1.Omnium Gatherum - New World Shadows

2.Evergrey - Glorious Collision

3.Pain Of Salvation - Road Salt Two

4.Amorphis - The Beginning Of Times

5.Nightwish - Imaginaerum

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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: April 21st, 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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I guess I'm just liking the idea of making lists on the internet. Metal gives me a nice thing to focus on. Now, for my favorite metal band!!

I'm sure you'll notice that I have not included Polaris or Elysium on the list and that is intentional. I don't hate the albums, I just find them hard to compare to the rest of Stratovarius' work, like apples to oranges. Timo Tolkki might not have been the greatest of guys, but I think he was pretty essential to the Stratovarius sound (at least for me). The new Stratovarius just sounds like a different band to me. Maybe in the future I'll include the newer stuff, but not now.

1.Stratovarius - Episode

2.Stratovarius - Infinite

3.Stratovarius - Stratovarius

4.Stratovarius - Visions

5.Stratovarius - Destiny

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1.Warrel Dane - Praises To The War Machine

2.Cynic - Traced In Air

3.Ihsahn - AngL

4.Gojira - The Way Of All Flesh

5.Pin-Up Went Down - 2 Unlimited

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This is a list of my favorite releases of 2011. The top 50 is in order of preference, the rest are in random order. I have ranked 150 albums in order of preference on RateYourMusic, but I cannot be bothered to do twice the work. Check my profile there for more rankings and reviews.

My reviews
Top 150 and more.

1.PJ Harvey - Let England Shake

2.SubRosa - No Help For The Mighty Ones

3.Einar Stray - Chiaroscuro

4.Eleanoora Rosenholm - Hyväile minua pimeä tähti

5.Giles Corey - Giles Corey

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1.The Black Dahlia Murder - Ritual

2.Protest The Hero - Scurrilous

3.Abysmal Dawn - Leveling The Plane Of Existence

4.Skeletonwitch - Forever Abomination

5.Decapitated - Carnival Is Forever

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1.Bolt Thrower - Realm Of Chaos

2.Cannibal Corpse - The Bleeding

3.Death - Symbolic

4.Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness

5.Morbid Angel - Blessed Are The Sick

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1.Slayer - Decade Of Aggression

2.Pantera - Official Live: 101 Proof

3.Iron Maiden - Live After Death

4.Lamb Of God - Killadelphia

5.King Diamond - Deadly Lullabyes

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1.Haggard - Awaking The Centuries

2.Rhapsody Of Fire - Dawn Of Victory

3.Children Of Bodom - Follow The Reaper

4.Dark Moor - The Hall Of The Olden Dreams

5.Demons And Wizards - Demons And Wizards

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1.Morbid Angel - Blessed Are The Sick

2.Death - Human

3.Metallica - Metallica

4.Sepultura - Arise

5.Dismember - Like An Ever Flowing Stream

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Everybody on the internet has an opinion of Metallica. Here's mine.

1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

2.Metallica - Death Magnetic

3.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

4.Metallica - Metallica

5.Metallica - Kill 'Em All

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1.Moonspell - Memorial

2.Daylight Dies - Dismantling Devotion

3.Amon Amarth - With Oden On Our Side

4.Saturnus - Veronika Decides To Die

5.Angtoria - God Has A Plan For Us All

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1.Symphony X - Paradise Lost

2.Riverside - Rapid Eye Movement

3.Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos

4.Dimmu Borgir - In Sorte Diaboli

5.Circus Maximus - Isolate

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