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Club: Technical/progressive Music That Ain't Over The Top Wankery

this list is related to this forum thread, please check
this list is a collaborative one and will surely grow ; it is a proof of concept for a club feature, see here.

Hi people. I'd like to create a list of albums with the purpose of being as complete as possible. I'm looking for music that is technical or progressive, although I really don't like when things get out of hand, with crazy vocals in 4 different registers building tension and brutally stoping to yield it to a shredding solo in mixolydian helped by drums in 11/12 which try to imitate the synth syncopation in counterpoint, for ten seconds before jumping into something else.

1.Angra - Angels Cry
2.Angra - Holy Land
3.Angra - Fireworks
4.Angra - Rebirth
5.Angra - Temple Of Shadows

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Created by Ansercanagicus on 14.03.2019



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Best Of 2010

1.Deftones - Diamond Eyes
2.Coheed And Cambria - Year Of The Black Rainbow
3.Exodus - Exhibit B: The Human Condition
4.The Absence - Enemy Unbound
5.Wretched - Beyond The Gate

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Created by RDHIII on 25.06.2012



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A Brutal Poem Of Technicalities (Ordered By Years)

So here are some Brutal, Technical, Progressive and sometimes Atmospheric death metal works I enjoy or that I believe should be given a try because they're unique and interesting, almost an essentials list when it comes to that style. There are some unorthodox choices as well in the mix that aren't just full-on tech death, some bands also incorporate grind, progressive or even jazz. Hope you'll all find something that suits your taste! The list is ordered by years. Feel free to comment and give recommendations!

Personal absolute favorites of mine have a ★ beside the year of release.

🇨🇦 = From Canada, My Country! We're quite good at Technical and Brutal Death Metal... Trust me. I mean, you'll see for yourself.

Edit: I will now add my picks for best album of each year using the mention (best of xxxx) in the chosen album's description.

-Guib-

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Guib's Best Tech/Brutal/Prog Death Metal Album Picks

Best Of 2022:
An Abstract Illusion - Woe

Best Of 2023:
The Zenith Passage - Datalysium

Best of 2024 So Far:
tbd...

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Last Updated: March 27th, 2024

1.Atheist - Piece Of Time
2.Nocturnus - The Key
3.Death - Human
4.Suffocation - Effigy Of The Forgotten
5.Gorguts - Considered Dead

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Created by Guib on 17.10.2011



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Top 50 Album Covers (Updated)

My personal top 50 list.
(In no particular order)

1.Decrepit Birth - Polarity
2.Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Agorapocalypse
3.Blue Öyster Cult - Blue Öyster Cult
4.Joe Satriani - Time Machine
5.Earth - The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull

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Created by The Void on 01.10.2011



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Top Technical Death Metal Albums Of All Time- Order In Chaos !

Definitive Top Technical Death Metal.
MARVELS of human creation and imagination.
This list is subject to occasional additions and negations.
Includes slight deviations having progressive, jazz-rock, Avant-Garde influences but sticking to Technical Death in its core. This is MY OWN list. You could always make your own if you beg to disagree of the order.
Comments to include stuff welcome !
ORDER IN CHAOS - Technical Death Metal.

1.Death - Human
2.Decapitated - Winds Of Creation
3.Nile - Annihilation Of The Wicked
4.Necrophagist - Onset Of Putrefaction
5.Martyr - Warp Zone

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Created by metaniac on 04.09.2011



Top Brutal Death Metal Albums Of 2010

1.Vulvectomy - Post-Abortion Slut Fuck
2.Fleshgod Apocalypse - Mafia
3.Hour Of Penance - Paradogma
4.Decrepit Birth - Polarity
5.Gorevent - Worship Paganism

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Created by malienist on 10.06.2011



Best Of 2010

I rated 1st Place 10/10; 2nd-6th Place 9/10 and 7th-24th Place 8/10. So it was kind of hard for me to create this list, because there are many albums with a same ranking. There is some arbitrariness in there especially around the 12th-20th place.

1.Opeth - In Live Concert At The Royal Albert Hall
2.Solution .45 - For Aeons Past
3.Asphyx - Live Death Doom
4.Misery Index - Heirs To Thievery
5.At The Gates - Purgatory Unleashed

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Created by qui_killer on 20.02.2011



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Top 10 Albums Of 2010

This is my top 10 this year. Read it and weep.

1.In Mourning - Monolith
2.Solution .45 - For Aeons Past
3.Decrepit Birth - Polarity
4.Dimmu Borgir - Abrahadabra
5.Kalmah - 12 Gauge

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Created by ChristCadaver on 11.02.2011



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My Top Albums of 2010

1.Nevermore - The Obsidian Conspiracy
2.Dark Tranquillity - We Are The Void
3.Fear Factory - Mechanize
4.Helloween - 7 Sinners
5.Blind Guardian - At The Edge Of Time

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Created by Chaosweaver on 19.01.2011



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Best Albums Of 2010

1.Atheist - Jupiter
2.Hour Of Penance - Paradogma
3.Flesh Consumed - Ecliptic Dimensions Of Suffering
4.Melechesh - The Epigenesis
5.Canvas Solaris - Irradiance

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Created by gorguts on 25.11.2010



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Top 20 Albums Of 2010 (final)

1.Helloween - 7 Sinners
2.Keep Of Kalessin - Reptilian
3.Star One - Victims Of The Modern Age
4.Kvelertak - Kvelertak
5.Eluveitie - Everything Remains As It Never Was

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Created by tricky on 01.10.2010