Best Technical Death Metal Bands

94 bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Death 1984, United States Death Metal, Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Symbolic (1995) #31 Human (1991) #50 Leprosy (1988) #74
2	Fleshgod Apocalypse 2007, Italy Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal, Symphonic Metal	King (2016) #152 Oracles (2009) #650 The Fool (2016) [Single]
3	Cryptopsy 1992, Canada Brutal Death Metal, Technical Death Metal	None So Vile (1996) #29 Blasphemy Made Flesh (1994) #301 Cryptopsy (2012) #878
4	Nile 1993, United States Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal	Annihilation of the Wicked (2005) #125 In Their Darkened Shrines (2002) #321 Black Seeds of Vengeance (2000) #843
5	Suffocation 1989, United States Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal	Effigy of the Forgotten (1991) #172 Pierced From Within (1995) #188 Human Waste (1991) [EP] #1833
6	Cynic 1987, United States Progressive Metal, Technical Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Focus (1993) #320 Traced in Air (2008) #812 Uroboric Forms - The Complete Demo Recordings (2017) [Compilation]
7	Obscura 2002, Germany Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Akróasis (2016) #173 Cosmogenesis (2009) #738 Omnivium (2011) #842
8	Dying Fetus 1991, United States Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal	Descend into Depravity (2009) #370 Killing on Adrenaline (1998) #1061 War of Attrition (2007) #1315
9	Hour of Penance 1999, Italy Brutal Death Metal, Technical Death Metal	Sedition (2012) #380 The Vile Conception (2008) #1408 Paradogma (2010) #1600
10	Atheist 1988, United States Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Unquestionable Presence (1991) #381 Piece of Time (1990) #1392 Jupiter (2010) #3435
11	Fallujah 2007, United States Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Deathcore	The Harvest Wombs (2011) #764 Nomadic (2013) [EP] #1021 The Flesh Prevails (2014) #1183
12	Decapitated 1996, Poland Technical Death Metal	Cancer Culture (2022) #1413 Carnival Is Forever (2011) #1868 Organic Hallucinosis (2006) #1894
13	Pestilence 1986, Netherlands Technical Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Consuming Impulse (1989) #900 Malleus Maleficarum (1988) #991 Testimony of the Ancients (1991) #1666
14	Origin 1997, United States Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal	Antithesis (2008) #792 Entity (2011) #1943 Unparalleled Universe (2017) #2636
15	Nocturnus 1987, United States Technical Death Metal	The Key (1990) #265 Thresholds (1992) #1923 Nocturnus (1993) [EP]
16	Allegaeon 2008, United States Melodic Death Metal, Technical Death Metal	Proponent for Sentience (2016) #1379 Apoptosis (2019) #1801 Damnun (2022) #2055
17	Archspire 2009, Canada Technical Death Metal	Bleed the Future (2021) #488 Relentless Mutation (2017) #898 The Lucid Collective (2014) #1827
18	Revocation 2006, United States Technical Thrash Metal, Technical Death Metal	Netherheaven (2022) #1972 Empire of the Obscene (2008) #2083 Chaos of Forms (2011) #2750
19	Rivers of Nihil 2008, United States Technical Death Metal	Where Owls Know My Name (2018) #1155 The Work (2021) #4398 Monarchy (2015) #5457
20	Beyond Creation 2005, Canada Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	The Aura (2011) #865 Algorythm (2018) #2038 Earthborn Evolution (2014) #5846
21	Demilich Finland Technical Death Metal	Nespithe (1993) #237 The Four Instructive Tales... of Decomposition (1991) [Demo] Regurgitation of Blood (1991) [Demo]
22	Gorod 2005, France Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Jazz	Leading Vision (2006) #1091 Kiss the Freak (2017) [EP] Neurotripsicks (2005) #2672
23	Gorguts 1989, Canada Death Metal, Technical Death Metal, Avant-garde Metal, Dissonant Death Metal	Obscura (1998) #691 The Erosion of Sanity (1993) #1484 From Wisdom to Hate (2001) #2604
24	Necrophagist 1992, Germany Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Epitaph (2004) #1060 Onset of Putrefaction (1999) #1251 Requiems of Festered Gore (1992) [Demo]
25	Defeated Sanity 1993, Germany Brutal Death Metal, Technical Death Metal	Psalms of the Moribund (2007) #1987 Chapters of Repugnance (2010) #2459 The Sanguinary Impetus (2020) #3231
26	Job for a Cowboy 2003, United States Deathcore, Death Metal, Technical Death Metal	Doom (2005) [EP] #3495 Genesis (2007) #3535 Ruination (2009) #3893
27	Bloodshot Dawn 2003, United States Melodic Death Metal, Technical Death Metal	Bloodshot Dawn (2012) #1671 Demons (2014) #1732 Reanimation (2018) #6065
28	First Fragment 2007, Canada Technical Death Metal	Dasein (2016) #258 Gloire Éternelle (2021) #1164 The Afterthought Ecstasy (2010) [EP]
29	Ulcerate 2000, New Zealand Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal	Stare into Death and Be Still (2020) #876 Shrines of Paralysis (2016) #1710 Everything Is Fire (2009) #3056
30	Deeds of Flesh 1993, United States Brutal Death Metal, Technical Death Metal	Path of the Weakening (1999) #1292 Portals to Canaan (2013) #2299 Inbreeding the Anthropophagi (1998) #3780
31	Arsis 2000, United States Melodic Death Metal, Technical Death Metal	A Diamond for Disease (2005) [EP] #1955 We Are the Nightmare (2008) #4733 Starve for the Devil (2010) #4886
32	Katalepsy 2003, Russia Brutal Death Metal, Technical Death Metal, Groove Metal	Autopsychosis (2013) #2053 Gravenous Hour (2016) #4166 Triumph of Evilution (2008) [EP]
33	The Faceless 2004, United States Technical Deathcore, Technical Death Metal	Planetary Duality (2008) #4678 Autotheism (2012) #4710 Akeldama (2006)
34	Inferi 2005, United States Melodic Death Metal, Technical Death Metal	Revenant (2018) #2497 Vile Genesis (2021) #5353 The Path of Apotheosis (2014) #6845
35	Psycroptic 1999, Australia Technical Death Metal	As the Kingdom Drowns (2018) (Ob)Servant (2008) #2455 The Scepter of the Ancients (2003) #3685
36	Lykathea Aflame 1999, Czech Republic Technical Death Metal	Elvenefris (2000) #1253
37	Fecundation 2014, Korea Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal	Cadaveric Rigdity + From Grave to Cradle (2015) #1672 Decomposition of Existence (2018) #2782 Morte Cerebral (2019) [EP]
38	Wormed 1998, Spain Brutal Death Metal, Technical Death Metal	Krighsu (2016) #1656 Exodromos (2013) #2460 Planisphærium (2003)
39	Spawn of Possession 2007, Sweden Technical Death Metal	Incurso (2012) #3642 Cabinet (2003) Noctambulant (2006) #7041
40	Quo Vadis 1993, Canada Technical Death Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Day Into Night (2000) #3079 Defiant Imagination (2004) #3242 Defiant Indoctrination (2005) [Video]
41	Dan Swanö Sweden Technical Death Metal	Moontower (1999) #1102
42	Exocrine 2013, France Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Maelstrom (2020) The Hybrid Suns (2022) #4137 Molten Giant (2018)
43	Decrepit Birth 2001, United States Technical Death Metal	...And Time Begins (2003) #4028 Polarity (2010) #4312 Axis Mundi (2017) #4343
44	Augury 2002, Canada Technical Death Metal	Illusive Golden Age (2018) #1044 Concealed (2004) #6287 Fragmentary Evidence (2009) #7135
45	Internal Suffering 1996, Colombia Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal	Supreme Knowledge Domain (1999) Chaotic Matrix (2002) #5121 Choronzonic Force Domination (2004) #5782
46	!T.O.O.H.! 1993, Czech Republic Technical Death Metal, Deathgrind	Pod vládou biče (2002) #2608 Order and Punishment (2005) #4455 Democratic Solution (2013)
47	Anomalous United States Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal	Ohmnivalent (2011) #2261 Cognitive Dissonance (2006) [EP] #8238
48	Hannes Grossmann Germany Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	The Radial Covenant (2014) #1963 The Crypts of Sleep (2016) #2325 To Where the Light Retreats (2021)
49	Ophidian I 2010, Iceland Technical Death Metal	Desolate (2021) #2879 Solvet Saeclum (2012) Demo (2011) [Demo]
50	Unfathomable Ruination 2010, United Kingdom Brutal Death Metal, Technical Death Metal	Misshapen Congenital Entropy (2012) Finitude (2016) #3616 Idiosyncratic Chaos (2014) [EP]

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