Death Metal fans: Progressive Death Metal or Technical Death Metal?

Prog Death, by a lot.

Why? TBH, it is much more imaginative, creative and free than Tech is. Tech can be brutal, but it relies too much on technique, and the vast majority of bands in the Genre, especially the posterboys, Necrophagist and Cryptopsy, tend to be little more than repetitious pinch harmonics and super precise scales, to way too many blasts and some of the worst Death Vocals EVER.

Far too often (but certainly not always) manual dexterity and technique is viewed as good songwriting, which I totally disagree with. I think a lot of guitarists like it, because it is something where one's relative "skill" is measurable... but I would rather have a sloppy and imprecise, but imaginative and soulful guitar lick that a machine precise one that reveals no feeling, any day of the week (same reason, as a rule I don't like Neo-Classical.. all technique, no personality).

Again, so as not to offend, this is not universal, but pretty dang common.

The God Father of Death, Chuck not only gave us Death Metal, but he went Progressive Death, and one thing that never happened was a dull moment. Prog brings in myriads of influences, and is very free form, in terms of "rules", techniques, and song structures, it truly is a fertile playground for fevered imaginations.

Cynic, mid-career Pestilence, Atheist, Extol, and with each album, more and more, Obscura, the music scape is so lush and unpredictable, it just keeps ones attention in the way that tech simply does not. I find that Tech is something that appeals to accountants, baseball fanatics, and the numbers people, because of the precision and measurables, whereas IMO the somewhat looser reins of Prog appeal to the right brain crowd

BQ- DEATH

but old Atheist is not far behind, and when you add stuff liek Obscura, Gojira and others into the mix, it just gets hard to choose!

BQ2- Psycroptic

BQ3- Well, this month ain't over yet! And IMO April is and was better than May looks like. I still got the new Primordial to get Tuesday for one thing.

But in may, there are a few potential sleepers i have tagged like Novembers Doom and Anaal Nathrakh, but not a single must have, edge of my seat in anticipation, album.

This month was near a dozen.

sorry folks, not trying to be a Nazi, but even if I liked Opeth, they are in NO WAY remotely Death Metal. Progressive Metal with Gothic, Doom and eetreme influences, mayhap, but not DEATH Metal.

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Death Metal fans: Progressive Death Metal or Technical Death Metal?

Which do you prefer and why?

BQ Favorite Prog Death Band?

BQ2 Favorite Tech Death band?

BQ3 Any Metal albums you're looking forward to next month?

Technical Death Metal

The only bands I listen to that can be counted as PDM are Obscura, Death, Gojira, Anomalous, Opeth and In Mourning. All spectacular bands, but I listen to Tech Death more, plus I don't really try to break Prog Metal down into sub-subgenres, and simply the think of the aforementioned bands as Progressive Metal (yep, I know Death can also be counted as Old School too). If it was the very inclusive tag of Progressive Metal vs Tech Death, definitely the former.

BQ: Opeth. If you're a little more strict on the tag and don't count them as PDM, then Anomalous.

BQ2: Tie between Gorguts, Lykathea Aflame, Gigan and Origin. LA would probably win overall though.

BQ3: Hate Eternal's Phoenix Amongst the Ashes

Progressive death metal.. It's more complex and unique. Sort of a hint of melodic death metal along with it. Although my favorite death metal band is technical..

BQ: Amorphis and Agalloch

BQ2: Gojira, Decapitated, Cannibal Corpse, Athiest, Death, and Meshuggah. Too hard to choose a favorite, but it's Gojira.

I prefer the Prog genre, but I prefer the Technical bands.

BQ3: Amorphis - The Beginning of Times

I can't wait!!!!

Progressive, as it's much more interesting than the masturbatory guitar jerking fest that plagues many technical death metal bands. Plus progressive is still pretty damn technical.

BQ: Cynic.

BQ2: Atheist.

BQ3: Not next month, but in June, Morbid Angel's new album :)

Interesting question. Progressive sub-genres seem to care more about the integrity of the songs where as technical sub-genres care more about skill-set and not really if the song has a good sound or not. All this while Progressive metal bands such as Mastodon still have high tech levels while keeping the integrity of their music.

BQ - Not into Death metal, so I'll just go with Mastodon, Baroness or High on Fire

BQ2 - Necrophagist for sure.

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Progressive Death Metal

1.) Opeth. No contest.

2.) Dont really listen to any

3.) not any atm, but anticipating Dan Swano's Second Sky project when it comes out

Technical Death Metal, the musicianship, that's why I like about it.

BQ: Beyond Creation.

BQ 2: Necrophagist

BQ: 3: Don't really know.

THANK YOU!

Which do you prefer ? Progressive Death Metal

And why? OPETH!!!!

BA: Guess, lol

BA2: Atheist

BA3: Probably..

1. Atheist

2. Spawn of Possession

3. Not really