Acidchrist

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Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2010 3:12 pm Sun Feb 14, 2010 3:12 pm



If mods don't feel like this would be appropriate, please lock this topic, but I know that there are tons of people on the forum who would love to have this topic to use.



To start out, here are a list of important Technical Metal bands to solve all the 'wankery please' topics. I've chosen the ones that I've either noticed to be often recommended, or pass my personal bar of technicality. I've excluded some bands that are considered a bit too 'core', but I can revise the list to include those if some want me to. Bolded out the bands that I feel most people are looking for when they make their request threads.











This list features highly technical metal bands of all subgenres.



Acid Death

Aeon of Horus

Apocrypha

Algophobia

Anacrusis

Anata: Technical death metal with a piercing melodic flare and razor-sharp sense of harmony. Adventurous, extremely varied song-writing, intelligent, innovative and very unique.

Anomalous

Antropofago

Appalling Spawn

Arsis

Atheist

Atheretic

Atrocity (Deu): Only the first two albums are death metal, however they are seriously two of the most bizarre slabs of death metal ever written, and were lightyears ahead of their time. Combining elements of jazz and grind with death metal, accompanied by loads of asymmetrical rhythms, unorthodox riffing and mind-bending time-signatures, this is some extremely unique stuff.

Augury

Behold... The Arctopus

Believer

Beneath The Massacre

Blotted Science

Brain Drill

Butcher (Bra)

Carcariass

Cebrerum

Cephalic Carnage

Confessor

Coroner

Cosmic Atrophy

Cryptopsy

Cyaegha

Cyclone Temple

Cynic

Death: Chuck Schuldiner's legendary metal project. Considered one of the very first death metal bands, along with Possessed, Death evolved to become one of the first technical metal bands starting with the album Spiritual Healing, but really coming into fruition with the album Human. With the album Individual Though Patterns, Death pushed the boundaries of technicality for its day. Symbolic is a classic album of progressive metal, but is clearly not as technical as Individual Thought Patterns or Human. Chuck Schuldiner used influences from progressive rock and jazz to create a truly unique band that is one of the absolute basics when it comes to learning about tech-death, along with Atheist.

Decapitated

Decrepit Birth

Deeds of Flesh

Defeated Sanity

Deivos

Demilich

Depressive Age

Disembarkation

Dying Fetus

Edge of Sanity

Enfold Darkness

Equinox

Esqarial

The Faceless

Forbidden

Forced Entry

Fleshgod Apocalypse

Genetic Wisdom

Gorguts

Gorod

Gorerotted

Gory Blister

Gigan

Hacksaw To The Throat

Hexenhaus

Hideous Deformity

Hour of Penance

Iniquity: A bit more doom-orientated death metal at first, which was clearly inspired by both Bolt Thrower and Autopsy in quite a big way, however as their music progressed, it became more and more technical yet still retaining bone-crushing brutality.

Intruder

Invocator

Jack Slater

Juggernaut

Lecherous Nocturne

Lex Talionis

Lykathea Aflame

Malignancy

Mekong Delta: Experimental and mysterious German thrash metal band. One of the most progressive thrash bands of the 80s along with Watchtower, Forbidden and Coroner. Highly reccomended. They have a very unique riffing style, and fans of odd drumming/metric time signatures will be pleased with quite a few of their songs.

Meshuggah: A progressive post-thrash band known for their constantly shifting time signatures and mind-bending polyrhythms, but often criticized for their monotony and stereotypical "chugging". If interested, 'Destroy, Erase, Improve' and 'Chaosphere' are classics, but any album in their discography after their debut will give a good idea of their sound.

Monolith Deathcult

Necrophagist: The controversial brainchild of guitarist Muhammed Suicmez, whom played all the instruments on the first release and almost completely wrote the second release, and one of the most popular death metal bands playing today. Muhammed is revered by guitarists for his neoclassical soloing and technical ability, but is criticized for his cold and clinical precision. Draw your own conclusions, but if interested in heavy technical death metal with laser-speed guitar leads and moments of unorthodox riffery, 'Onset of Putrefaction' and 'Epitaph' are both essential releases.

Neuraxis

Nile: Very technically influenced death metal band with Egyptian themes. Through the first few listens they might not sound as technical as some of the other bands on this list, but Karl Sanders has some jaw-dropping lead parts, and every member of the band delivers peak performances for their respective instrument.

Nocturnus: A progressive old school death band featuring a synthesizer and Mike Browning. The album 'The Key' features some very technical stuff, and is a death meta classic.

Obliveon

Obscura (Deu): Technical death metal band that recently skyrocketed in popularity when they acquired 2 ex-members of Necrophagist, and the fretless bassist from Pestilence (Nld). Sometimes criticized for not being 'heavy enough', but often hailed for their technical ability, ear for melody, and songwriting skills. Though their 2009 release 'Cosmogenesis' received much more press (deservedly), their 2006 album 'Retribution' (recorded before acquiring an all-star lineup) is a tech-death classic.

Odious Mortem

Opeth

Origin: A band that plays super fast, but extremely catchy, tech-death. Contends with Brain Drill for the fastest of the tech-death bands, but does not suffer from much of the criticism that Brain Drill does, as the emphasis is on the rhythm rather than the lead playing and the songs have a very definite direction and structure. Highly recommended.

Osiris

Pavor

Pestilence (Nld) (Later)

Psychotic Waltz

Psycroptic

Quo Vadis

Revokation

Rosicrucian

Sceptic

Severed Saviour

Shuriken Cadaveric Entwinement

Sickening Horror

Sleep Terror

Spastic Ink

Spawn of Possession

Spiral Architect

Suffocation: A brutal death metal band whose modern albums, and well as their classic albums, possess a high degree of technicality. I highly recommend the album 'Pierced from Within'.

Symbyosis

T3h Shred Boiz: A technical metal parody that has made their album, 'WTF', available for free on myspace. Though obviously intended as a joke (just take a look at the song names), this release possesses a very high degree of technical spirit and a strong sense of melody. The title track is absolutely fantastic, and the guitarwork and drumming has to be heard to be believed.

The Terrigen Mists

Theory in Practice

Twisted into Form

Ulcerate

Vektor

Viraemia

Visceral Bleeding

Watchtower



Just to clarify- not all of these bands are super wankery soloing bands, but they are the most important bands in the technical metal subgenre, mostly being tech-death.

If anyone has any important bands that I've missed in mind, let me know.



One last thing:

Willowtip, love 'em or hate 'em, has plenty of good tech death releases out, and always have plenty more lined up. Check them out.



Special thanks to demisetheflesh, Wizard_AuZ, demisetheflesh, TheExodusAttack, Leechmaster, Wordless_Hon, Jant_Shira, heavyyield, Winterkald, leblebi, Rippingheadache, triggerhappy, Duisterling and 666_International for suggesting some great bands to add to the list.

Very special thanks to gigi_duru for the list of technical thrash bands! There needs to be a technical metal help thread. Every day there are probably 5 new 'progressive/technical metal' request threads, and they could easily be condensed into a single thread.If mods don't feel like this would be appropriate, please lock this topic, but I know that there are tons of people on the forum who would love to have this topic to use.To start out, here are a list of important Technical Metal bands to solve all the 'wankery please' topics. I've chosen the ones that I've either noticed to be often recommended, or pass my personal bar of technicality. I've excluded some bands that are considered a bit too 'core', but I can revise the list to include those if some want me to. Bolded out the bands that I feel most people are looking for when they make their request threads.This list features highly technical metal bands of all subgenres.Acid DeathAeon of HorusApocryphaAlgophobiaAnacrusisAnata: Technical death metal with a piercing melodic flare and razor-sharp sense of harmony. Adventurous, extremely varied song-writing, intelligent, innovative and very unique.AnomalousAntropofagoAppalling SpawnArsisAtheistAthereticAtrocity (Deu): Only the first two albums are death metal, however they are seriously two of the most bizarre slabs of death metal ever written, and were lightyears ahead of their time. Combining elements of jazz and grind with death metal, accompanied by loads of asymmetrical rhythms, unorthodox riffing and mind-bending time-signatures, this is some extremely unique stuff.AuguryBehold... The ArctopusBelieverBeneath The MassacreBlotted ScienceBrain DrillButcher (Bra)CarcariassCebrerumCephalic CarnageConfessorCoronerCosmic AtrophyCryptopsyCyaeghaCyclone TempleCynicDeath: Chuck Schuldiner's legendary metal project. Considered one of the very first death metal bands, along with Possessed, Death evolved to become one of the first technical metal bands starting with the album Spiritual Healing, but really coming into fruition with the album Human. With the album Individual Though Patterns, Death pushed the boundaries of technicality for its day. Symbolic is a classic album of progressive metal, but is clearly not as technical as Individual Thought Patterns or Human. Chuck Schuldiner used influences from progressive rock and jazz to create a truly unique band that is one of the absolute basics when it comes to learning about tech-death, along with Atheist.DecapitatedDecrepit BirthDeeds of FleshDefeated SanityDeivosDemilichDepressive AgeDisembarkationDying FetusEdge of SanityEnfold DarknessEquinoxEsqarialThe FacelessForbiddenForced EntryFleshgod ApocalypseGenetic WisdomGorgutsGorodGorerottedGory BlisterGiganHacksaw To The ThroatHexenhausHideous DeformityHour of PenanceIniquity: A bit more doom-orientated death metal at first, which was clearly inspired by both Bolt Thrower and Autopsy in quite a big way, however as their music progressed, it became more and more technical yet still retaining bone-crushing brutality.IntruderInvocatorJack SlaterJuggernautLecherous NocturneLex TalionisLykathea AflameMalignancyMekong Delta: Experimental and mysterious German thrash metal band. One of the most progressive thrash bands of the 80s along with Watchtower, Forbidden and Coroner. Highly reccomended. They have a very unique riffing style, and fans of odd drumming/metric time signatures will be pleased with quite a few of their songs.Meshuggah: A progressive post-thrash band known for their constantly shifting time signatures and mind-bending polyrhythms, but often criticized for their monotony and stereotypical "chugging". If interested, 'Destroy, Erase, Improve' and 'Chaosphere' are classics, but any album in their discography after their debut will give a good idea of their sound.Monolith DeathcultNecrophagist: The controversial brainchild of guitarist Muhammed Suicmez, whom played all the instruments on the first release and almost completely wrote the second release, and one of the most popular death metal bands playing today. Muhammed is revered by guitarists for his neoclassical soloing and technical ability, but is criticized for his cold and clinical precision. Draw your own conclusions, but if interested in heavy technical death metal with laser-speed guitar leads and moments of unorthodox riffery, 'Onset of Putrefaction' and 'Epitaph' are both essential releases.NeuraxisNile: Very technically influenced death metal band with Egyptian themes. Through the first few listens they might not sound as technical as some of the other bands on this list, but Karl Sanders has some jaw-dropping lead parts, and every member of the band delivers peak performances for their respective instrument.Nocturnus: A progressive old school death band featuring a synthesizer and Mike Browning. The album 'The Key' features some very technical stuff, and is a death meta classic.ObliveonObscura (Deu): Technical death metal band that recently skyrocketed in popularity when they acquired 2 ex-members of Necrophagist, and the fretless bassist from Pestilence (Nld). Sometimes criticized for not being 'heavy enough', but often hailed for their technical ability, ear for melody, and songwriting skills. Though their 2009 release 'Cosmogenesis' received much more press (deservedly), their 2006 album 'Retribution' (recorded before acquiring an all-star lineup) is a tech-death classic.Odious MortemOpethOrigin: A band that plays super fast, but extremely catchy, tech-death. Contends with Brain Drill for the fastest of the tech-death bands, but does not suffer from much of the criticism that Brain Drill does, as the emphasis is on the rhythm rather than the lead playing and the songs have a very definite direction and structure. Highly recommended.OsirisPavorPestilence (Nld) (Later)Psychotic WaltzPsycropticQuo VadisRevokationRosicrucianScepticSevered SaviourShuriken Cadaveric EntwinementSickening HorrorSleep TerrorSpastic InkSpawn of PossessionSpiral ArchitectSuffocation: A brutal death metal band whose modern albums, and well as their classic albums, possess a high degree of technicality. I highly recommend the album 'Pierced from Within'.SymbyosisT3h Shred Boiz: A technical metal parody that has made their album, 'WTF', available for free on myspace. Though obviously intended as a joke (just take a look at the song names), this release possesses a very high degree of technical spirit and a strong sense of melody. The title track is absolutely fantastic, and the guitarwork and drumming has to be heard to be believed.The Terrigen MistsTheory in PracticeTwisted into FormUlcerateVektorViraemiaVisceral BleedingWatchtowerJust to clarify- not all of these bands are super wankery soloing bands, but they are the most important bands in the technical metal subgenre, mostly being tech-death.If anyone has any important bands that I've missed in mind, let me know.One last thing: http://www.willowtip.com/releases/ Willowtip, love 'em or hate 'em, has plenty of good tech death releases out, and always have plenty more lined up. Check them out.Special thanks to demisetheflesh, Wizard_AuZ, demisetheflesh, TheExodusAttack, Leechmaster, Wordless_Hon, Jant_Shira, heavyyield, Winterkald, leblebi, Rippingheadache, triggerhappy, Duisterling and 666_International for suggesting some great bands to add to the list.Very special thanks to gigi_duru for the list of technical thrash bands! _________________

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