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This is a list of technical death metal bands. Technical death metal (sometimes called tech-death) is a musical subgenre of death metal music that focuses on complex rhythms, riffs and song structures.
BandCountryFormedUSA2006USA2005Belgium1995USA2003Jun 23, 2023 · Reference. Updated June 23, 202381.9K views165 items. Ranked By. 20.3K votes. 2.8K voters. Technical death metal artists list, with photos, ranked best to worst by votes. List of good technical death metal bands includes a filter so you can sort by the group’s label and what albums they've put out.
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Bands. mathcore. melodic death metal. djent. progressive metalcore. Technical death metal (also referred to as tech-death) is a musical subgenre of death metal with particular focus on challenging, demanding instrumental skill and complex songwriting.
- Death. One of the most important and influential death metal bands, Death were originally formed in 1983 as a death/thrash band Mantas. But later they reinvented their own death metal and became one of the most progressive and innovative death metal bands.
- Necrophagist. Necrophagist were formed in Karlsruhe, Germany in 1992. The band's guitarist/vocalist Muhammed Suiçmez recorded the debut album "Onset of Putrefaction" (1999), which is considered as a tech death classic, alone, since the rest of the band left before the recordings.
- Nile. Nile were formed in their hometown of Greenville, SC, in 1993. Originally started as a death metal band, they later became much more technical. They combine extreme speed and brutality of modern death metal with the ancient styling of Middle Eastern music and call their music "Ithyphallic-metal."
- Cynic. Cynic were formed in Florida, United States in 1987. The band recorded a few thrash metal demos before moving to a highly complex form of jazz-fusion influenced experimental/avant-garde death metal, manifested in their seminal album, 1993's "Focus," which for over a decade was the band's only official release.
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Vocalist, guitarist, music writerStockholm, SwedenMember of Desolator, Soliloquium and several other projectsPersonally, I have a strange relationship with technical death metal. And it’s just for this reason. Bands like Necrophagist, Obscura and Spawn of Possession don’t really catch my attention, despite the extremely proficient musicianship. I know I will piss of some people with this. It’s not my intention, and if you’re only looking for insane musici...
Before getting into my massive A-Z band list, I’ll give you the option to do a quick dive into the style. These are my 10 essential technical death metal albums: 1. Death – Human (1991) 2. Decapitated – Winds of Creation (2000) 3. Hour of Penance – The Vile Conception (2008) 4. Infinitum – The Sixth Extinction (2012) 5. Insision – Beneath the Folds...
Anata
Anata is a Swedish tech-death band featuring some glorious guitar-work. The band was on the rise in the early 2000’s, before diminishing in what seems to be label and business trouble. It was sad to see the band go when it felt they were just starting out. The last two Anata albums remain some of the best technical death metal out there.
Atheist
Atheist brought jazz to death metal in the early 90’s, creating a whole new aspect of technical death metal. And influence aside, it’s some damn good stuff that didn’t forget about the aggression either. Like many bands on the list, listening to Atheist is a combination of learning tech-death history and just enjoying the killer music.
Cryptopsy
Cryptopsy’s first two albums are absolutely bananas for their time, both in terms of brutality and technicality. Firstly, it’s good background on the style. Secondly, it’s some of the craziest death metal ever created. It’s a band that still raises my eyebrows, even with all the development in the death metal scene after the albums.
I hope this gave you the basics (and more) on technical death metal music. Follow the links below if you want to continue to explore sub-genres. If you enjoyed the guide, and you’re a fan of Swedish death metal, I’d love if you checked out my band Desolator. Brutal death metal -> Melodic death metal -> Old school death metal -> Progressive death me...
Some of the most influential bands in the genre include Death, Morbid Angel, and Carcass. Artists. Decades. Artists List. Playlist. Top Songs. 2024. 2023. Most popular technical death metal artists. Asphyx. Bloodbath. Vader. Decapitated. Autopsy. Incantation. Cattle Decapitation. Dying Fetus. Benediction. Massacre. Exhumed. Aborted. Krisiun.
Jun 23, 2023 · Updated June 23, 2023 81.9K views 165 items. Ranked By. 20.4K votes. 2.8K voters. Technical death metal artists list, with photos, ranked best to worst by votes. List of good technical death metal bands includes a filter so you can sort by the group’s label and what albums they've put out.
