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01-08-2013, 01:33 PM | #1 (permalink) |
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Thoughts on Technical Death Metal?
What is your opinion on it? I have mixed feelings. I personally enjoy the instrumentals, and admire skill required to play most technical death metal, but then again, I'm not really a big fan of death metal in the first place.
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01-08-2013, 02:10 PM | #2 (permalink) |
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Honestly, I never really know which bands are considered "technical" and which bands are just plain old "death metal". Looking at Wikipedia's entry for technical death metal, I see several bands I like and a couple that don't really do it for me (most of which have more of a progressive element to them). So I guess the answer is I like it, by and large, except when it gets too proggy.
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01-08-2013, 09:52 PM | #3 (permalink) |
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Spawn of Possession's album from last year, Incurso is a pretty good example of technical death metal. Later Death albums, like The Sound of Perseverance (1998) is another good example.
I can't say I'm the biggest fan, some bands can get a little too wankery with it and I feel it kills the flow, but when it's done right it can be pretty good. |
01-09-2013, 09:18 AM | #4 (permalink) | |
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Yeah, I'm generally a fan of the raw and simple stuff like Obituary or Obliteration, but like Pete said, when it's done right, it's fine. Suffocation would be a good example. I'm not a good judge of technicality, but at least from what I gather, they're pretty ****ing technical.
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01-10-2013, 05:55 PM | #5 (permalink) |
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Based on the Wiki entry, I have albums from Meshuggah, Oceano, Beneath The Massacre, and Death. I have listened to various songs from each band listed and have come to the realization that I really like most of what I heard. I'm a weird music fan though, as I rather like full genres as opposed to the bands within.
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01-14-2013, 03:17 PM | #7 (permalink) | |
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This emphasis on technicality bores me.
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01-20-2013, 10:15 AM | #8 (permalink) |
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If I had to simply and personally define technical death meal, it would be essentially death metal, with ostentatious instrumentals, and unusual styles.
It usually includes stuff like face-melting guitar solos, unnervingly fast drums, and stupidly complicated bass lines. Listen to Desseminated Intravascular Coagulation by Viermia. |
01-20-2013, 12:43 PM | #9 (permalink) |
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Gorguts' Obscura is a fantastic album, but like Janszoon said, the rest of my death metal listening may or may not fall into the "technical" sub-category, leaving me with a dearth of things to mention or a good perspective on the sub-genre as a whole.
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