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Excelsis Tenebrae is a brutal and technical death metal project from Buenos Aires, built around guitarist and vocalist Patricio Posse alongside drummer Santiago Sauza. The band released their debut EP Eternity Denied in October 2017, a three-track recording produced at La Septima Casa studio in Ramos Mejía that draws on influences including Nile, Morbid Angel, and Suffocation. The project grew out of an earlier Miami-based incarnation called Serpenthorn that Posse ran during his high school years before relocating to Argentina.
Part of Lithuania's dark and atmospheric metal tradition, this act channels death metal, deathcore, and technical death metal with a focus on labyrinthine song structures built on chromatic riff mazes. Formed in 2015, based in Vilnius, the focus remains squarely on devastating rhythmic impact.
Oberlin, Ohio's Existential Animals have been navigating the outer limits of technical death metal since 2013, bringing an intellectually restless quality to a subgenre that rewards patience and close listening. The small-college-town origin fits a band whose name suggests something more cerebral lurking beneath the brutality.
Bend, Oregon's Existential Depression have spent over a decade honing a technical death metal sound with genuine emotional weight behind it — the name isn't just provocation but a thematic north star. Since 2014, they've been threading the needle between complex, interlocking riffwork and a bleakness that lingers after the music stops.
Exnecros is a technical and melodic death metal band from Rio de Janeiro, formed in 2024, featuring guitarist and lyricist Lucas Brum alongside vocalist Josam, who also handles orchestrations. The band released their debut, Total Depravity, on July 1, 2024, blending fast and complex guitar work with symphonic orchestrations and lyrics centered on Christian theology.
Norwegian extreme progressive metal pioneers from Bekkestua/Bærum, recognized for precise technical musicianship across five studio albums and two EPs. Their 2005 album The Blueprint Dives earned a Spellemannsprisen nomination for Best Metal Album, and their sound has evolved from technical death metal through progressive death/thrash into alternative rock territory — culminating in the 2025 double LP Burial.
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