Technical Death Metal

[V.V.V.V.V.]

The point was made, but I see no reason for talking like that.

 

[Satanstoenail]

Deicide - Legion

Why do you choose Legion over the debut? Just wondering. I wouldn't necessarily classify Deicide as Tech-death at all, but I'm sure you've written a 1500 word thesis on why they are, so that's great and everything, but Legion doesn't seem any more technical than the debut to me.

 

[nissan]

Prepare for a treat thread maker

Atheretic
Sinners Bleed
Sceptic
Crimson Massacre
Theory in Practice
Pavor

 

[sceloporus]

Hey Nissan, you ever get that bass?

 

[Fractal_Mortality]

A few bands/albums that come to mind and haven't been mentioned yet.

Anata - The Conductor's Departure
Cynic - Veil of Maya
Martyr - Feeding the Abscess

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Anata - The Conductor's Departure

Excellent album. I would also recommend every other album by them, with the best (better than TCD!) being The Infernal Depths Of Hatred...so good.

 

[knives]

You're not being entirely fair right now. He's just giving listening tips. In his own, perhaps, needlessly elaborate way, but thankfully I can understand him.
If only all of his posts were at least something along these lines and not silly variations of "are you even familiar with the concept of female"? repeated ad absurdum.

haha. I could understand his post...after I used the google dictionary.

Personally, I have never understood why so many people seem to hate Necrophagist. I really think they're good at what they do. However, I can understand that people think they lack emotion, sometimes they do sound rather mechanical.

Deicide - Legion

I have never, ever heard Deicide classified as tech death. I always thought they were fairly standard old school death metal...then again, I've never actually listened to them.

What do you guys think of Psycroptic? I have the free mp3s off their website, and I have been thinking about eventually purchasing one of their albums. Which would you recommend?

 

[Tonka Time]

i like necrophagist quite a bit, itl get old after a while tho.
i like most of anata's stuff.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

The Scepter Of The Ancients is unequivocally the best Psycroptic album...great stuff all 'round.

 

[supseudonymous]

Excellent album.

I second this opinion.

 

[ohiogrinder]

Shut the FUCK UP...dude, seriously. If he wanted Swedeath, he'd ask for it. Stop being such a cockhat.

lol @ cockhat

 

[AchrisK]

The obvious touchstones of the genre:

Monstrosity - Imperial Doom

I always thought this was their least interesting, and that In Dark Purity had a lot more interesting and imaginitive riffs.

Death - Symbolic, Individual Thought Patterns
Sympathy - Arcane Path,

I just got Abyssal Throne and I question whether it's got much going for it that doesn't sound strangely recycled from earlier Sympathy stuff. But that's just once through.

That's quite enough of that...

Check these out:
Unreal Overflows - Architecture Of Incomprehension
*Drottnar - Welterwerk*
Blastfame - Abstract Evolution
Disembarkation - Rancorous Observision
*Gory Blister - Skymorphosis*
Pavor - Furioso
The Faceless - Akeldama
Gorod - Neurotripsicks

Gory Blister owns!

...and I will be checking out all the other bands you mentioned. Our tastes seem to overlap quite a bit.

Prepare for a treat thread maker

Atheretic
Sinners Bleed
*Sceptic*
Crimson Massacre
*Theory in Practice*
Pavor

Two of my favorites there...and I will also be checking out the other bands you mentioned.

 

[cookiecutter]

Does Defeated Sanity count as tech death?

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Their first album most certainly is technical (brutal) DM.

 

[cookiecutter]

It is good

 

[Scourge of God]

The point was made, but I see no reason for talking like that.

Complex music doesn't lend itself to a simple vocabulary. If smart people make you feel bad about yourself, maybe you should try another endeavor that doesn't involve exposing yourself to the thoughts of others, eh?

 

[Scourge of God]

I always thought this was their least interesting, and that In Dark Purity had a lot more interesting and imaginitive riffs.

In Dark Purity plays more with jazz-inflected harmonies, but the melodies are less developed, the phrasing more compact and symmetrical (boo! hiss!), and the rhythms a lot more predictable, if you're familiar with the basic style they're working in. Imperial Doom really blows up the rhythmic expectations of the listener in a way that none of their subsequent work achieves.

 

[AchrisK]

In Dark Purity plays more with jazz-inflected harmonies, but the melodies are less developed, the phrasing more compact and symmetrical (boo! hiss!), and the rhythms a lot more predictable, if you're familiar with the basic style they're working in. Imperial Doom really blows up the rhythmic expectations of the listener in a way that none of their subsequent work achieves.

I'll have to reevaluate it in this light.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Complex music doesn't lend itself to a simple vocabulary. If smart people make you feel bad about yourself, maybe you should try another endeavor that doesn't involve exposing yourself to the thoughts of others, eh?

If by smart you mean pretentious, then yeah, they do.

 

[Scourge of God]

If by smart you mean pretentious, then yeah, they do.

At some point, you need to man up and admit that just because I make you feel inadequate, it doesn't follow that I am pretentious.

I'm just honest enough not to pretend I'm dumb to get along with idiots.