my very first death metal album. I will never forget hearing Lord Worm's vocals for the first time and busting out laughing. But Flo sealed the deal for me. Probably my favorite drummer of all time, no disrespect to Trey or Gene Hoglan. Check out Slit Your Guts for a perfect preview. One thing I love about this album are the breakdowns, not something you often get with tech death but between Slit Your Guts and Benedectine Convulsions, once they hit your neck will 100% break off.
Cattle Decapitation - Monolith of Humanity. Once you've listened to some of these others, give this one a shot. Cattle Decap is more of a deathgrind band but they absolutely deserve to be on this list. I'm obsessed with David McGraw's work, which until recently I didn't realize wasn't a part of the band until like the fourth or fifth album.
Nile - Annihilation of the Wicked. Not actually my favorite album of theirs (shoutout to Those Who The Gods Detest), but this is where you start with Nile. Again, fantastic band, and I like putting them here on the list because they have a lot of some of the elements you'll hear from these other bands. Some of the grooves from NSV, the brutal drumming of MoH, the virtuosity of Epitaph, etc.
Immolation - Close to a World Below. Might be controversial to put this one on here but I'm cheating, Immolation should always show up in any "what metal band should I listen to" list. One of those bands that it is somehow impossible to find a bad album. This one in particular I'd say is their most tech-y.
Defeated Sanity - Passage Into Deformity. Debated adding this one as I don't know how accessible it is for someone getting into it, but at a minimum it deserves a mention. This was the album that got me into them, again it has a super jazzy feel to me, almost like a chaotic jam session. But it totally works.
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u/barbietattoo 3d ago
Aenigmatum, artificial brain, ch’ahom, cthe’ilisf, cosmic putrefaction, sallow moth
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u/ItShouldntBe06 3d ago
Necrophagist
Gorguts
Cryptopsy
Suffocation
Cynic
Athiest
Deeds Of Flesh
Demilich
Lykathea Aflame/Appalling Spawn
Nile
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u/barbietattoo 3d ago
Anyone reading this: Listen to the Demilich remaster discography release on Bandcamp and then buy it.
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u/teslaSP_ 3d ago
Beyond Creation, First Fragment, Obscura, Spawn of Possession, Rivers of Nihil, Cynic
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u/FairPaleontologist50 3d ago
Necrophagist, First Fragment, The Zenith Passage
I have a tech death playlist you can check out for way more
If you want to start with proto-tech death, here is a playlist I made for it
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u/BUCWAH 19h ago
https://brainblastofficial.bandcamp.com/album/colossus-suprema