Technical death metal
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| Technical death metal | |
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Late 1980s, United States
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| Mainstream popularity | Underground |
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Technical death metal (sometimes called tech death) is a sub-genre of death metal that focuses on complex rhythms, riffs and song structures. As death metal bands evolved, some experimented with elements from a variety of genres. As a result of such experimentation, exemplified by Suffocation, Cryptopsy and Gorguts, the subgenre of technical death metal established itself as a complex and varied musical style.
More technical experimentations in death metal began in the late 1980s and early 1990s by bands such as Death[1], Morbid Angel, Monstrosity, and Atheist. In 1989 Atheist's debut album Piece of Time was released, followed by Nocturnus's The Key, in 1990. In 1991, Death released Human. This album and later Death albums have proven influential on 1990s technical death metal bands[1]. Other early technical death metal albums are Considered Dead (1991) by Gorguts, Nespithe (1993) by Demilich and Focus (1993) by Cynic.
Bands currently heralded as technical death metal icons include Nile, Meshuggah,[2][3] Necrophagist, Decapitated, Psycroptic, and Anata.
[edit] Bands
Some notable bands of this genre include:
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