Sub-genre
Technical Death Metal
Technical Death Metal is a metal sub-genre, formative in the early 1990s. TheMetalNet maps 178 bands and 363 albums under it.
Explore the Technical Death Metal galaxyWhat it is
Technical death metal foregrounds virtuosity, packing death metal with intricate song structures, shifting time signatures, sweep-picked runs, and dissonant, jazz- and classical-influenced harmony. Early pioneers Death, Atheist, and Cynic pushed the complexity in the early 1990s, and Gorguts, Necrophagist, and later Obscura carried it into ever more elaborate territory. Blast beats and growls remain, but the focus is on demanding, precise musicianship and unconventional composition. It is death metal as a showcase of skill.
Facts
- Level
- Sub-genre
- Parent genre
- Death Metal
- Formative era
- early 1990s
- Bands
- 178
- Albums
- 363
- Formation span
- 1979 to 2021
Bands
The 60 most prominent of 178. The rest are in the galaxy.
- PsycropticAustralia · 1999
- Hour of Penance1999
- ExtolNorway · 1993
- Beneath the MassacreCanada · 2004
- The FacelessUnited States · 2004
- AmoralFinland · 1997
- AnataSweden · 1993
- DemilichFinland · 1990
- The Red ShoreAustralia · 2004
- Spawn of PossessionSweden · 1997
- Burning the MassesUnited States · 2005
- Trigger the BloodshedUnited Kingdom · 2006
- Wretched2005
- AchokarlosSpain · 1984
- Arkaik2004
- IllogicistItaly · 1997
- AnomalousUnited States · 2001
- Sickening Horror2002
- ArchspireCanada · 2009
- CyclamenJapan
- GoratoryUnited States · 2000
- IncinerateUnited States · 1998
- De Lirium’s OrderFinland · 1998
- DevolvedUnited States · 1998
- Deadborn2002
- HavokSweden · 2005
- Five Star Prison Cell2004
- DerelictCanada · 2005
- Hannes GrossmannGermany · 1982
- Sarpanitum2003
- DeadSquad2006
- Septycal GorgeItaly · 2004
- 7 H. TargetRussia · 2010
- Cranial IncisoredIndonesia · 1998
- Descend Into NothingnessCanada · 1998
- GrotesqueAustralia · 2004
- PestiferBelgium · 2004
- PilloryUnited States · 2003
- SeparatistAustralia · 2003
- Oath to VanquishLebanon · 2001
- The Zenith PassageUnited States · 2012
- Angel of DiseaseGeorgia · 2001
- DivinityCanada
- Polluted InheritanceNetherlands · 1989
- DaggerspawnSerbia · 2005
- Sin of God2004
- Pathogenic2004
- Beheaded ZombieRussia · 2002
- TerrordromeGreece · 2000
- Anvil of DoomSpain · 1999
- Cognitive2011
- SpasmeCanada · 1994
- Thirteen Bled PromisesSpain · 2009
- VisceraUnited Kingdom · 2019
- ContrarianUnited States · 2014
- IngeniumPoland · 2000
- SophicideGermany · 2009
- Sympuls-E2011
- Ageless Oblivion2009
- A Loathing RequiemUnited States · 2007
Where it is played
Bands formed by decade
| Decade | Bands formed |
|---|---|
| 1970s | 1 |
| 1980s | 4 |
| 1990s | 19 |
| 2000s | 56 |
| 2010s | 47 |
| 2020s | 4 |