great topic so far
bin your copy of cosmogenesis and just listen to cynic and necrophagist in quick succession instead.
I'm actually not the biggest fan of tech-death in the vein of Obscura or Necrophagist, but a little now and then is alright. I agree that Necrophagist is better than OBscura, but I'm kinda sick and tired of them at the moment. Cynic on the other hand is probably one of my favourite bands ever. Not much death metal left in traced in air, but it still has that undeniable Cynic quality to it.
anyway
recommendations:
cephalic carnage - exploiting dysfunction (more grindy tech death than straight up death metal, weird as fuck, excellent shit)
I loved anomalies, but xenosapien was a little disappointing imo. I havent checked out explointing dysfunction yet, but i'll make sure to do so.
decrepit birth - and time begins
demilich, nespithe
impetuous ritual - relentless execution of ceremonial excrescence
portal - seepia, outre
gigan - the order of the false eye (good cephalic carnage/gorguts worship. great 20 minute improvised track at the end full of weird noises)
I hadn't heard of portal before someone posted that article about eq suggestions from metalsucks. I actually thin their production suits their music perfectly. I get why some people think they suck, and even though it would be nice to have a little more clarity at times to make the details pop out, I find their music to have an atmosphere that most releases today lacks. Definitely different than most other bands out there, but also really great!
I haven't heard of the rest of these bans, but I'll make sure to do so right away.
spawn of possession - cabinet
immolation - failures for gods (one of the finest death metal albums ever)
cryptopsy - once was not
origin - informitas infinitas inhumanitas
incantation - onward to golgotha
suffocation - souls to deny (so underappreciated, actually their finest)
+111111111111111 trample the weak, hurdle the dead and all the early shit is amazing. skip the album with longstreth
dying fetus - destroy the opposition (THE GROOOOOOVES)
Spawn of possession, Immolation and Suffocation are amongst my favourite death metal bands. Incantation and Origin are also pretty cool, but I'm not the biggest fan of Cryptopsy and Dying fetus.
And i agree about Longstreth. Great drummer, but only Mike Smith for Suffo!!
back with more soon
edit: i forgot i was gonna give you some none DM recs too jackal.
you should check out dysrhythmia - barriers and passages + psychic maps to prepare for the new gorguts album. i mean the new gorguts line-up is made up of 2 members of dysrhythmia, longstreth and luc lemay so its all sounding dysrhythmia as fuck. barriers and passages is one of the finest albums ever.
and if youre feeling particularly insane you should get behold... the arctopus - nano nucleonic cyborg summoning ep. 10x weirder than dysrhythmia. has drones, atonality, jazzed out as fuck drumming, amazing instrumentation. nice and short too, only about 17 minutes long i think. might be shorter.
edit edit: oh and it goes without saying but get gorguts - from wisdom to hate if for some reason you havent already. its not obscura but its incredible in its own right. the riff at the end of "elusive treasures" is jizzworthy
I've heard of Dysrhytmia, but I've never actually heard them. Interesting stuff to say the least! These guys might actually take the Gorguts sound even further and make something that might approach the divinity that is Obscura in quality. I'm really anxious to hear the new Gorguts now.
I have heard Behold the Arctopus once, but I was really really drunk and don't remember much more than that I thought it was very cool at the time. From what I can tell by the various clips on youtube, this is a band that requires an actual effort from the listener. Intriguing stuff!
As for From wisdom to hate. I've got it man.
