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This is my manual for getting into one of the most complex, ridiculously insane genre there is: techdeth! Many albums featured here may borrow elements from other genres (prog, thrash, melodeath, grindcore, post, etc.), but the dominant stench of complexity-laden death metal is forever present, and so deserve to be mentioned here.

A word of caution; many of the so-called "big names" might be missing from my list, and this is because they don't tingle my taste buds. As simple as that. Having said that, you'll find some underrated/obscure stuff here which definitely deserve to be appreciated more than they are currently.
In addition, a number of non-techdeth bands are also featured which, in my opinion, contain enough complexities in their own way to earn appreciation from techdeth fans.

As of now; one band-one album format, and subject to change, as always.

And yes; I play around with my order as per my amusement.

Cheers.

EPs worth checking out:

Severe Dementia | Epitaph Of Plassey | 2007
Cognizance | Inquision | 2013
Viraemia | Viraemia | 2009
First Fragment | The Afterthough Ecstasy | 2010
Hedonistic Exility | Devolutional Stasis | 2010
Syrebris | Aetheric Dynamics | 2013
Inanimacy | Transcending Existence | 2012
The Zenith Passage | Cosmic Dissonance | 2013

Created by: MechanisT | 29.07.2011



1. Decapitated - Winds Of Creation
2000
2. Nile - Annihilation Of The Wicked
2005
3. Necrophagist - Onset Of Putrefaction
1999
4. Obscura - Omnivium
2011
5. Gorod - A Perfect Absolution
2012
6. Psycroptic - Ob(Servant)
2008
7. Spawn Of Possession - Cabinet
2003
8. Deeds Of Flesh - Of What's To Come
2008
9. The Faceless - Autotheism
2012
10. Ouroboros - Glorification Of A Myth
2011
11. Fallujah - The Harvest Wombs
2011
12. Anomalous - Ohmnivalent
2011
13. Pitbulls In The Nursery - Lunatic
2006
14. Pestifer - Age Of Disgrace
2010
15. Sceptic - Pathetic Being
2001
16. Hieronymus Bosch - Equivoke
2008
17. Illogicist - The Insight Eye
2007
18. Neglected Fields - Synthinity
1998
19. Unreal Overflows - False Welfare
2013
20. Lost Soul - Immerse In Infinity
2009
21. Anata - Under A Stone With No Inscription
2004
22. Iniquity - Grime
2002
23. Trepalium - XIII
2009
24. Gorguts - Obscura
1998
25. Quo Vadis - Defiant Imagination
2004
26. Martyr - Warp Zone
2000
27. Augury - Concealed
2004
28. Neuraxis - Asylon
2011
29. Beyond Creation - The Aura
2011
30. Archspire - All Shall Align
2011
31. Vengeful - KARMAMMXIII
2013
32. Sympathy - Arcane Path
2004
33. Insurrection - Fracture
2010
34. Reciprocal - Reciprocal
2009
35. Decrepit Birth - Polarity
2010
36. Theory In Practice - Colonizing The Sun
2002
37. Vale Of Pnath - The Prodigal Empire
2011
38. Job For A Cowboy - Demonocracy
2012
39. Oblivion - Called To Rise
2013
40. Element (USA) - The Energy
2010
41. Abiotic - Symbiosis
2012
42. Origin - Antithesis
2008
43. Omnihility - Biogenesis
2012
44. Gnostic - Engineering The Rule
2009
45. Soreption - Deterioration Of Minds
2010
46. Paradigm - Mind Is Key
2012
47. Aeon Of Horus - The Embodiment Of Darkness And Light
2008
48. Separatist - The Motionless Apocalypse
2008
49. Intestine Baalism - Ultimate Instinct
2008
50. Hideous Divinity - Obeisance Rising
2012
51. Man Must Die - The Human Condition
2007
52. Splice - Mythological Deviance
2013
53. Orphalis - Human Individual Metamorphosis
2012
54. Gigan - Quasi-Hallucinogenic Sonic Landscapes
2011
55. Cryopsis - Veils Of Psychotic Chaos
2003
56. Neurosplit Prophet - Encrypted Future Contingency
2009
57. 7th Nemesis - Deterministic Nonperiodic Flow
2011
58. Gory Blister - Earth-Sick
2012
59. Anthropofagus - Architecture Of Lust
2012
60. A Million Dead Birds Laughing - Xen
2012
61. !T.O.O.H.! - Order And Punishment (Řád A Trest)
2006
62. Brain Drill - Quantum Catastrophe
2010
63. Rings Of Saturn - Embryonic Anomaly
2010
64. The Schoenberg Automaton - Vela
2013
65. Arkaik - Reflections Within Dissonance
2010
66. Nebulous - The Quantum Transcendence Of Death
2013
67. Funeral Speech - Experimental World
2013
68. Cathexis - Shades Of Apocalypse
2013
69. Vörnagar - The Bleeding Holocaust
2005
70. Monumental Torment - Element Of Chaos
2011
71. Deadborn - Mayhem Maniac Machine
2012
72. Abysmal Dawn - Leveling The Plane Of Existence
2011
73. Face Of Oblivion - The Embers Of Man
2011
74. A Loathing Requiem - Psalms Of Misanthropy
2010
75. Devolved - Oblivion
2011
76. Noneuclid - The Crawling Chaos
2008
77. Neuromist - Move Of Thought
2010
78. Ordinance - Internal Monologues
2011
79. Dead Eyed Sleeper - Observing Oblivion
2011
80. Lykathé - Elvenefris
2000
81. Demilich - Nespithe
1993
82. Mithras - Worlds Beyond The Veil
2003
83. Cynic - Focus
1993
84. Death - The Sound Of Perseverance
1998
85. Pestilence - Spheres
1993
86. Nocturnus - The Key
1990
87. Suffocation - Pierced From Within
1995
88. Monstrosity - Imperial Doom
1992
89. Cryptopsy - None So Vile
1996
90. Revocation - Existence Is Futile
2009
91. Fisthammer - Devour All You See
2012
92. Son Of Aurelius - The Farthest Reaches
2010
93. Allegaeon - Fragments Of Form And Function
2010
94. Arsis - A Celebration Of Guilt
2004
95. Archons - The Consequences Of Silence
2008
96. Enfold Darkness - Our Cursed Rapture
2009
97. Embrional - Absolutly Anti-Human Behaviors
2012
98. Desecravity - Implicit Obedience
2012
99. Dying Fetus - War Of Attrition
2007
100. Defeated Sanity - Passages Into Deformity
2013
101. Septycal Gorge - Erase The Insignificant
2009
102. Abnormality - Contaminating The Hive Mind
2012
103. Guttural Secrete - Nourishing The Spoil
2013
104. Hour Of Penance - Paradogma
2010
105. Fleshgod Apocalypse - Oracles
2009
106. Hate Eternal - Phoenix Amongst The Ashes
2011
107. Behemoth - Demigod
2004
108. Zeenon - Blood Vessel Criteria
2005
109. Trauma - Neurotic Mass
2007
110. Dormant Ordeal - It Rains, It Pours
2013
111. I Chaos - The Human Repellent
2011
112. Blood Red Throne - Altered Genesis
2005
113. Krisiun - Southern Storm
2008
114. Chaos Inception - The Abrogation
2012
115. Katalepsy - Autopsychosis
2013
116. Abyssal - Novit Enim Dominus Qui Sunt Eius
2013
117. Portal - Vexovoid
2013
118. Ulcerate - The Destroyers Of All
2011
119. Mitochondrion - Parasignosis
2011
120. Flourishing - The Sum of All Fossils
2011
121. Ævangelist - De Masticatione Mortuorum In Tumulis
2012
122. Ageless Oblivion - Temples Of Transcendental Evolution
2011
123. Baring Teeth - Atrophy
2011



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JD - 02.10.2011 at 15:43  
Written by MechanisT on 02.10.2011 at 13:52

Written by The Void on 02.10.2011 at 13:51

Martyr


Yeah, I'm going through their discog. The best one gets in.

I think "Warp Zone" is the best album to start with, if you ask me.
The Void - 05.10.2011 at 03:36  
Written by JD on 02.10.2011 at 15:43

I think "Warp Zone" is the best album to start with, if you ask me.


Yeah, "WZ" and "Feeding The Abscess" are MASTERPIECES.
"Hopeless Hopes" slightly less insane in my opinion.
We really need a new album
JD - 05.10.2011 at 03:43  
Written by The Void on 05.10.2011 at 03:36

Yeah, "WZ" and "Feeding The Abscess" are MASTERPIECES.
"Hopeless Hopes" slightly less insane in my opinion.
We really need a new album

Same here:

1. Warp Zone
2. Feeding The Abscess
3. Hopeless Hopes

And yes, we need a new album.

And now, back on topic.
Wolfen - 30.11.2011 at 13:08  
I really enjoy this list. Vale Of Pnath, Enflold Darkness, nice touch.
MechanisT - 30.11.2011 at 13:10  
Written by Wolfen on 30.11.2011 at 13:08

I really enjoy this list. Vale Of Pnath, Enflold Darkness, nice touch.


Thanks. More to be added. I'm on an endless quest to find the finest in death metal technicalities, and hope to pass the 100th mark at the very least.
Wolfen - 30.11.2011 at 13:12  
Written by MechanisT on 30.11.2011 at 13:10

Written by Wolfen on 30.11.2011 at 13:08

I really enjoy this list. Vale Of Pnath, Enflold Darkness, nice touch.


Thanks. More to be added. I'm on an endless quest to find the finest in death metal technicalities, and hope to pass the 100th mark at the very least.


i look forward to seeing this . i'll have to reffer a friend of mine to it when you're finished, he's one of the craziest techdeath fans i know of. i'm more of a brutal death fan myself.
MechanisT - 30.11.2011 at 13:16  
Written by Wolfen on 30.11.2011 at 13:12

Written by MechanisT on 30.11.2011 at 13:10

Written by Wolfen on 30.11.2011 at 13:08

I really enjoy this list. Vale Of Pnath, Enflold Darkness, nice touch.


Thanks. More to be added. I'm on an endless quest to find the finest in death metal technicalities, and hope to pass the 100th mark at the very least.


i look forward to seeing this . i'll have to reffer a friend of mine to it when you're finished, he's one of the craziest techdeath fans i know of. i'm more of a brutal death fan myself.


Haha thanks. Just tryin' to help. In any case, glad you found the list useful.
psykometal - 30.11.2011 at 17:12  
Mech you need to check out Lust Of Decay, sick ass drummer. They probably fall a little more into the brutal category but still very technical and very sick!!!
MechanisT - 30.11.2011 at 18:49  
Written by psykometal on 30.11.2011 at 17:12

Mech you need to check out Lust Of Decay, sick ass drummer. They probably fall a little more into the brutal category but still very technical and very sick!!!


Will do Psyko and, if appropriate, will add them here. No worries.
Grody2themax - 05.12.2011 at 04:38  
Sceptic. Pathetic Being is the only album by them I've checked out in entirety but its amazing and has some of the best drumming I've ever heard.
Element - The Energy (amazing tech/prog death album)
Demigod - Slumber of Sullen Eyes (tech death)
Aspid - Extravasation (tech thrash)

All I could think of that wasn't already on here for additions. Check em out!
MechanisT - 05.12.2011 at 11:30  
Written by Grody2themax on 05.12.2011 at 04:38

Sceptic. Pathetic Being is the only album by them I've checked out in entirety but its amazing and has some of the best drumming I've ever heard.
Element - The Energy (amazing tech/prog death album)
Demigod - Slumber of Sullen Eyes (tech death)
Aspid - Extravasation (tech thrash)

All I could think of that wasn't already on here for additions. Check em out!


Will comply asap. Thanks.
3rdWorldFuckface - 11.12.2011 at 14:51  
Written by MechanisT on 05.12.2011 at 11:30

Will comply asap.

Kronos , Rings Of Satun, The Contortionist are all gr8. Check em out.....
And a techdeath list withour VIRAEMIA !!!! or would u not add EPs here
MechanisT - 11.12.2011 at 15:07  
Written by Guest on 11.12.2011 at 14:51

Written by MechanisT on 05.12.2011 at 11:30

Will comply asap.

Kronos , Rings Of Satun, The Contortionist are all gr8. Check em out.....
And a techdeath list withour VIRAEMIA !!!! or would u not add EPs here


Exactly. No EPs here. As for the rest, will comply.
Sukuba - 27.12.2011 at 11:26  
How about Sadist, Scholomance and Theory In Practice?
MechanisT - 03.01.2012 at 14:14  
Written by Sukuba on 27.12.2011 at 11:26

How about Sadist, Scholomance and Theory In Practice?


Will check them out later. I only heard Sadist - Tribe, but didn't really like it that much. Oh well, we'll see.
Carl Berg - 25.01.2012 at 20:56  
Great list. But only 22nd for The Faceless?
Alex Lemon - 05.02.2012 at 22:49  
Written by Carl Berg on 25.01.2012 at 20:56

Great list. But only 22nd for The Faceless?

they should definitely be higher up
edgethrasherx - 09.02.2012 at 02:21  
Cannot agree more to this list, beautiful
Guib - 04.06.2012 at 05:39  
Yeah I love this list ! gj man
MechanisT - 04.06.2012 at 12:15  
Written by Guib on 04.06.2012 at 05:39

Yeah I love this list ! gj man


Thank ye. Feel free to drop suggestions every now and then. :3
psykometal - 04.06.2012 at 21:38  
Should add the new Hour Of Penance album Sedition. It doesn't fall directly under the TDM category but like Krisiun's Southern Storm it is relatively techy BDM. Another one I just noticed isn't here is Severed Savior's Survile Insurrection...
MechanisT - 04.06.2012 at 21:46  
Written by psykometal on 04.06.2012 at 21:38

Should add the new Hour Of Penance album Sedition. It doesn't fall directly under the TDM category but like Krisiun's Southern Storm it is relatively techy BDM. Another one I just noticed isn't here is Severed Savior's Survile Insurrection...


To be honest, I liked Paradogma a whole lot more than Sedition. I mean, it's nice, but Paradogma was better imo.
Severed Savior is a band I have yet to listen to, so expect me to pay them a visit soon.
psykometal - 05.06.2012 at 01:02  
Written by MechanisT on 04.06.2012 at 21:46

To be honest, I liked Paradogma a whole lot more than Sedition. I mean, it's nice, but Paradogma was better imo.

To each their own, honestly Sedition is the only album of theirs I like. I have tried many times to get into The Vile Conception and Paradogma but every time I'm bored and want to listen to something else after the first couple tracks, however when I checked out Sedition to see if they changed much with a new vocalist and new drummer I was hooked instantly from the start and I actually listened to that album non-stop for like the next 2 weeks after that. And even since then, just in case maybe I just didn't get The Vile Conception or Paradogma the first few times, I have gone back and listened to those albums front to back a couple times and still they just bore me and I can't find anything that keeps me interested...
Lit. - 20.01.2013 at 04:13  
Wow, JFAC on a tech death list... A little jarring. Then again I've not listened to Demonocracy yet.
BoxCar Willy - 20.01.2013 at 06:37  
Written by Lit. on 20.01.2013 at 04:13

Wow, JFAC on a tech death list... A little jarring. Then again I've not listened to Demonocracy yet.

It's tech-death, I'm not a huge fan, but it's certainly no DOOM.
MechanisT - 20.01.2013 at 11:20  
Written by Lit. on 20.01.2013 at 04:13

Wow, JFAC on a tech death list... A little jarring. Then again I've not listened to Demonocracy yet.


Demonocracy is indeed the reason you see them here.
psykometal - 24.03.2013 at 20:36  
Hmm, I wouldn't really consider Portal or Aevangelist as "tech". Maybe I need to listen to those albums again...
MechanisT - 24.03.2013 at 21:11  
Written by psykometal on 24.03.2013 at 20:36

Hmm, I wouldn't really consider Portal or Aevangelist as "tech". Maybe I need to listen to those albums again...


Read the description properly, will you?
Not a list exclusively about technical death, but rather COMPLEX ones. Most Post-death I heard are pretty complex, Portal and Aevangelist being no different. So yeah.
psykometal - 24.03.2013 at 23:06  
Touche.

Post-death? Post seems to me to be the new "avantgarde" term when people don't know what to call something that clearly fits into a specific genre but is still different or odd enough that people feel the need to differentiate it from the rest of the genre.
MechanisT - 24.03.2013 at 23:12  
Written by psykometal on 24.03.2013 at 23:06

Touche.

Post-death? Post seems to me to be the new "avantgarde" term when people don't know what to call something that clearly fits into a specific genre but is still different or odd enough that people feel the need to differentiate it from the rest of the genre.


I first heard the term "Post-death" thrown around by !J.O.O.E.! for... Flourishing, maybe? It stuck on me as it's pretty accurate-sounding to my ears. Also; I think it's far more decipherable and distinguished in nature than Avantgarde, if we look at the said terminology by itself and not into separate components.

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