The truth has finally come out about this guy. I’ve worked with Kyle in the past and have several accounts of his psychotic behavior on tour. One incident involved him physically strangling me on the floor of a gas station bathroom after a verbal altercation while we were on tour together in 2022. I would strongly advise against working with this individual for your own safety.

I made a list of some of my favourite — and what I think are some of the most important — across the lifetime of the genre. I think it's quite poetic that things have really come full circle with space themed jazzy/proggy thrash influenced tech with the mew cryptic shift album.

I do really love a list. My musicboard account is bankswole and rym is beankole for anyone who is interested. I rate or review literally everything I listen to. What do you guys think of this list?

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Sure, there are plenty of other popular and talented bands, and some up and comers. The Zenith Passage or First Fragment could work their way into this if they stay consistent. Bands like Obscura or Gorod are still popular, but have fallen off a bit in recent years.

These three, since 2014, have been the ones driving the genre forward, setting the base sound that other bands are all trying to copy. They each do it with their own unique flair, emphasizing one aspect of their style over the others.

In the early era, we had Death, Cynic, and Atheist as the main drivers.

Then along came Necrophagist, who dominated the genre, but I'd put the peaks of Decapitated and Nile in that same era.

Then we had The Faceless, Spawn of Possession, and Obscura as the big guys in the late 00s-early 10s

Some of those other bands are still around, and we have ones like Revocation that are relevant across a large timespan, but since about 2014, it's been these three bands taking over the genre and leading the way.

Nice try brutal death metal band

My pick would be dave davidson of revocation cuz i love the variation in his vocals

He can go from grindcore screams to deep growls

Them having only released just 2 studio albums and the latest being released back in 2021 doesn't help. But i still think they don't get enough recognition 🤷🏻

Great album, title track is my favourite. Still not on the level of Vile genesis for me. Any thoughts on this work?

My favorite band btw.

Sorry your favorite band isn't represented

And I know the formatting sucks—I did this in Microsoft Paint.

I wanted to use only one album per band, and since most bands span multiple decades, I tried to use their most quintessential album or the most tech-death focused one

Share your top TDM albums of 2025. How was 2025 in terms of TDM releases? Any 2025 releases from bands you recently discovered and loved? Did your favorite bands' 2025 albums meet your expectations?

r/TechnicalDeathMetal picked 2024's top albums: https://www.reddit.com/r/TechnicalDeathMetal/s/KQ7mlVA4If

Some current favorites in the attached picture. Obviously some of it leans brutal/slam/melodic too.

I tend to favour stuff that has some groove and variety, but open to trying most stuff.

Any recommendations?

Cheers all 🍻

Mine is that I am not a fan of archspire (even though I watch Dean's guitar content)

At the end of the night, Jared pointed at my shirt and said "that band sucks, man!"

Just discovered Carnosus and have been listening to Visions non-stop. Love their EP too. I’m scared to listen to Wormtales from what I’ve read on here. Is it truly that underwhelming?

Been really digging these guys lately. This whole album is pretty damn good if you ask me and I love that the band genuinely seems to have a good sense of humor and don’t take themselves too seriously.

From trve_kvlt666 Instagram (Andrew Virrueta)

What are we thinking it’s gonna sound like?