Aeon - Path of Fire (2010)

Aeon is a really underrated Swedish Death Metal band. They play Technical Death Metal in a really intense manner. This is their third full length album.

The album has a lot of good runs. It has really interesting riff structures, by that I mean unoriginal Death Metal done in an original way. It's also very brutal, especially the monotonous vocals and the uncompromising attack of the drums.


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Self Collapse - The Affliction EP (2009)

Self Collapse is a band from Montreal, Canada. They play what is in essence Deathcore but I like to think of it more like tech death with Hardcore influences. I know that is basically Deathcore but give it a listen and you will see that this is way more than your average Deathcore.

This their first release and this is some great first release. I think people should definitely check out this band. I really liked it and it this band has some great musicians. It sounds good, though not great but what can you expect from a small band releasing their first EP.

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Arkaik - Reflections Within Dissonance (2010)

Shit, I haven't posted since Thursday because I have been very busy. Now I am on Christmas break from school and I plan on posting a lot. 

Arkaik is a band from California. This is their second full length album.

They play Technical Death Metal, reminds me of Decrepit Birth but not quite as much focus on melodies. They also remind me of Odious Mortem which is not surprising given that all of these bands are from California. I really like how the California tech death scene is evolving. Lots of original tech death coming from there.

The sound on this album is very good, it's clean but also very organic. I really liked this album, it displays great musicianship and since these guys are really trying to find an original sound this is at least a step in the right direction.

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Son of Aurelius - The Farthest Reaches (2010)

I admit that I seem to have been defeated by the internet. I set out to find some info on this album and I could not find out if their name was Son of Aurelius or Sons of Aurelius or if their album is called The Farthest Reaches, Son of Aurelius or Myocardial Infection. I have now made a semi-educated guess and I hope it's close to the right thing.

Son of Aurelius is a band from Santa Cruz, California. They play Technical Progressive Death Metal. This is their first album (I think).

This album is really growing on me. They make me think of Arsis which was also a grower for me. It's tech death with melodic riffs. I guess it's Technical Swedish Metal.

I think this album is really good and this band could become very big. The musicianship is top-notch, especially the bass player who displays his Berklee skills throughout the album. The other guys also play very well. The guitarist is also a member of Animosity and a live member for Decrepit Birth. The album is really flawless in terms of playing. I think you should definitely give it a listen.

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Obscure bands from Czech Republic part II

!T.O.O.H.! - Rad a Trest
Now it's time for the second post about this weird deathgrind movement coming from Czech Republic and this time it's !T.O.O.H.!'s(which is the acronym for The Obliteration of Humanity) Rad a Trest (order and punishment).!T.O.O.H.! is probably the weirdest band I have heard of so far from Czech Republic.

The first thing I noticed while listening to this album for the first time was probably the vocals, not the Average Joe in death metal neither grindcore. The song writing on this album is great, lots of catchy moments and a fair amount of technicality.
They disbanded shortly after releasing this album, they released 4 LP's in their career, so making Rad a Trest a swansong.

Though two of the guy's went off forming another band called Duobetic Homunkulus, which has a bit of !T.O.O.H.! feeling to it and I will definitely do a review on those dudes!


Highly recommended.
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!O.B.F.C.R.! part I
obscure bands from Czech republic

Malak - Malak EP (2010)

Malak is a band from Florida. Their music is very hard to classify but I think I'm going to call it.... Technical Progressive Death Metal because in fact it's very technical but also very progressive.

This album has one of the coolest intros I have ever heard. It really gets my attention when I listen to this. The album sounds very professional, like their a very experienced band. That is great given that this is their first release.

I guess Malak borders on Deathcore sometimes but I really don't want to think of them in those terms. They have breakdowns and a few other Deathcore symptoms but given that I like Deathcore a fair amount though the genre has really run it's course. People tend to forget that it's the really generic ones that seem to stand out while the good ones are forgotten, at least in Deathcore.

You should definitely check them out on MediaFire

Diskreet - Engage The Mechanicality

Shit, I found this album earlier today. I have been thinking recently about how hard it is to find a great Technical Death Metal release these days. At last, I have found a great one.

Diskreet are a band from Topeka, Kansas. They play very Technical Death Metal with a very modern sound and feel. This is their first full length album. They have released one EP previously that was very highly acclaimed. A great up and coming band.

This album is incredible. One of the best tech death albums of this year in my opinion. I know I haven't listened to it extensively but I have been listening ever since I grabbed it. I really like the new wave of tech death and this band fits into that scene perfectly.

The album is heavy and technical without overdoing it. They blend the styles very well and also incorporate that occasional breakdown and solo. I think it works very well for them and the album sounds great too. It was mixed by Micheal Keene (The Faceless) and Dave Otero (Cephalic Carnage).

P.S. Awesome album cover from Pår Olofsson

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Odious Mortem - Cryptic Implosion (2007)

Odious Mortem is a band from San Francisco, California. This is their second full length album. They have been one of the leaders of the California Death Metal scene for some time now. That scene has spawned bands like Decrepit Birth and Severed Saviour, both of which have members from Odious Mortem.

They play very Technical Death Metal with an epic element. When I say epic element I don't mean like this epic, I mean like morbidly epic, like the definition of epic being that you could tell a tale of it. They are very modern in this sense and don't compromise brutality for melodies, which I like a lot and you hopefully do too.

The sound on this album has a definitive character to it. It's for the most part a sound similar to Fleshgod Apocalypse with an active, dirty bass sound, clicky drums and stuff. Although, I do think Odious Mortem sound more organic than Fleshgod Apocalypse. The guitar sound is also very cool but as I don't know much about guitar sound I don't know how to describe it.

All in all it's a fuckin' awesome album.

Complete with artwork from Pår Olofsson who is responsible for most of the really awesome artwork of recent Modern Death Metal.

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Malignancy - Inhuman Grotesqueries

Time to post one of my favorite albums, Malignancy's Inhuman Grotesqueries. Malignancy is an out-standing technical brutal death metal band hailing from New York with two members from the band Mortician, another top notch death metal band.

First time I heard this album I was mind blown, I thought this band was like every other technical brutal death metal band, but it's not, it has a lot of unpredictability and unique touch; somewhat experimental in a way.

This album is full of technicality and tons of squeals.

Highly Recommended.
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The Last Felony - Too Many Humans

The Last Felony are a band hailing from Montreal, Canada.  This is the band's sophomore effort. They play a really intense mix of Death Metal with Black metal influences.

It's got loads of groove, technicality and overall tip-top musicianship. Too Many Humans is a heavy album and it sounds massive. I enjoyed it and I think you will too.

I encourage you to comment your thoughts on the albums we post here.

P.S. The artwork is sick!

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