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Early 90's Technical Death Metal Showdown |
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Morningrise 
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 Topic: Early 90's Technical Death Metal ShowdownPosted: March 29 2021 at 07:41 |
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Part 3 of the metal showdown series.
Death purposely not included.
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dougmcauliffe
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Posted: March 29 2021 at 08:43 |
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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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Posted: March 29 2021 at 10:36 |
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Cynic for me, the impact of the album "Focus" was immense.
Love Atheist and Pestilence too
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Posted: March 29 2021 at 11:37 |
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Cynic, easily.
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Posted: March 29 2021 at 12:43 |
And how about their "Traced In Air" comeback 15 years later? Awesome band.
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Posted: March 29 2021 at 12:55 |
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Cynic, who are mostly dead now. Talk about death metal
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Posted: March 29 2021 at 13:29 |
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cynic
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Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
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Posted: March 29 2021 at 15:36 |
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Cynic
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Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake."
Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |
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Posted: March 29 2021 at 15:44 |
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Yeah, my vote for Cynic as well.
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Posted: March 29 2021 at 15:55 |
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Cynic is like Death Metal for aliens, still trying to wrap my head around it
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Posted: March 30 2021 at 00:11 |
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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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Posted: March 30 2021 at 14:00 |
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Cynic is doing well without me, so I've helped Pestilence
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Posted: March 30 2021 at 23:32 |
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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Posted: March 31 2021 at 03:46 |
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Gorguts
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Posted: January 10 2024 at 07:52 |
 It's their only album that I enjoy.
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Posted: January 10 2024 at 07:58 |
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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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Posted: January 10 2024 at 08:01 |
well, if it's got growls, it's death metal.
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Posted: January 10 2024 at 08:10 |
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^ It has more vocoder than growls
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Posted: January 10 2024 at 09:23 |
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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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Posted: January 10 2024 at 09:27 |
Their debut has been classified as technical death metal and progressive death metal, both are fine IMO.
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