Top 10 Technical Death Metal Albums

[@j.pabloquinche3283]

Mentions Necrophagist, SHOWS OBSCURA

[@GiosGoreGrotto]

Both shit anyway

[@killerzotb6377]

And doesn’t say epitaph 😂

[@NavarroSkyrim]

​@@killerzotb6377 Epitaph is a 10/10, but I personally prefer Onset Of Putrefaction... well, Necrophagist is fucking flawless at the end of the day

[@sjm98126]

​@@NavarroSkyrim both are masterpieces

[@wghd6782]

Probably cause Christian Münzner, nowadays with Obscura and shown in the frame, was on Epitaph

[@Existomalus]

The fact that Incurso by Spawn of Possesion isn't on this list is absolutely criminal

[@seanmcmillin3081]

Rivers of Nihil being here instead 💀

[@morbidlyobeserobocop3038]

​@@seanmcmillin3081 Love that album to death but yeah...agreed

[@esportesenegociosbr]

Concordo ❤

[@longshanks5531]

Exactly, no spawn of possession or Necrophagist lol but a pestilence album? Haha

[@holstorrsceadus1990]

Came here to complain about the lack of SOP before I even watched the video.

[@Otomano3]

None so vile being in #8 is crazy

[@Whocares1987]

It’s #1 Gorguts #2

[@mylerwilson4879]

Compared to other tech death records, it doesn’t have much to stand out. It’s better off as a brutal death metal record

[@Shartmaster72]

It leans into brutal death more so I get ranking it lower from a tech death stand point one of my all time favs tho

[@maktub224]

I’d say theyre more brutal death metal rather than techdeath

[@dono2926]

It's not even tech death

[@skarrx2416]

Atheist were actually the first band to do technical death metal before Nocturnes and Death. Piece of time came out in 89, right before The Key came out.

[@mylerwilson4879]

And the Key came out in 1990

[@Omnatten9]

Paul Masvidal played guitar on both Focus and Human, absolutely amazing

[@ricklivingston3774]

One of the best🤟

[@Drpavel564]

The second and third decrepit birth albums are some of the most incredible tech death I’ve ever listened to. Chucks influence absolutely shines on those two. No idea why they went back to making generic brutal death.

[@seanmcmillin3081]

And Time Begins is their best

[@simonjonsson6926]

Expected seeing at least one of these on a list like this: Spawn Of Possession's "Cabinet" (2003) or "Incurso" (2012) Nile's "Annihilation Of The Wicked" (2005) The Faceless "Planetary Duality" (2008)

[@seanmcmillin3081]

I think it’s funny that despite calling Human the one that “arguably started it all” you have The Key and Unquestionable Presence on here that both came first, and Atheist had a whole album before that

[@zdf14]

I think Vitriol is gonna make it into most of these lists in due time, especially with their newest album.

[@Frostwulf1313]

Archspire deserves to be with these legends

[@Whocares1987]

Too robotic

[@cg80847h]

I dont think he knows who necrophagist is.

[@Lucas-dm7xo]

Funny thing is Christian was in both bands

[@dudeguyman27]

Good list. Human definitely deserves number 1

[@reeeeeeeman8792]

Nah symbolic is superior

[@DaveAlanSchuldiner]

​@@reeeeeeeman8792lmaoo no😂

[@spidermancereal]

@@DaveAlanSchuldiner he probably wasn't alive at the time so doesn't know any better

[@DaveAlanSchuldiner]

@@spidermancereal i wasnt alive at the time either but my ears def know that human is more superior.

[@dexwalkingterror]

Crazy that decapitated or suffocation aren't on this list

[@TylerM589]

Can you check out the zenith passage brah

[@miguelguitaridk]

it still surprises me how onset of putrefaction was made by a singular guy and a drum machine... suiçmez really is a genius

[@Badhero4]

None So Vile and Rivers of Nile don’t belong in the same list together nevertheless right next to each other.

[@InGrindWeCrust2010]

*let alone

[@dehumanizedanomaly3413]

Nihil*

[@damnablethief]

Focus is such an under appreciated album, although I never really associated them with death metal as much as prgressive jazz fusion metal something.

[@Bass_enzo95]

Yall should listen to gloire éternelle (first fragment ) this is the best album ever made (my opinion )

[@Sofakingmattattack]

GORGUTS!!!

[@ÁdámSoós-p2k]

Reciprocal - New order of the ages is a beast! One of my favs. I miss Origin too.

[@redinthesky1]

Nice list, theres dozens of albums that could rightfully be on it

[@zay_1223]

Very underground album is Glorification of a Myth by Ouroboros as well as Emanations

[@TheKruthix]

Spawn of Possession

[@slavicobelrus2466]

Where the fuck is obscura or beyond creation or the zenith passage or the faceless seriously where the fuck is obscura akrosois album shit is beautiful and tight AF

[@Meet_Me_In_The_Pit]

💯 agree....not to mention where is rings of saturn? Infant anhililator? And first and foremost 'FIRST FRAGMENT' With the man himself playing bass Dominic lapointe

[@Meet_Me_In_The_Pit]

💯 agree....not to mention where is rings of saturn? Infant anhililator? And first and foremost 'FIRST FRAGMENT' With the man himself playing bass Dominic lapointe

[@RC-pg4hl]

Who's coming out though? This list could be 50 albums deep and some classics would be left off.

[@Meet_Me_In_The_Pit]

@@RC-pg4hl very true sir.so many great bands and talented musicians in this genre don't even get recognized

[@blyatb666]

where are Nile?

[@derkreator3039]

Those whom Gods Detest was absolute bomb

[@USGovsOwnersRtheRealEnemy]

Annihilation of the Wicked

[@derkreator3039]

@@USGovsOwnersRtheRealEnemy great album

[@blyatb666]

​@@derkreator3039absolutely agree

[@sayanmandal2246]

​@@derkreator3039 Definitely this one. ❤

[@markrus6712]

Spawn of possession

[@iridescentdreamdesigns9978]

Can't even take this seriously whatsoever without necrophagist

[@gustru2078]

Can't even take seriously someone who doesn't watch the SHORT until the end. Necrophagist was #2. Also, the band has been dead for a long time and although it's technical, the songwriting is pretty mediocre. The only things that stand out with this ex-band are the guit solos. That's it. The rest is incredibly boring.

[@mike_deth]

Next time we’re taking about Death let’s get Chuck in there somewhere please. Love that they’re touring and I’m going to see them on the 23rd but let’s give Chuck some recognition here.

[@nielbaluca28]

Wrong picture for Necrophagist. It was Obscura 😵‍💫

[@glasscolors8006]

The faceless - planetary duality should be on here too. Hope Michael Keene gets better someday.

[@csbaucu7761]

I would have put 'Planetary Duality' by The Faceless in there somewhere.

[@ShockwaveZero]

great line up but what about The Faceless - Planetary Duality? That album reshaped tech death

[@JR-rk3hs]

nile not being on this list is criminal

[@r34ldr4ngus5]

I would personally take out Pestilence and move Cryptopsy way up but good list, lots of different eras

[@sirzechsazazel1150]

Symbolic deserves to be here

[@rdmoonie]

Symbolic is a banger album, but not a very technical death metal

[@sirzechsazazel1150]

@@rdmoonie It's far from traditional death metal though, and it's definitely not melodeath either. What would you call it?

[@rdmoonie]

@@sirzechsazazel1150 It is very melodic tho, it's more of a power metal death thing.

[@rdmoonie]

@@sirzechsazazel1150 You do you man, I just didn't see any Suffocation here.

[@nizmo8493]

@@sirzechsazazel1150it is more prog

[@taurusbull8276]

Nile? "Cast Down the Heretic" is literally the fastest song I've ever heard.

[@urielruizyupit4993]

beyond creation the aura.

[@stressfacture]

i adore chuck and his influence covers the world to this day. but to me human isn’t #1 of all time, it’s just a good place of origin to point to. gorguts’ pleiades dust, whatever vitriol is doing, and katalepsy personally for me are doing things at a faster, groovier, and more technical level so far.

[@Boogert22]

Where’s Allegaeon at? They’re honestly the perfect blend of technicality and melody. In my top 5 bands anyday

[@kurth4255]

Origin Echoes of Decimation

[@DOOM.SLAYER666]

Yeah I was like "whoever made this video doesn't know technical death metal, no ORIGIN, no beneath the massacre, no Internal Suffering, no braindrill, those bands are all fukn insane as fuck and didn't even make the list I mean WHAT THE FUCK!!

[@RethinkInc420]

Human is a fucking masterpiece......Cytotoxin...Gorgasm...Nile.... Dying Fetus ....and Vital Remains needs honors.

[@josephkunath4173]

Human is amazing

[@orbextreme]

human is far from technical death metal mate. And speaking of the album that started it all is Piece Of Time by Atheist 2 years before human

[@ocin244]

Where is the Aura by beyond creation?

[@Zer0ctopus7]

Most mentions here have a pic of one of the members wearing their own band's merch tees. Lol

[@Goregrind.extreme]

Death is just death metal mam come on u kown this

[@matheusbledow]

Spawn of Possession, Necrophagist,Decapitated,Viraemia

[@brokengaming7613]

Should have put in conquering dystopia

[@ancientgalaxy7697]

Omnivium best tech death album no competition

[@quinnyellstrom719]

Necrophagist will always be #1

[@Goregrind.extreme]

3 bands u actually wrong is just brutal death metal that all

[@Cxdyy]

why did you use a Death tribute band for Death lol

[@Goregrind.extreme]

Goreguts death metal that all

[@AnthonyGauthier-fs2fc]

Warp zone from Martyr

[@guitargamesandliverpool]

Inferi and TBDM are underrated af. They both should be on here. "Nocturnal" by TBDM and "The Path Of Apotheosis" by Inferi are a couple of the best death metal albums ever imo.

[@GiosGoreGrotto]

Both shit

[@dehumanizedanomaly3413]

TBDM are deathcore, not death metal, let alone tech death.

[@guitargamesandliverpool]

@@dehumanizedanomaly3413 They aren’t deathcore, that’s heavier and they are melo death metal.

[@dehumanizedanomaly3413]

@@guitargamesandliverpool You do realize that deathcore started out borrowing from melodeath, right..?

[@Goregrind.extreme]

U not a fan of

[@raoulsoffiato8156]

Yes, the best are DEATH 🤘😍

[@jonathangrass5283]

Nespithe by Demilich.

[@AvrDeathMetalFan]

No epitaph is crazy

[@matternicuss]

Replace Necrophagist and Archspire with Nile and Suffocation and you have a pretty good list.

[@DomasBanevicius]

Mentions Necrophagist, shows Obscura, doesn't pick Epitaph. Bruh

[@danielavellino]

You guys forgot nihility by Decapitated

[@jjs8426]

Origin???

[@WaisAlqorni-n3b]

Necrophagist no 1 tech death

[@taftoc7288]

onset over epitaph...

[@zheroneveletlakatalina2803]

Very more than that are albums or bands of better... Aborted and other brands...🎶🤺⛷️🏃🔥🤸🔥🧘🤣🦋🧚🦅

[@crod67435]

Wow the disrespect to death. Cant even use a pic of chuck, the creator of death wasnt even used in this

[@damiengraulvehus8836]

Euh, seriously, you cannot tell the last necrophagist album is not the best

[@valerio3454]

ORIGIN?????

[@CHANGEUSERNAMEr6]

No Dying Fetus

[@aldrinxchuaexecratedph2116]

OHHHH COMMON....SPAWN OF POSSESION?

[@Metal.mike89]

Did this guy really just say ni hil? The band members themselves have said it like they’re saying Nile.

[@serhiiderkach8126]

No Beyond Creation 😢

[@fabriciolima8749]

Decrepit birth, carphanaum , neceophagist, carcass ,

[@wintermutevi]

How the hell is rivers of nihil a technical death metal band?

[@ivanlionelhernandez3449]

Where is beyond creation ._.???????

[@GiosGoreGrotto]

😂

[@zacharyclements2575]

No Dying Fetus!?!? 😮

[@viktorkostadinovkenarov9646]

Dying Fetus is more brutal than Tech

[@InGrindWeCrust2010]

​@viktorkostadinovkenarov9646 and have enough hardcore/grind in their sound that they'd be on a different list, anyway

[@tan_the_man-_-]

Annihilation of the wicked should be on here

[@MrMaple-iq1sh]

Isn't Nile more brutal than tech death?

[@tan_the_man-_-]

@@MrMaple-iq1sh nah

[@MrMaple-iq1sh]

@@tan_the_man-_- At least on metal archives it says "brutal/technical death metal".

[@GiosGoreGrotto]

​@@MrMaple-iq1shBetter than most wankery

[@MrMaple-iq1sh]

@@GiosGoreGrotto I know, I'm a fan of them.

[@metalaliance5007]

Death in 1 position? 😂

[@connorflanigan748]

Athiest on top

[@raffibonitao8018]

Where’s epitaph?

[@lukino666]

Lol what a horrible list, your misunderstanding of the genre here is outstanding.

[@Itsshaunbewarned]

Unquestionable presence at 3? Bullshit

[@raymond2785]

What’s the point of putting a list without any thought whatsoever.

[@Goregrind.extreme]

3 bands u got it wrong

[@Whocares1987]

None So Vile has to be #1 Gorguts is #2 Death I would just put in top Death Metal albums. Archspire and Rivers of Nihil shouldn’t be top 10. We’re talking about death metal legends here those are robotic studio bands who didn’t makes decent album past 5 or 6 years ago. Also add Demilich. Every other mention I can’t argue with because they’re all classics.

[@Amoeba_Podre]

Shit take Bleed the future is probably the best album of the last 3 years

[@Whocares1987]

@@Amoeba_Podre best ? LOL it was decent but both of Ad Nauseam’s albums alone are a better listen. It’s all technicality and no personality or soul. It’s death metal for djent and deathcore kids and putting them on a top 10 of all time is dumb. Spawn of Possession did the same thing better over 10 years ago and Necrophagist or even Nile did the same thing better over 20 years ago. Everything else on the list are classics that belong there.

[@mylerwilson4879]

None so Vile doesn’t have too much going on for itself to be number 1.

[@ZADSLON]

Where COB?

[@orbextreme]

baaaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah you gotta be kidding me xD

[@bigdaddygregful]

uh.....Suffocation probably beats all these bands

[@trapitogamer999pro4]

this list isnt just about how technical they are, and this bands are equally as influential as suffocation, and even more (death for example), but yeah, its a shame thah suffocation isnt in this list

[@GiosGoreGrotto]

Real

[@ZackCleveland]

Where is dying fetus!?!?

[@Ttkorsakoff]

#1 akroasis - obscura

[@GiosGoreGrotto]

😂😂😂

[@ericcartman5099]

Totally agree! Top 3 tdm - akroasis, gorod (2012 or 2015) and spawn of possession ( cabinet or the apparition) Atheist, cynic, sadist, demilich, death, martyr, beyond creation, anata - are groups which have great albums for top 10 Pestilence 89 is a masterpiece, but proggy albums sounds not so great nowadays Cryptopsy, Suffo are for brutal top Gorguts - obscura great album, but not for tdm too

[@Thatdudenice]

Testimony of Ancients isn't even Tech Death Metal, just classic Death Metal. Neither is Atheist.

[@mylerwilson4879]

No, atheist is tech death. They started the fucking genre itself, and progressive death metal.

[@matt2420]

Archspire and Rivers of Nihil? This list is crap.

[@TopTenTunes]

Which groups make your top 10 list?

[@mylerwilson4879]

Oh no, his list has bands you don’t like. Jesus christ

[@DOOM.SLAYER666]

​@TopTenTunes CRYPTOPSY, INTERNAL SUFFERING, BEYOND CREATION, NECROPHAGIST, BENEATH THE MASSACRE, BRAIN DRILL, RINGS OF SATURN, CYTOTOXIN, MORE IS MORE and ORIGIN

[@deraykrause4517]

No Nile? No bueno.

[@JaoBehold]

Human not tech

[@Ecclesiarchs]

No Spawn Of Possession, your opinion is irrelevant

[@GiosGoreGrotto]

😂

[@hasnaintinwala6920]

Replace Archspire and Rivers of Nihil with Nile and Desecravity

[@alexjanisse1952]

Bump archspire up the list.... but nile should be on the list. And inferi as well.

[@dionyzusdj]

No album from Decapitated or Nile?.... Wtf... Your ranking sucks

[@killrustoleyum5177]

Nup

[@AncientEvil80]

Drop Necrophagist. Overrated. Cynic needs to be top 3.

[@mylerwilson4879]

They fit much better under the prog death category

[@Goregrind.extreme]

Is not overrated

[@sumantimsina5872]

death is not tech death metal

[@dono2926]

More tech than Cryptopsy