Technical Death Metal VS Melodic Death Metal (Ultimate Guitar Riffs Battle)

[@TheSuffocater]

Fuckin´ Death Metal !!

[@kimjuuljensen]

You are the man. For bringing forth the greatest moments of metal 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@GeminiWoods]

Love older Decapitated riffs.

[@wetbeaversandwich9236]

Can you make a song using other bands riffs and then we can try to guess what riffs came from which bands

[@gabrielwalters7084]

Made it look easy. Thanks for the introduction to Soreption. How do you remove the vocals?

[@TheCyberMantis]

Duckin` Meath Fetal !!

[@TheVelvetUnderdog]

It's always nice to see Wintersun get some shine.

[@TheVelvetUnderdog]

@Der Porkmeister i don't watch this kind of videos usually - the algorithm hit me with it - so I'm not too familiar with what's familiar these days. I'm sorry, I'll crawl back into my techless hovel.

[@BacklTrack]

I fucking loved the album featured on this video. Their other album not so much :/

[@alemmingsdeath]

That Necrophagist will always be the pinnacle for me. Still so damn good.

[@Lineage2Iowa]

ill never understand how he played that fast and technical while singing. love that band

[@redinthesky1]

Have you listened to any First Fragment or Archspire ?

[@luisedwardmata3975]

100%

[@narcissus79]

@@redinthesky1 Archspire would have to be one of my favourites lately.. those guys are face melting!

[@cdula26]

@@redinthesky1 Yeah and you can thank Bands like Necrophagist that bands like Archspire and first fragment exist lol

[@yuletide]

Spheres of Madness is one of the greatest, simplest riffs ever written. Just undeniably heavy.

[@jimtguitarist]

Longer hair = newer video. 🤘

[@TheSuffocater]

😂

[@masterofpuppetz5790]

That guy has very enviable hair tbh. Can only hope I'll have a fraction of that hair at that age before male pattern baldness kicks in lol

[@imallrightwhosleft4832]

Should be measured.. by the millimetre..

[@ironrose5613]

Great! 😂

[@gunstarone493]

Yes!!🤘

[@butterybiscuit346]

Man, I havent listened to Moonshield in a hot minute. You just reminded me why it's one of my favorite in flames songs.

[@IlIusion]

Indeed, they hold a nostalgic place in me forever. Every time I come back to the December Flower solo I'm blown away and want to give the entire album (Jester Race) a re-visit.

[@vivianamedina8590]

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[@Stickmanzed]

Bro oh my god. I've just recently (past few months) revisited Jester Race for the first time in a good long time. It's now forever in my playlists, it's both crazy nostalgic and is just fantastic.

[@rustyjuice9493]

It's so fucking good, that and Dead Eternity are my favorites. Listened to In Flames for years but recently started going back to checking out the history of artists like I used to back in the day. Its almost hilarious how much better In Flames was in the late 90s compared to now.

[@timothymckane6362]

It's weird to not hear the iconic fretless bass on Beyond Creation's "Omnipresent Perception" on here. I think both Tech Death and Melodeath are equally good.

[@paleguy9975]

Agreed. For me, it's about my mood.

[@karltanner3953]

Never really been much into tech-death but holy shit Beyond Creation is nuts. I may be a convert.

[@Lupine.]

And here I disliked literally all of the Melodic stuff he played. The closest I can go for in that genre is some Old Man's Child. If that counts...

[@theblackrider9136]

@@Lupine. have you listened to stone's reach by be'lakor, the gallery by dark tranquility and lunar strain by in flames? These albums are some of my favorites. I recommend you listen to them, they might change your mind😄

[@rev9737]

my two favorite metal genres of all time. melodic death metal only being slightly in front because of the emotion. tech death still holds my number one favorite band of all time, revocation.

[@daryl4841]

Love that he played Bastard Chain from Soilwork. Such an underrated song from an underrated album from an underrated band.

[@cerveshred]

The first three albums from Soilwork are amazing

[@rolypoly92]

Agreed!!

[@sawyeratkinson]

@@cerveshred totally agree, fuckers start their careers off with an instrumental in angel diablique...always thought that was ballsy, but yeah preds porch is probably my favorite of those 3, natural born and figure just don't have that big sack energy to me.

[@gruu]

Totally dude, chainheart machine is severly underrated as well

[@ralfkirsten124]

Such an underrated comment..!

[@BigMuff75]

Listening to The Jester Race or Whoracle and in particular to the song Moonshield, it's always like "aaw" and you feel really uplifted and think of good old times. Great track.

[@SirClarkus]

You are so right

[@FaustianSpirit1997]

Then you feel a sense of despair remembering what In Flames has become.

[@BigMuff75]

@@FaustianSpirit1997 Not really actually. I can accept that a band desires to change. I actually enjoyed e.g. Reroute to Remain and Siren Charms quite a bit.

[@FaustianSpirit1997]

@@BigMuff75 Oh yeah, in fact, i actually enjoy everything up to Sounds Of a Playground Fading. But i just can't enjoy Siren's Charm, Battles and I, The Mask. And believe me, i've tried

[@FecalMattur]

Whoracle is a near perfect album

[@MightiestBeard]

Man, I feel like Hypocrisy never gets enough love. Bravo for including them.

[@Art_Riddle]

I agree, top tier band imo

[@humantacos9800]

Are you trying to say one of the most famous death metal bands are underrated?

[@pvhep4036]

I have the same with Origin... and guess, left out here too.

[@matthewlawlis2421]

I always prefer melodic death metal. The layering and build that the songs have always seems to give me the chills.

[@scharmers]

Any video with Spawn of Possession and Necrophagist in it makes me happy. The Faceless is just icing on the cake.

[@hiotsobo]

At the gates still gives me chills all these years later

[@mark7166]

I like more of the melodic death bands played here, but some of those technical death riffs are BRUUUUUTAL. Also, Beyond Creation is fuckin sick!

[@majornugzzz5424]

I pretty much said exactly what you did as well!! I'm not an overly huge fan of the tech death stuff but I do dabble (into eternity is one that comes to mind) but these guitar players for the tech death scene are phenomenal!

[@mark7166]

@@majornugzzz5424 Yeah, my favorites from tech death are Beyond Creation and Obscura. Other than them, I'm not overly familiar with the bands. I'm sure there are a few others, but I can't think of them off the top of my head.

[@Plagueor]

yaaa, melodic death is more relax for me and Tech death is brutal and makes anxiety feelings.

[@RealLifeMassMultiplayerRPG]

yea only eraser have a chance to compete

[@deathmetaldownhiller7874]

@@mark7166 if you're dabbling, try out First Fragment, Archespire, or Gorguts. All Canadian, but very different tech death approaches. Edit - Can't believe I forgot about Cryptopsy for Canadian tech death

[@jasongiovanni6332]

Great work! Hard to beat necrophagist and suffocation, tech death for me!

[@abcdefghijkl5408]

Decapitated too!

[@panprilepsky2931]

Special Thanks for Children of Bodom

[@fren3zyluvsbs344]

A BIG ONE

[@4ytcomment]

Every Time I Die is a masterpiece

[@Fckterrorism-vr2kq]

@@4ytcomment Try a more underrated one.

[@stevesach2928]

Actually they have no idea on how to Play that song at all

[@LeonardoPinto]

That's a display of skills, great job and amazing tech selection!!!

[@redstickviking2808]

Dear Nile, Tremolo picking those gradual bends sounds absolutely nasty and I freaking love it.

[@ritual_slaughter66]

Some awesome bands included, now I really want to check out Beyond Creation, and of course R.I.P. Alexi Laiho and Trevor Strnad.

[@kokobi7482]

beyond creation goes hard

[@junkbot2.1]

Beyond creation is fantastic, check out obscura as well if you haven't already.

[@tiagoferrari2392]

Old In Flames is just insane… best melodies ever written!

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Great choices! Props for being able to actually play Spawn of Possession. That's some serious skills.

[@todtrash7799]

Probably the most technical band out there

[@pushytub]

@@todtrash7799 technical show off wankery yeah

[@Elmothefuzzle]

@@todtrash7799 without a question. Incurso is peak musical creation

[@ZechariahBlack]

The Black Dahlia Murder!! My favorite band of all time!! Thank you for including them!!

[@nmnate]

As a fond listener of both genres, I think some of the most fantastic bands right now do a bit of both... Savage tech death with melodic elements is a super cool blend. Inferi is one of my absolute favorites. So much talent :D

[@MrCassoulet]

I love inferi as well! So technical and those melodies 🤩

[@Growlizing]

I will check out Inferi! Vale of Pnath is another band I would put in both camps!

[@bobsmith93]

@@Growlizing lol p nath. I'm gonna check out both of those bands though

[@6ic6ic6ic]

​​@@Growlizing I wasn't that big a fan of Accursed but II by Vale of Pnath is a disgustingly good album. My not enough recognition award though goes to Illuminance by Virvum. One of the best tech death albums of all time.

[@codetwored]

This battle needs a second part. Great job. Congratulations 🎉

[@JacquiPenar]

Tech death already won, mate

[@aknzortuk4027]

Bro all the songs played in this video are on my favorites playlist. You literally handpicked the best representations.

[@TheSuffocater]

Thanks mate ! Glad you like it !

[@_marcoopuccii]

For me melodic wins. I also like technical but bands such as CoB, Amon Amarth, Ensiferum and wintersun give me some beautiful vibes... would be awsome if you make a video with all of your guitars hahahah

[@Salacious_T]

Have you heard first fragment's newish album?

[@frelopermanboy7426]

I’m sorry but Amon Amarth is fucking awful.

[@KrisSchwarz98]

I personally disagree very strongly about that, it's all about Technical Death Metal like Decapitated, Necrophagist, The Faceless for me

[@brianbergmusic5288]

Both are great genres to not go without. Tech Death for the big brain brutal conquest and Melodeath for the powerfully majestic uprising.

[@alienallen]

The Technical Death Metal line up in this one cannot be beaten. Necrophagist, SOP, Soreption, The Faceless and of course the master riffers from Decapitated. I wish Psycroptic was in here, they have insane riffs as well.

[@hazardeur]

to forget Nile in that list is a crime.

[@rev9737]

bro listed the worst tech death bands from the video. beyond creation, nile, sop, and suffo are all better.

[@Nibblerr]

@@rev9737 Nile and suffo being classified as tech death is hilarious to me

[@rev9737]

@@Nibblerr i mean they are, just the 1st wave of tech death. some of suffo's new stuff is pretty modern tech death as well...

[@Nibblerr]

@@rev9737 come on bruh there's never been any "tech" in either. It's just fast death metal.

[@alexlitvin1297]

love both subgenres of death metal. Nice work, dude!

[@rolypoly92]

Huge respect for going back to Soilwork and In Flames' roots with those choices! And Bodom. Your MDM choices were like a run through of the two or three years and the main bands that got me into MDM 🤘 awesome video!

[@sawyeratkinson]

Moonshield is dope, wish he picked goliaths disarm their David's personally

[@PsychomachineryEBM]

And the real Arch Enemy (Liiva era)

[@TheSteinbitt]

@@PsychomachineryEBM They we’re never any good though, scored big with “we will rise” and the rest was filler.

[@Lineage2Iowa]

have you ever listened to aborted? they are SIIIIIIIICKKKK!! if you like fast paced melo death like the black dahlia murder definitely check them out

[@docholiday5119]

One question...........where's Inferi? That's a perfect band mixed of both

[@loganross6436]

Fucking yes 🔥🔥🔥

[@JoshOlsen89]

Watching your picking hand during that Suffocation riff reminded me of how much more effort I need to put in to play that material the way it deserves to be played. Well done!

[@Anaklasis1]

The absolute mad lad throwing Spawn of Possession into this. Some of the hardest stuff out there for sure. Excellent picks from both subgenres. Cheers.

[@antlereddruid8359]

that main Riff from pierced from within never ceases to win me over. such a sick song.

[@jordiumethar4963]

I prefer the melodic death!!!. But amazing your technique dude!!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻💪🏻🤘🏻

[@xvor_tex8577]

Bro I can't stress enough how good At the Gates is, instant goosebumps!

[@schwarg]

You featured a lot of my favorites: Decapitated, Wintersun, Nile, Hypocrisy, Bodom. Nice playing man.

[@smartgamerai8680]

2:06 My favorite death metal song ever!

[@fcr619]

Wow, never thought I should dive into technical death metal. You rule man, great job!

[@Zach-sm1cx]

Man great job! I'm a huge melodeath fan and you picked many of my favorite songs 🤘

[@primaltyranttx]

Im just shocked Melodic Death titans Amon Amarth aren't on here. Really cool video none the less. Solid cruise through riff city.

[@nicaphagist]

Next bro, needed some Archspire, Obscura, First Fragment, Allegaeon, Ouroboros, and Belakor

[@Soily9]

Great selection, especially the good old Melodic Death metal songs from some of my favorite bands : old Soilwork (although my favorite Soilwork album will forever be The Chainheart Machine), old In Flames, along with the legendary At The Gates, and of course Arch Enemy and Children of Bodom (RIP Alexi Laiho). Thank you sir !

[@luisbalderrama8145]

You're a beast dude!! You nailed everything. Stellar. Keep up the great work! -Luis

[@TerminalM193]

Wintersun time album is the perfect example of god level mixing and mastering of audio.

[@lucianoneto6574]

WINTERSUN-epic death metal, I feel cold when I listen

[@williamkoscielniak7871]

Moonshield, Everytime I Die, and Slaughter of the Soul are all so beautiful. The tech death riffs are crazy cool but they aren't nearly as pleasurable to my ears. The exception to this rule is Suffocation because they focused first and foremost on playing great music and just so happened to be sick with their instruments. Too many technical metall bands focus on trying to be technical rather than playing great music.

[@Celatra]

try Archspire

[@amatimees.]

Yeah, try Archspire, a fucking amazing band! They play great music and it's technical too

[@honeycomb3895]

Try The Faceless.

[@lashedandscorned]

Try Ænigmatum.

[@beanzthumbz]

The outer ones by revocation is a fckn masterpiece too

[@richardspotts5648]

Truly great selections on both sides. Only addition I'd really add would be Archspire on the tech side.

[@metalc0readd1ct]

Im in love with melodeath and melodic 2000s metcore since i was in school and still i am, can never repleace them for anything

[@Agalloche]

Death tech is my favorite metal genre, so happy you played song from the second album of Decapitated, the first album Winds of Creation is excellent too. I love melodic death metal (like Kalmah, Wintersun, Hypocrisy, COB) too but tech is just so impressive and less generic. I would like to see you play some folk metal (Finntroll, Equilibrium, Korpiklaani, Leshak) or brutal death (Dying Fetus, Cryptopsy, Abominable Putridity, Origin, Decrepit Birth)

[@kruvik]

Hell yeah, would love to see some Equilibrium!

[@amaralxk]

I'm trying to get used to Death Metal because for me it was always noise but I don't know

[@sawyeratkinson]

Oh hells yeah, praise the lord could fit right in here man, or epidemic of hate..or one shot one kill

[@Agalloche]

@@kruvik Equilibrium is such a epic band I have really dig into all their discography since 2 years only and they are one of my favorite folk metal band !

[@Agalloche]

@@amaralxk You should try melodic death or folk if death metal is too noisy for you

[@yuletide]

Would love to see a part 2 of this with some old DT, Kalmah, Edge of Sanity!, Eucharist, ETOS, and maybe some second wave of Melodeath (is this a thing?) stuff like Inomnium/Omnium (markus is king), Wolfheart, Be'lakor.

[@donaldcosner5854]

Anyone that mentions edge of sanity deserves a like from me 😆

[@NikolasConstantinides]

Yeeaah, Kalmah, so underrated. Also, DT, how were they not included?!

[@machestro7]

Second on the Be'lakor. Also, get some Archspire in the mix. Stay Tech!

[@wintermute5486]

All great bands and they all have some amazing riffs! Agreed wholeheartedly

[@Djcimofficial]

Decapitated and suffocation are my two favorite Death Metal bands.

[@blackblurable]

Always reminds what great drummers do. It’s like they give power to those killer riffs. Making them pop out more while setting the tone/mood. Awesome as always 😎

[@alejandrojimenezortiz9900]

Awesome selection, and great performance!

[@Tws5515]

Taking on a spawn of possession song is a feat. Good work man.

[@iamn00bish]

I love almost all of these bands but I'm clearly not well enough versed in either, considering you managed to pick songs that i haven't heard before! Thankyou very much!

[@nicolasreny221]

I mean like half of those are like the most popular songs by the bands but if you never heard them then ig it’s great for discovering more about them

[@apprentice70]

RIP Alexi Laiho

[@starship-nine4892]

ah yes, the two best forms of death metal on display. Fantastic work, RIP Alexi and Trevor.

[@peterbelanger4094]

The internet has ruined metal. wtf are we doing? nerding out over genres online? getting all academic about it.... IT'S F'N METAL, play it loud, have fun with it. This new 21st century online society sucks.

[@djn48]

@@peterbelanger4094 Definitely agree with your last sentence.

[@Deadpool-px2nm]

​@@peterbelanger4094who's being academic about anything? it's just a fun video comparing riffs between the 2 genres Nothing to complain abt here, it's not that serious

[@hooliganstreet]

Throwing Moonshield in was epic! I’m an In Flames enjoyer, so I appreciated that :)

[@Tikus_90]

Very good effort on trying to play Spawn of Possession, i would say they are definitely the toughest out of everything here.

[@Youcifer]

Easily

[@bornindissonance6312]

By far the toughest band I've ever tried covering...you look at the tab, and you'll have no clue where to start

[@Tikus_90]

@@bornindissonance6312 Crazy thing is, Incurso songs aren't even as hard as Noctambulant songs, Bryzzling was on another technical level. And this coming from someone who learned guitar tabs from both albums.

[@bornindissonance6312]

@@Tikus_90 I knowww I've seen tabs from both albums, and Noctambulant was horrifying to play

[@ianm1462]

Not enough Silverwing mentions in the comments! One of the all time great melodeath riffs!

[@nathancail7939]

I fuck with Tech Death pretty hard these days but melodeath will always hold a special place in my heart and will always be my top. I have Jesper Stromblad and Alexi Laiho to thank for that.

[@HP_J78]

Cool as always! Thanks a lot, TheSuffocater!🤘😎

[@Trotsky1981]

Two words: The 90s.

[@brianbergmusic5288]

I enjoy both genres. This compilation played so well is just what the doctor ordered.

[@SethP666]

Amazing work! And btw thanks for bringing in At The Gates, most underrated metal band

[@soldadoryanbr7776]

They were super influential

[@jasonchilton5023]

I'm more of a melodic death guy - glad to see you included a band from the town next to the one I grew up in; that being The Black Dahlia Murder. But yeah, I also love Arch Enemy and Bodom, and the others just resonate with me more. Also glad to see you included the one technical band I regularly listen to - NILE. 🐊

[@cardgamesandotherthings9734]

Not a big fan of tech death I do appreciate the talent that goes into playing/making it. I do absolutely love melo death though

[@GoodDealington]

Loved your picks for Soilwork and In Flames

[@egioch]

Technical Death Metal of course, though Moonshield is a compelling argument. Decapitated is just incredible, Vogg is such a talented guitar player. Great video!

[@Agalloche]

Also Vitek the drummer was really impressive. They were all so young when they begin Decapitated band !

[@schlegelmiguel]

Amazing well played.Those strong riffs made my morning.

[@falk.r.h8963]

This is why I like technical melodic death metal :)

[@alexparadise91]

I can’t even play air guitar this good. Massive flex but one I truly respect.

[@christhjian9923]

I appreciate both of these genres very much, but melodic death is my favourite. Lots of great bands, have listened to most of them a lot

[@Carnage1138]

Dude, that's awesome that you did Bastard Chain. A Predator's Portrait was my first metal album ever and will always be my favorite.

[@stolenlaptop]

Watched you for a long time and this was your best and cleanest display of skill. Great job man.

[@Sickofsociety1]

I think I could just listen to these clips and be perfectly happy.

[@HunterPBrown]

Loved that Battle Against Time cover

[@AndriiTkachuk-b1l]

TBH the melodic one is the more I like. Thanks! Your skill is outstanding!!!! Petrucci Bless our skills to be like yours

[@iDeathDev]

Moonshield by In Flames is god tier! 💙

[@williamkoscielniak7871]

One of the most beautiful melodic death metal songs ever.

[@noah8236]

"Spheres of Madness" is such a killer track. The riff is sooo catchy!

[@jerrym8632]

Damn, no Dark Tranquillity? Still fuckin killer!

[@michaelfoxx6881]

Not complete on the melodic side without a DR riff!

[@Joxa514]

thanks for putting me on to all these dope songs

[@agnesh.7301]

It's best for me. Love this metal style. I couldn't wait to hear these from you. Big Thx 😊❤️🤘

[@DaaasBooot]

Once again, nicely done. Necrophagist made my ears ring for two days after the concert. Worth it.

[@samotargos5199]

*Sad Gates Of Ishtar noises*

[@MURZBO]

Glad you covered SUFFOCATION and SOREPTION you might want to check out VULVODYNIA they have some sick riffs too

[@havindatadhd]

Can you imagine just having the ability to easily play all the metal? Ridiculous. Cant wait to be at your level sir! Its dope

[@TheSuffocater]

Thanks mate !

[@t0msula]

Wow such a good display of killer riffs that many don't know. 5/5 video

[@Wrightworth]

Two of my favorite sub-genres! Killer song selection 🤘 I gotta edge it to tech death.

[@TheSteinbitt]

Wow you’re hair has really grown since the last time I saw you! Great compilation:)

[@stevejames2198]

Keep rockin' it, Suffocater..!! You 'Da Man..!! :)

[@darrylwoodbury]

I almost started an impromptu mosh pit when you played “Stabwound”. That song always gets me pumped. I love this video and I listen to every band you played. I love both Tech Death and Melodic Death. I love Metal in general.

[@saitenhexer]

Great Riffing and very impressing skills 👍🤟

[@TheSuffocater]

Thanks mate !

[@davidsetsfire2456]

Everytime i die. Such an sick riff.❤️

[@saints2072]

Great bands/songs/riffs selection, I would include cynic and obscura on tech death metal and and dissection on melodic and would be perfect!!

[@Raven_of_Doom]

Glad you had some Hypocrisy in there, one of my faves! thanks

[@TheSuffocater]

Welcome !

[@ironbar5786]

i prefer melodeath but tech death has some crushing riffs too

[@ericnaylorguitar]

I don't think I've heard Spawn of Possession before, that was a pretty cool bit you played going to have to check them out. thanks for posting

[@Art-AD]

Thank you, brother! Genius guitar player! Glory to Ukraine! Героям Слава!!

[@PsyphaX09]

Slava Ukraini! 🇵🇭♥🇺🇦

[@katyungodly]

That Decapitated album is amazing, not my fav song from the record though, I prefer Babylon's Pride, Nihility, and Mother War :D