Technical Death Metal
- Amputate - Abysmal Ascent (Portugal) - [Anhedonic - Emissary [EP] (USA-OR)](https://shanelyons.bandcamp.com/album/emissary) (instrumental) - [Carnosus - Wormtales (Sweden)](https://carnosus.bandcamp.com/album/wormtales) (obviously I have an enormous hard-on for this band, and the new one didn't disappoint) - [Deivos - Apophenia (Poland)](https://deivos.bandcamp.com/album/apophenia) - [Infant Annihilator - Mister Sister Fister: Re-Conception [EP] (US-FL/UK-ENG)](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l9jBCfOn86HxvZkyGxBDDDg8wcRVgJZ4Y&si=DImSyibaoYVhX0Iw) (tech deathcore, definitely not tech death, but likely relevant to our interests here)
Oops, a few days late, but it was a pretty light week anyway - [Tribunal of Carnage - Kerajaan Bulan (Malaysia)](https://tribunalofcarnage.bandcamp.com/album/kerajaan-bulan) (instrumental tech melodic death) - [Unleash Carnage - A Plague Tale (CAN-QC)](https://unleashcarnage.bandcamp.com/album/a-plague-tale) (death metal/deathcore)
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/30613646 > [Bandcamp](https://fecundation.bandcamp.com/album/moribund) for the album, [Metallum for the band](https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Fecundation/3540394170) I'm not usually the biggest modern tech death person, but there was just something about this album that did it for me. Entire album is just under 28 minutes, definitely recommend a listen.
Not really tech death, but close enough that I thought it'd be good to cross-post. Guide to the song from the youtube comments: > [0:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw3SdOFmubU) the random intro > > [1:32](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw3SdOFmubU&t=92s) earrape > > [1:54](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw3SdOFmubU&t=114s) I THIS FRACTAL ILLUSION > > [2:54](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw3SdOFmubU&t=174s) lead over catchy riff > > [3:33](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw3SdOFmubU&t=213s) the not so catchy but more meshuggah riff > > [4:31](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw3SdOFmubU&t=271s) THIS IS AN ANOMALY > > [4:56](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw3SdOFmubU&t=296s) "Tight as frog butthole" (c) Ben Eller > > [5:39](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw3SdOFmubU&t=339s) Chaos cranked up to 11 > > [6:18](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw3SdOFmubU&t=378s) RE-DESINTEGRATION > > [7:07](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw3SdOFmubU&t=427s) string skipping... kind of > > [7:46](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw3SdOFmubU&t=466s) unsettling clean theme 1 > > [8:39](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw3SdOFmubU&t=519s) brr da brr da da brr da brr da da > > [10:15](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw3SdOFmubU&t=615s) from chaos to chaos to chaos > > [10:32](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw3SdOFmubU&t=632s) brainmelting 4/4 riff > > [11:31](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw3SdOFmubU&t=691s) waaa weee wooo trem lead > > [12:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw3SdOFmubU&t=720s) I - THE NIHILIST > > [12:39](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw3SdOFmubU&t=759s) contacting aliens like Fredrik > > [13:31](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw3SdOFmubU&t=811s) MIRACLES INVERTED > > [14:06](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw3SdOFmubU&t=846s) 0s longer than grindcore songs > > [14:42](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw3SdOFmubU&t=882s) unsettling clean theme 2 > > [15:59](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw3SdOFmubU&t=959s) winding up the djenerator > > [16:51](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw3SdOFmubU&t=1011s) djenerator at full power > > [17:45](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw3SdOFmubU&t=1065s) CONCEPTION DERIVED FROM MISCONCEPTIONS > > [18:20](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw3SdOFmubU&t=1100s) EMERGENCE OF DOOM COMPLETE > > [18:35](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw3SdOFmubU&t=1115s) IIIIIIII > > [20:19](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw3SdOFmubU&t=1219s) eternal 0 Also a [good interview](https://www.theaquarian.com/2008/03/12/meshuggah-challenges-collapse/) where they talk about the track: > Did you guys ever do I live? > > No, no. That whole track was written and recorded just on random. Me and Fredrik would just jam on something, and when we found something that was kind of cool, he would walk into the control room. I would just record drums and it wasn’t a set pattern, I would just kind of stray away from the pattern, but just keep going in that vibe. Then we had to chart everything and go bar by bar to record the guitars afterwards, because it’s all just random. > > In doing it that way it’s also really, really hard to learn it. Even for us. I know parts of it, just because I’ve listened to it a lot, but it would be an awesome challenge to try to pull that off live, and it would take a shitload of rehearsing to get it down.
www.metalsucks.net
They're type of band that this could be a prank, but it seems legit. Going to be hard to replace him
Whoa just discovered this by accident, super sick. Looks like it's part of an EP coming out on October 18, when I'll be distracted by new Carnosus
- [Asylum Purgatory - Rise of the Dread King (CAN-QC)](https://asylumpurgatory.bandcamp.com/album/rise-of-the-dread-king) - [Carnosus - Yearnings of a Rotten Spine (Single) (Sweden)](https://youtu.be/-x8swwimu_I?si=VWW4E8BFUC2Haaql) - [Livløs - The Crescent King (Denmark)](https://livloesband.bandcamp.com/album/the-crescent-king) - [Maul - In the Jaws of Bereavement (USA-ND)](https://listen.20buckspin.com/album/in-the-jaws-of-bereavement) - [Swarm Effect - Cotard's Syndrome (Ukraine)](https://swarmeffect.bandcamp.com/album/cotards-syndrome) - [Wind Rose - Trollslayer (Italy)](https://wind-rose.bandcamp.com/album/trollslayer) (lol)
toiletovhell.com
Per Carnosus’s Facebook page, Toilet ov Hell is doing an early debut of tomorrow’s new single, Yearnings of a Rotten Spine!
ophidianmemory.bandcamp.com
These guys' latest album really took me by surprise, so I went through their discography, and it's a fun trip
- [A Thousand Wounds - S/T (USA-FL)](https://athousandwounds.bandcamp.com/album/a-thousand-wounds) (arguably technical deathcore) - [The Black Dahlia Murder - Servitude (USA-MI)](https://theblackdahliamurder.bandcamp.com/album/servitude) (melodeath) - [Blighted Eye - Agony's Bespoke (USA-WA)](https://beyondthetoprecords.bandcamp.com/album/agonys-bespoke) (missed this one last -week) - Buicide - Aftermath Existence (Russia) - [Obsidian Mantra - As We All Will (Poland)](https://obsidianmantra.bandcamp.com/album/as-we-all-will) - [Ophidian Memory - Carrion Lord (USA-IA)](https://ophidianmemory.bandcamp.com/album/carrion-lord) - [Pesterous Mind - Endcide (Germany)](https://pesterousmind.bandcamp.com/album/omnivore-endcide) - [Radiant Black - Rituals of Anarchy (Israel)](https://radiantblack.bandcamp.com/album/rituals-of-anarchy)
- Aro Ora - The Twelfth Hour (France) - [Vitur - Transcending the Self (Poland)](https://vitur.bandcamp.com/album/transcending-the-self)
- [Brinicle - Perceptions of Reality (Colombia)](https://brinicle1.bandcamp.com/album/perceptions-of-reality) - [Crypt Crawler - The Immortal Realm (AUS-WA)](https://cryptcrawlermetal.bandcamp.com/album/the-immortal-realm) - [Insurrection - Obsolescence (CAN-QC)](https://insurrectioncanada.bandcamp.com/album/obsolescence) - [Soulmass - Promise [EP] (USA-FL)](https://soulmass.bandcamp.com/album/promise)
insurrectioncanada.bandcamp.com
ffo Griefgod, so I guess melodic tech? idk I'm not great with labels, but don't sleep on this
ubiquityband1.bandcamp.com
Even more!
From their Facebook page: “New single premieres early this Wednesday, Sept 11 over at Heavy Blog is Heavy! Available on all streaming platforms Friday, Sept 13.”
spacecorpse.bandcamp.com
More "title track on S/T"
bloodcrusher.bandcamp.com
Another, another!
Light on certified tech this week, but some good ones - [Corpse Worship - Cemetery Anthems (Russia)](https://coyoterecords.bandcamp.com/album/cemetery-anthems) (not really tech, but pretty cool) - [Grimaze - The Heart of a Collapsing Star (Bulgaria)](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw1mEbkjhv8euQQ2iBPlZXArjB4rgOoQY&si=L4ZZlTfyRToZy2JV)
Another "title track from eponymous release" example!
valeofpnath.bandcamp.com
How’d everyone like the new Vale? I see what people are saying about the stylistic shift, but this is still sick
- [Teeth - The Will of Hate (USA-CA)](https://teethtl.bandcamp.com/album/the-will-of-hate) - [Wintersun - Time II (Finland)](https://wintersun.bandcamp.com/album/time-ii) (melodeath, but seems to be a big deal) Bonus - deathcore: - [Oceano - Living Chaos (USA-IL)](https://youtu.be/hOd8vosMX2g?si=zeCa-9Ql6maxxfoS) - [To The Grave - Everyone's a Murderer (AUS-NSW)](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lUlL_NMBZAZssNPJRt5ZjNbLRG3V9id9Y&si=g6UmMbOfC3E28i20)
Nile and Fleshgod, what a week to have ears! - [Fleshgod Apocalypse - Opera (Italy)](https://fleshgodapocalypse.bandcamp.com/album/opera) - [Nile - The Underworld Awaits Us All (USA-SC)](https://nile.bandcamp.com/album/the-underworld-awaits-us-all) - [Within the Ruins - Phenomena II (USA-MA)](https://withintheruins.bandcamp.com/album/phenomena-ii) (core)
Light week, but the Carnosus single and album announcement are exciting! - [Carnosus - Within Throat, Within Heart (Single) (Sweden)](https://youtu.be/bsHe9TaDkm0?si=Ebgx7V_spmyI-lTc) - [Evilyn - Mondestrunken (International)](https://evilyndm.bandcamp.com/album/mondestrunken) - [Vile Rites - Senescence (USA-CA)](https://vilerites.bandcamp.com/album/senescence)
Let myself get pretty behind, here are the releases that jumped out last week, not all particularly tech. - [Anoxide - Morals & Dogma (UK-ENG)](https://anoxide.bandcamp.com/album/morals-dogma) - [Becoming the Entity - Chronicles of the Trephine [...] [EP] (Mexico)](https://becomingtheentity.bandcamp.com/album/chronicles-of-the-trephine-creeping-abominations-in-saturnine-dimensions) - Commorion - Purga Infernal [EP] (Colombia) - Diamortal - Proceeding Inhumanity (Germany) - [Scopus Magnus - Magnum Scopus [EP] (Finland)](https://scopusmagnus.bandcamp.com/album/magnum-scopus) - [Siphoned Life - Plagueland (USA-TX)](https://siphonedlife.bandcamp.com/album/plagueland)
From the band via Facebook: Whispered among worms were the rumors of a new album by death metal outfit Carnosus. Heavier and darker, slithering its way from Örebro, Sweden, comes Wormtales, a prequel to the critically acclaimed 2023 album, Visions of Infinihility. Wormtales contains some of the band's most impressive riffs thus far and once again lures the listener into the realm of infinihility. Release date: October 18 on Willowtip Records Track Listing: 1. Birthless 2. Within Throat, Within Heart 3. Neglectikon 4. Yearnings of A Rotten Spine 5. Worm Charmer 6. Harbinger of Woundism 7. Paradoxical Impulse 8. Wound of Wisdom 9. Cosmoclaustrum 10. Solace In Soil Credits: Recorded and produced by Carnosus (except drums; recorded and produced by Robert Kukla & Dennis Rosic). Re-amped, mixed and mastered by Robert Kukla at Obsidian Recording Studios. Cover artwork by Timon Kokott.
- [Carnophage - Matter of a Darker Nature (Turkey)](https://carnophage.bandcamp.com/album/matter-of-a-darker-nature) (brutal tech) - [Parasitic Entity - Artificial Hell Construct [EP] (UK-ENG)](https://parasiticentity.bandcamp.com/album/artificial-hell-construct)
youtu.be
> "Unquestionable Presence" is the second album by the death metal band Atheist. It was released in August 30, 1991 through Death Records (division of Metal Blade Records). > > Tracklist: > > 1.Mother Man 0:00 > 2.Unquestionable Presence 4:34 > 3.Your Life's Retribution 8:40 > 4.Enthralled In Essence 11:57 > 5.An Incarnation's Dream 15:35 > 6.The Formative Years 20:27 > 7.Brains 23:58 > 8.And the Psychic Saw 27:39
cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/15522858 > > Technical Death Metal is one of metal's most beloved and popular genres. But where exactly did it start from? Today, in this Metal Documentary series we analyze the history of bands like Cynic, Atheist, Death, and Pestilence to determine the true origins of one of metal's most famous and well-known genres. > > > > Technical death metal (also referred to as tech-death) is a musical subgenre of death metal that began and developed in the early- to mid-1990s, with a particular focus on challenging, demanding instrumental skill and complex songwriting. > > > > Technical experimentation in death metal began in the late 1980s and early 1990s by four bands that are often grouped together as "technical death metal's Big Four" – Death, Pestilence, Atheist, and Cynic – as well as Nocturnus; all but Pestilence being part of the Florida death metal scene. > > > > Some of the distinct features of this genre include dynamic song structures, complex and atypical rhythmic structures, abundant use of diminished chords and arpeggios, frequent employment of odd-time chord progressions, and constant use of string skipping on the guitars. Basslines are usually complex, and the drums are extremely fast-paced with abundant use of blast beats and other extreme drumming techniques. The technical death metal genre has also been influenced by mostly jazz fusion, as well as thrash metal and progressive/technical-inspired heavy metal bands like Death, Megadeth, Slayer, Voivod, Kreator, Dark Angel, Coroner, Sadus, and Watchtower, the latter of whose second album Control and Resistance (1989) is often considered to be one of the sources of inspiration for the genre. >
- Space Corpse (or Spacecorpse?) - Shapeshifter [EP] (USA-CO) - [Valsa Pintura - Plénitude [EP] (France) (instrumental tech)](https://valsapintura.bandcamp.com/album/pl-nitude) Also, don't forget to catch Gojira playing the Olympic opening ceremony in a couple hours! Bonus - misc eye-catching new releases since I last posted, listed loosely in reverse order of release: - Abiosis - Hollowing the Mortal Form - Serpentslain - Cognitive Dissonance [EP] - August Mayhem - Incredulity (arguably deathcore) - Commander - Angstridden (very groovy, ffo Griefgod, Eye of Horus) - Lynchpin - ...This Mortal Coil [EP] - Fallujah - The Flesh Prevails 10 year anniversary remix/remaster (I haven't done a close enough A:B listen to understand the difference, but damn is TFP a great album) - Helvetskval - Hjarnspoken - Abandon Agony - Dark Matter [EP] - Replacire - The Center That Cannot Hold - Severe Torture - Torn from the Jaws of Death (not tech, but gotta love these DM kings) - The Fallen - S/T (arguably *core) - Ulcerate - Cutting the Throat of God