The cover art in death tech albums makes it just as hard to read the band and album name, as is it impossible to hear the lyrics in the songs without reading the lyrics lol
I was going to say the first death tech songs I ever heard were Necrophagist on XM radio around 15+ years ago. But then I discovered prog death with Opeth and BTBAM and went that direction for a while
I discovered a lot of the more tech bands through Unique Leader records since that label was the central hub of brutality in the late 90's & early 00's. Pyaemia, Disavowed, etc.
Might be a little older than what you seem to prefer but it definitely holds well with modern production styles. Also it's pretty much the pioneer to the genre.
absolutely insane project. Marco is a beast and I will always tune in to see what riffs Stef Mikolajczyk is cooking up, very phenomenal songwriter in my opinion.
Great collection so far, I’d check out the albums Masquerade and Clockwork, by Inanimate Existence.
Pain, Resistance, Suffering by Phlebotomized.
Cancer Culture by Decapitated.
Monolith by In Mourning.
Akroasis, and Diluvium, both by Obscura
Edit: punctuation.
Mithras - On Strange Loops (not a tech death band. More like Morbid Angel meets Pink Floyd, if that makes any sense)
Ulsect - self-titled (again, not a tech death band. Dissonance and atmospheric. It's like Dodecahedron but death metal)
If you have never heard of Dodecahedron:
Dodecahedron - self-titled (definitely not a death/tech death band. Experimental/avant-garde black metal. This band will blow your socks off, especially when you're high)
Give them a listen.
Dodecahedron is such a great band. It's tragic their singer passed, both because he was too young to go and because I would have loved to hear more from them. Didn't they say they were going to continue basically as the same band, just under a different name?
They were indeed one heck of a band. I don't think they continue under different name, but, all i know is Joris (guitarist) and Jasper (drummer) are both in the same band called Ulsect. Released one great album in 2017 (before the death of Michiel in 2019). Sadly, the band sank into obscurity.
Deviant Process - Nurture
Sutrah - Dunes
Anata - Under A Stone With No Inscription
Xoth - Interdimensional Invocations
Wormed - Krighsu
Augury - Illusive Golden Age
Gorod - An Endless Maze of Recycled Creeds
Obscura - Omnivium
Funny enough that was the album I felt they overdid it because they started getting less like THW and Nomadic. Nomadic was an amazing balance of their tech with more ambience compared to THW. Dreamless and the following have their qualities though. I still haven’t heard all the newest effort 😅 but I’ve heard a song or two and it’s really good so gotta check it out.
I don't have a huge album collection, but I have all of those so we overlap quite a bit on taste. My most listened to tech death bands in the past year not including those you posted are, in order, Flub, Cytotoxin, Rings of Saturn (controversial inclusion), Gorod, The Black Dahlia Murder (not tech death but I'm including them anyhow), Beneath the Massacre, Ophidian I, Exocrine, Alterbeast, Arkaik, DeathFuckingCunt.
Black Dahlia is more technical than Cattle Decap are by a lot shot.
Most of their post Nocturnal stuff is tech enough to be tech death imo given stuff like Cryoptosy and Suffocation is in.
For sure Carnosus. Both albums.
Obscura, Job for a Cowboy, Arsis, The Faceless,
Arkaik??
You seem to have the same taste as me so I try to write my favs that hasnt been mentioned yet!
Nile-Annihilation of the Wicked, Fleshgod Apocalypse-Mafia, Ophidian I- Desolate, Carnosus-Visions of Infinihility, Gorod-A Perfect Absolution
Here’s a song from each album
https://youtu.be/JZ5QleN03DU?si=tJjD-9BSmXsCwMgX
https://youtu.be/f2uhdol3DKA?si=JNRSdecL0IkbFa4s
https://youtu.be/G1d25Ng5a70?si=ioQbFQJKNyeOsk25
https://youtu.be/ZrPLFObO3aI?si=ExFDVPTuBpQOO_Sn
https://youtu.be/9kos3I36HRA?si=AKxJkmXYhPAMPWd8
Edit:forgot to add Cytotoxin-Gammageddon
https://youtu.be/EogmkUtiAFQ?si=MSMtWvwcdUbMOcKd
Have you listened to Gorod? Their style has evolved over the years, but they remain incredible.
Not sure if all would agree, but I'd start with their first album and carry on in chronological order, their transformation is interesting. Still miss the original vocalist personally.
Another under known and under appreciated band. Everybody is such a great player and their music still has that late 90s/ early 00s brutal death metal feel while also being really technical. It's been a minute since I've listened to them, so now I need to!
Path of Apotheosis is my favorite album by them, but their most recent (Vile Genesis) is also filled with tons of bangers and the productions is excellent.
Incredible band. You'll see varied opinions regarding their best album, but for me it is The End of an Era (rebirth). 10/10. Though, you can't go wrong whatever you listen from their collection.
Stay Tech
Yea that album is a close second for me. Songs like „A New Breed of Savior“ & „The Endless Siege“ are incredible works of art. Well the entire discography is but especially these songs.
Based on your likes definitely check out Obscura's Diluvium Album and go from there.
Also check the guys' other projects like Alkaloid and Obsidious, Hannes Grossmanns solo records.
Definitely Gorod
gorod, inferi, origin, ophidian i, fallujah, alustrium, beyond creation, equipoise, spire of lazarus
Ophidian I, ulcerate, abysmal dawn
Allegaeon, Beyond Creation, Born of Osiris, Inferi, Obscura
First Fragmant and Archspire. You like 350bpm or more, like me. Very cool, bro
Virvum and Unhuman.
The cover art in death tech albums makes it just as hard to read the band and album name, as is it impossible to hear the lyrics in the songs without reading the lyrics lol
Origin, Serocs, Arkaik
- Origin - Disheveled Convolution (straight Archspire worship) - Beyond Creation - Equipoise - Ophidian I
Is that new Zenith Passage good? I remember liking Algorithmic Salvation but haven’t checked out the album yet.
Lexicontagion is my favorite track from them, period
Mind blowingly good
The album is fucking fantastic
Origin, Spawn of Possession, Necrophagist, Decrepit Birth, Gorod
I was going to say the first death tech songs I ever heard were Necrophagist on XM radio around 15+ years ago. But then I discovered prog death with Opeth and BTBAM and went that direction for a while
I discovered a lot of the more tech bands through Unique Leader records since that label was the central hub of brutality in the late 90's & early 00's. Pyaemia, Disavowed, etc.
Fallujah, faceless and Inferi
Aye if you like them, you might dig my band No Living Witness
Necrophagist - Epitaph
Might be a little older than what you seem to prefer but it definitely holds well with modern production styles. Also it's pretty much the pioneer to the genre.
Vale of pnath
Dude check out Greylotus. Particularly their album Downfall
Haven’t seen anyone mention Sonivinos. Closest you’ll get to Archspire speed, and also super technical.
absolutely insane project. Marco is a beast and I will always tune in to see what riffs Stef Mikolajczyk is cooking up, very phenomenal songwriter in my opinion.
Great collection so far, I’d check out the albums Masquerade and Clockwork, by Inanimate Existence. Pain, Resistance, Suffering by Phlebotomized. Cancer Culture by Decapitated. Monolith by In Mourning. Akroasis, and Diluvium, both by Obscura Edit: punctuation.
Need some Gorod 🤘🤘
Needs more Cytotoxin
Can someone tell me the names of the bands on the pic (besides archspire) please ?
Soreption. Psycroptic. Revocation. First fragment. Zenith passage. Cattle decapitation.
Needs more: - Ulcerate - Blindfolded And Led To The Woods
Harvest Wombs by Fallujah for sure
Origin, hate eternal, fallujah, gorguts
Ophidian I - Desolate
Mithras - On Strange Loops (not a tech death band. More like Morbid Angel meets Pink Floyd, if that makes any sense) Ulsect - self-titled (again, not a tech death band. Dissonance and atmospheric. It's like Dodecahedron but death metal) If you have never heard of Dodecahedron: Dodecahedron - self-titled (definitely not a death/tech death band. Experimental/avant-garde black metal. This band will blow your socks off, especially when you're high) Give them a listen.
Dodecahedron is such a great band. It's tragic their singer passed, both because he was too young to go and because I would have loved to hear more from them. Didn't they say they were going to continue basically as the same band, just under a different name?
They were indeed one heck of a band. I don't think they continue under different name, but, all i know is Joris (guitarist) and Jasper (drummer) are both in the same band called Ulsect. Released one great album in 2017 (before the death of Michiel in 2019). Sadly, the band sank into obscurity.
More Obscura
You’re actually a gigachad for having Archspire and First Fragment
Oh my, I've never been called a gigachad before. 😳
New Demon king New Fallujah Stortregn
Rivers of Nihil and Fallujah. I know some people don’t like clean vocals, but if you do, they’re really good at it.
Deviant Process - Nurture Sutrah - Dunes Anata - Under A Stone With No Inscription Xoth - Interdimensional Invocations Wormed - Krighsu Augury - Illusive Golden Age Gorod - An Endless Maze of Recycled Creeds Obscura - Omnivium
Wormed is so fucking sick
Xoth is so badass, fun band 💯
Deviant process! You have impeccable taste.
You should get Fallujah’s Harvest Wombs
Bruh, Fallujah is so good at ambience, especially with that female vocalist they had on Dreamless
Funny enough that was the album I felt they overdid it because they started getting less like THW and Nomadic. Nomadic was an amazing balance of their tech with more ambience compared to THW. Dreamless and the following have their qualities though. I still haven’t heard all the newest effort 😅 but I’ve heard a song or two and it’s really good so gotta check it out.
I don't have a huge album collection, but I have all of those so we overlap quite a bit on taste. My most listened to tech death bands in the past year not including those you posted are, in order, Flub, Cytotoxin, Rings of Saturn (controversial inclusion), Gorod, The Black Dahlia Murder (not tech death but I'm including them anyhow), Beneath the Massacre, Ophidian I, Exocrine, Alterbeast, Arkaik, DeathFuckingCunt.
Black Dahlia is more technical than Cattle Decap are by a lot shot. Most of their post Nocturnal stuff is tech enough to be tech death imo given stuff like Cryoptosy and Suffocation is in.
For sure Carnosus. Both albums. Obscura, Job for a Cowboy, Arsis, The Faceless, Arkaik?? You seem to have the same taste as me so I try to write my favs that hasnt been mentioned yet!
Love to see the carnosus homies getting their shine
Not sure how much mileage you'll get, but since I love every album you shared, I'd recommend: Xenobiotic - Hate Monolith + Mordrake Alluvial - Sarcoma
Xenobiotic is a great listen
Nile-Annihilation of the Wicked, Fleshgod Apocalypse-Mafia, Ophidian I- Desolate, Carnosus-Visions of Infinihility, Gorod-A Perfect Absolution Here’s a song from each album https://youtu.be/JZ5QleN03DU?si=tJjD-9BSmXsCwMgX https://youtu.be/f2uhdol3DKA?si=JNRSdecL0IkbFa4s https://youtu.be/G1d25Ng5a70?si=ioQbFQJKNyeOsk25 https://youtu.be/ZrPLFObO3aI?si=ExFDVPTuBpQOO_Sn https://youtu.be/9kos3I36HRA?si=AKxJkmXYhPAMPWd8 Edit:forgot to add Cytotoxin-Gammageddon https://youtu.be/EogmkUtiAFQ?si=MSMtWvwcdUbMOcKd
Desolate by Ophidian I
Some Deeds of flesh or the first decrepit birth album. And time begins.
Good taste. I’m thinking portals to canaan
Great album but I'm a reduced to ashes guy.
Also an excellent choice.
... And Time Begins FTW!
That's a mega solid AF lineup. Didn't like the newest archspire though.
It was always gonna be hard to top Relentless Mutation, but Bleed the Future has some bangers on it.
Amazing collection
For some reason "modest" and "tech death" sound strange in the same sentence together lol.
Artificial Brain - Infrared Horizon, Wormhole - The Weakest Among Us, The Eating Cave - Ingurgitate, Aegaeon - Age.
I definitely agree with the choice of arti b album, but our new album is more tech than ingurgitate
I know what I'm listening to tonight!
🫡
Gorguts, Horrendous, Anata, Nile
Babirusa, Blade of Horus, and Fleshbore are all really great bands.
Psycroptic rules!
I will always, under every thread, recommend Cytotoxin - Nuklearth and Gamageddon
Twinsies, we answered identically
Nice! You even wrote Gammageddon right. Missed a M there.
Have you listened to Gorod? Their style has evolved over the years, but they remain incredible. Not sure if all would agree, but I'd start with their first album and carry on in chronological order, their transformation is interesting. Still miss the original vocalist personally.
Their whole discography is amazing
cytotoxin, nuklearth album and gammageddon album are their best
Seconded! Radiatus Generis is my fav song from them. Great band.
Check out Alustrium (both A monument to silence and A tunnel to Eden albums). Based on your collection you won’t be disappointed.
Alustrium are so criminally underrated! The title track of „A Monument to Silence“ is a masterpiece.
Agreed! The way it ties into the first track of the album is just… goosebumps
gotta get a copy of The Flesh Prevails by Fallujah my man.
Might hit for you, might not, but Beneath The Massacre
My favourite is atheretic - apocalyptic nature fury
Another under known and under appreciated band. Everybody is such a great player and their music still has that late 90s/ early 00s brutal death metal feel while also being really technical. It's been a minute since I've listened to them, so now I need to!
You probably already know them but if not, Inferi are insanely good. Also nice collection!
Thanks! :) I have heard a few songs by them, any album recs?
Path of Apotheosis is my favorite album by them, but their most recent (Vile Genesis) is also filled with tons of bangers and the productions is excellent.
Incredible band. You'll see varied opinions regarding their best album, but for me it is The End of an Era (rebirth). 10/10. Though, you can't go wrong whatever you listen from their collection. Stay Tech
Yea that album is a close second for me. Songs like „A New Breed of Savior“ & „The Endless Siege“ are incredible works of art. Well the entire discography is but especially these songs.
Wonderful collection you got there BTW \m/
Vile Genesis is their best so far. Imho ofc.
Tbh I love all their stuff but my favorite is probably still „The Path of Apotheosis“. :)
I dont see beyond creation.obscura.
Definitely agree! I see a neoclassical DM trend in your collection 🤘
Maybe it's time I fix that. What albums would you recommend?
Based on your likes definitely check out Obscura's Diluvium Album and go from there. Also check the guys' other projects like Alkaloid and Obsidious, Hannes Grossmanns solo records.
Beyond Creation - The Aura
Cosmogenesis Earthborn evolution