Early 90's Technical Death Metal Showdown |
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Morningrise
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Posted: March 29 2021 at 07:41 |
Part 3 of the metal showdown series.
Death purposely not included.
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dougmcauliffe
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Great stuff, gotta go for Atheist, perfect discography, but Spheres by Pestilence is one of my favorites as well.
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Progmind
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Cynic for me, the impact of the album "Focus" was immense.
Love Atheist and Pestilence too
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verslibre
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Cynic, easily.
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Morningrise
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And how about their "Traced In Air" comeback 15 years later? Awesome band.
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SteveG
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Cynic, who are mostly dead now. Talk about death metal
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Man With Hat
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mathman0806
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Yeah, my vote for Cynic as well.
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dougmcauliffe
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Cynic is like Death Metal for aliens, still trying to wrap my head around it
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Obvious bias will be towards the more accessible fusion of Cynic, which I understand.
Gorguts is the pinnacle of tech death for me. They're exactly what my ears and souls crave. The Erosion of Sanity is the peak of the early 90's tech death style, unmatched. Obscura is still ahead of it's time, so much so that I still think everything Luc released after still pales a bit in comparison to that, despite the awesomness! Luc has the ability to weave technical riffs in with actual classical and jazz and progressive elements in ways that don't so forced. Gorguts is its own lexicon of sound in a way, especially on Obscura. Erosion is my favorite, though. Gorguts and Luc Lemay RULE.
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Cynic is doing well without me, so I've helped Pestilence
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Frenetic Zetetic
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Cynic is going to win for their adherance to sounding most like a traditional fusion band, just more extreme. Pestilence broke the mold in 1993. All these bands did. Literally, this entire list, go listen to their 1993 releases - they're all gold! RoadRunner truly was legendary back in the day. Monte Conner!!!
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omphaloskepsis
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Gorguts
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Cristi
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It's their only album that I enjoy.
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Out of these I prefer Cynic, but I don't really see them as Death Metal. They got lumped into that category, there is very little "Death" about an album like Cynic - Focus. More like Prog Extreme Metal/Fusion ...
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Cristi
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well, if it's got growls, it's death metal.
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MikeEnRegalia
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^ It has more vocoder than growls
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Tapfret
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I agree. Cynic isn't really death metal. They carry elements of it, but it's blended into something completely different.
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Cristi
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Their debut has been classified as technical death metal and progressive death metal, both are fine IMO.
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