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State Of Unrest (2023)
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Los Angeles technical death metal band Consciously Dying build their sound on complex, labyrinthine riff structures and precise, punishing rhythms that push the genre's limits in SoCal's competitive extreme metal circuit.
Grand Rapids' Constellation Ophiuchus pursue technical death metal with an astronomical theme, building intricate and dissonant compositions that reflect the cold precision and cosmic scale their name implies.
Construct of Corpses operate in the blood-soaked corner of technical death metal, piling intricate riff patterns and complex structures atop an unrelenting brutality that refuses to sacrifice physicality for technicality.
West Bend, Wisconsin technical death metal band applying surgical precision and complex riff architecture to brutal death metal foundations. Rapid tempo changes and dense guitar work mark their demanding compositional approach.
Santa Cruz, California technical death metal band pushing the boundaries of speed and compositional complexity within the death metal framework. Intricate guitar work and demanding arrangements are the hallmarks of their West Coast technical attack.
Atlanta's Control the Devastator navigate the brutal overlap of black metal atmosphere and technical death metal complexity, constructing dense, dissonant compositions that feel deliberately hostile. Their Georgia roots are audible in the swampy, oppressive heaviness underpinning their extreme approach.
Pensacola's Controlled Chaos deliver technical death metal that lives up to their name — intricate, shifting arrangements held together by sheer force of will and ferocious execution. Florida's death metal heritage looms large in their surgical yet savage sound.
Experimental technical death metal act from Puławy, eastern Poland. Conveyor pushes death metal boundaries with progressive and experimental approaches.
San Diego, California technical death metal act combining the surgical precision of the tech-death school with a commitment to genuine brutality. Their compositions reward repeated listens as the intricacies surface through the density.
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