So here are some Brutal, Technical, Progressive and sometimes Atmospheric death metal works I enjoy or that I believe should be given a try because they're unique and interesting, almost an essentials list when it comes to that style. There are some unorthodox choices as well in the mix that aren't just full-on tech death, some bands also incorporate grind, black, core elements or even jazz. Hope you'll all find something that suits your taste! The list is ordered by years. Feel free to comment and give recommendations! Just refrain from telling me an album shouldn't be featured here... All the albums here are deliberately hand-picked and if it made the list, it's for a reason.

Personal absolute favorites of mine have a ★ beside the genre. And my pics of best album for each year are identified by (best of xxxx) beside the albums.

🇨🇦 = From Canada, My Country! We're quite good at Technical and Brutal Death Metal... Trust me. I mean, you'll see for yourself.

-Guib-

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Guib's Best Tech/Brutal/Prog Death Metal Album Picks

Best Of 2023:
The Zenith Passage - Datalysium

Best of 2024 So Far:
Exist - Hijacking The Zeitgeist

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TAGS: Technical Death Metal, Melodic Tech-Death, Brutal, Atmospheric, Progressive, Blackened Tech-Death, Technical Thrash, Deathgrind, Deathcore, Symphonic, Dissonant Tech-Death, Experimental, Avantgarde, Grindcore, Jazz

Last Updated: May 7th, 2024

1.Atheist - Piece Of Time

2.Nocturnus - The Key

3.Atrocity - Hallucinations

4.Death - Human

5.Suffocation - Effigy Of The Forgotten

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Another year begins, same scenario, ranking ordered from favorite down to least favorite. I've no specific target set this year, but it's doubtful I'll reach last year's monstrous amount. I might even throw in the odd EP this time round.

The list is also edited daily so the ranking may be subject to change.

1.Cistvaen - At Light's Demise

2.Khirki - Κ​υ​κ​ε​ώ​ν​α​ς

3.Dödsrit - Nocturnal Will

4.Árstíðir Lífsins - Aldrlok

5.Sgàile - Traverse The Bealach

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Hoping to not beat last year's total albums, but to still find the good stuff this year.

1.Vulgaris - Seat Of The Fire

2.Dvne - Voidkind

3.Persefone - Lingua Ignota: Part I

4.Eternal Storm - A Giant Bound To Fall

5.Æthĕrĭa Conscĭentĭa - The Blossoming

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So it begins. 3rd year at MS, 5th year of devoted metal listening. Nothing particularly exciting coming up, but Eternal Storm looks promising, and any new Persefone is a good thing. It's early days after all.

Goal? I made it to 625 albums last year, with a pretty slack first 6 months. Aiming for 800.

Update: This list is officially discontinued, apart from albums that are good enough to warrant multiple listens, aka the top end. There are various reasons for this, but a lot of changes are happening in life and I cannot/do not want to give this much time to every release I can.

1.Aquilus - Bellum II

2.Cave Sermon - Divine Laughter

3.Illumishade - Another Side Of You

4.Persefone - Lingua Ignota: Part I

5.Solbrud - IIII

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1.Canaan - Ai Margini

2.Obsidian ( U.S.) - Fathomless ( progressive death metal / djent ) - 8

3.Darkcluster - Stellar Tomb - 7

4.Hauntologist - Hollow

5.Slift - Ilion

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Last updated on 11 April 2024.

1.Dream Theater - Images And Words

2.Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja

3.Wintersun - Wintersun

4.Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane

5.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

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1.Svdestada - Candela

2.Emil Bulls - Love Will Fix It

3.Dark Oath - Ages Of Man

4.Saxon - Hell, Fire And Damnation

5.Malist - Of Scorched Earth

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1.Vitriol - Suffer & Become

2.Borknagar - Fall

3.Vanden Plas - The Empyrean Equation Of The Long Lost Things

4.Hiraes - Dormant

5.Hauntologist - Hollow

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1.Ὁπλίτης - Π​α​ρ​α​μ​α​ι​ν​ο​μ​έ​ν​η

2.Chapel Perilous - The Tower Of Silence

3.Cave Sermon - Divine Laughter

4.Sacrificial Vein - Black Terror Genesis

5.Dvne - Voidkind

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The list will be updated every week until the end of the year...

1.Wormwood - The Star

2.In Vain - Solemn

3.Drown In Sulphur - Dark Secrets Of The Soul

4.Borknagar - Fall

5.Enterprise Earth - Death: An Anthology

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1.Civerous - Maze Envy

2.SIG:AR:TYR - Citadel Of Stars

3.Whoredom Rife - Den Vrede Makt

4.Ulcerate - Cutting The Throat Of God

5.Slimelord - Chytridiomycosis Relinquished

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What I liked the most from 2024 albums, no EPs allowed. Now ranked

1.Judas Priest - Invincible Shield

2.Labyrinthus Stellarum - Vortex Of The Worlds

3.Dark Oath - Ages Of Man

4.Hauntologist - Hollow

5.Dödsrit - Nocturnal Will

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1.Hauntologist - Hollow

2.Chelsea Wolfe - She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She

3.Aborted - Vault Of Horrors

4.Job For A Cowboy - Moon Healer

5.Vale Of Pnath - Between The Worlds Of Life And Death

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1.Slift - Ilion

2.Sgàile - Traverse The Bealach

3.Ihsahn - Ihsahn

4.Judas Priest - Invincible Shield

5.Bruce Dickinson - The Mandrake Project

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1.Hamferð - Men Gu​ð​s Hond Er Sterk

2.Hideous Divinity - Unextinct

3.Slimelord - Chytridiomycosis Relinquished

4.Convulsing - Perdurance

5.Aborted - Vault Of Horrors

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