Technical Death Metal
Album Premiere: Dystopia A.D. – ‘Doomsday Psalm’
November 30, 2022 Sean Frasier
New Jersey progressive death metal duo Dystopia A.D. summon the end of days with their vicious new full-length, Doomsday Psalm.
Pre-Order ORIGIN’s ‘Chaosmos’ on Decibel-Exclusive Orange-Swirl Vinyl RIGHT NOW!
April 6, 2022 Decibel Magazine
The Decibel edition of Origin‘s Chaosmos LP is pressed on Orange-swirl vinyl and limited to just 200 copies worldwide! Pre-order now!
Track Premiere: Hellbore – “All Men Are Created Evil”
February 23, 2022 Sean Frasier
Tech death duo Hellbore banish us to the underworld in their sinister new track, “All Men are Created Evil.”
Video Premiere: Monument of Misanthropy – “The Legacy of a Malignant Narcissist”
September 30, 2021 Bradley Zorgdrager
You’re gonna love the new track from international brutal death metallers Monument of Misanthropy like it was your own song!
Video Premiere: Devil’s Reef – ‘Plague Uncovered’
September 20, 2021 Emily Bellino
Devil’s Reef unleash sci-fi themed technical death metal on new song “Plague Uncovered.”
Video Premiere: Man Must Die – “Bring Me the Head of the King”
September 2, 2021 Bradley Zorgdrager
Heat the latest deathgrind bruiser from Man Must Die and snag a digital copy, too!
Track Premiere: Inferi – “Vile Genesis”
August 19, 2021 Sean Frasier
Nashville tech-death warbringers Inferi summon intergalactic menace on the title track of their new LP, Vile Genesis.
Video Premiere: Cognizance – “Aeon Sickness”
August 4, 2021 J. Andrew
For the tech-death maniacs in the crowd, the UK’s Cognizance has all the riffs, sweeps, grooves and growls you could ask for!
Track Premiere: Inferi – “Simian Hive”
August 3, 2021 Brad Sanders
Upcoming neck-snapper Vile Genesis isn’t here until September but that doesn’t meant you can’t hear a new track off it from tech death vets Inferni.
Video Premiere: Inferi – ‘Mesmeric Horror’
July 22, 2021 Emily Bellino
Tech-death dealers Inferi return with “Mesmeric Horror” from new album Vile Genesis.
Album Premiere: Brilliant Coldness – ‘The Ultimate Dream. Plan B: Disposal Of Humanity’
July 21, 2021 Sean Frasier
Ukrainian death metal brain-scramblers Brilliant Coldness continue their shrewd genre progression on their new full-length album.
Decibel Exclusive Color OBSCURA Double LP ‘A Valediction’ Available For Pre-Order! Hear New Song “Solaris”!
July 2, 2021 Decibel Magazine
Decibel‘s exclusive color of the new double LP from German progressive death metal kings Obscura is the most limited U.S. pressing of this album at only 200 copies.
Track Premiere: Cognitive – ‘To Feed the Worms’
June 14, 2021 Emily Bellino
New Jersey tech-death dealers Cognitive unveil new song “To Feed the Worms.”
Full Album Stream: Obsolete – “Animate//Isolate”
April 14, 2021 J. Andrew
Check out Obsolete’s debut album, Animate//Isolate, a dizzying masterstroke of death metal ability and insanity!
Track Premiere: Hammer of Dawn – “Fleshless”
March 17, 2021 Bradley Zorgdrager
Hear tech death bruisers Hammer of Dawn pay tribute to the Xbox classic Gears of War
Track Premiere: Blindfolded and Led to the Woods – “The White of the Eyes”
March 4, 2021 Bradley Zorgdrager
New Zealand tech death band Blindfolded and Led to the Woods keep their music dizzying, disorienting and ultimately, violent.
Album Premiere: Abiotic – Ikigai
February 9, 2021 Dutch Pearce
US prog death technicians Abiotic return from a five-year hiatus bearing their strongest work yet. Stream their third album Ikigai in its entirety right now.
Video Premiere: Crawling Chaos- “The Prince Is Here”
February 2, 2021 J. Andrew
“But this is just the beginning of the story – that of an epic ascent followed by a painful, desolating fall.”
Track Premiere: Fractal Generator – “Contagion”
December 29, 2020 Dutch Pearce
Canadian quantum death technicians Fractal Generator forecast humanity’s brutally prosperous future on “Contagion,” the latest single from their forthcoming sophomoric monolith Macrocosmos.
Video Premiere: Contrarian – ‘In a Blink of an Eye’
September 4, 2020 Emily Bellino
There’s nothing to argue about here—the new Contrarian song is progressive metal goodness.
Jim Tasikas (Contrarian) Reviews His Top 3 Favorite Guitars
August 28, 2020 Chris Dick
Contrarian guitarist Jim Tasikas unload a noteful Top 3 Guitar list at Decibel. New Contrarian album out November 20.
Track Premiere: Inferi – “Aeons Torn”
August 26, 2020 Bradley Zorgdrager
Prolific technical/melodic death dealers Inferi stun yet again on new five-track EP.
Album Premiere: Question – Reflections of the Void
July 21, 2020 Dutch Pearce
Catch this early unveiling of Reflections of the Void, the mind-shredding sophomore full-length from preternatural Mexican death metallers Question.
Track Premiere: Sensory Amusia – “Death”
July 2, 2020 Bradley Zorgdrager
Hear the latest ferocious death grind assault from pummeling Perth project Sensory Amusia.
Track Premiere: Oneiric Celephaïs – ‘From Beyond’
June 22, 2020 Albert Mudrian
Italians Oneiric Celephaïs seek to make their own indelible, unmistakable mark on the technical/melo-death genre.
Watch: Svengahli – ‘Our Hate Ignited’ (Playthrough Video)
May 11, 2020 Emily Bellino
Play fast or die with Svengahli.
Track Premiere: Protosequence – “A Blunt Description of Something Obscene
May 7, 2020 Bradley Zorgdrager
Canadian progressive tech death metal band Protosequence speed up single “A Blunt Description of Something Obscene” for upcoming EP.
Track Premiere: The Hallowed Catharsis – “Killowner”
April 30, 2020 Bradley Zorgdrager
The Hallowed Catharsis keep technical death metal progressive by keeping it unpredictable on the skronky yet chunky “Killowner.”
Track Premiere: Cryptic Shift – “(Petrified in the) Hypogean Gaol”
April 7, 2020 Dutch Pearce
Renegade English tech death thrashers Cryptic Shift will soon launch their debut album of “pure imagination and space fiction worship.” Check out the lead single from the forthcoming Visitations from Enceladus now.
Track Premiere: Myth of I – ‘Glass Castles’
March 16, 2020 Emily Bellino
Myth of I rip through a technically-stunning new song.