Technical Death Metal

Can’t believe I didn’t jump on this right when it came out, this is outstanding.

Side note: album art is by the same artist as Carnosus - Visions of Infinihility, which is why it looks a little extremely similar.

• Centuries of Decay - A Monument to Oblivion (CAN-ON)
• Call of Charon - Tales of Tragedy (Germany) (a bit core, but solid)

Holy shit, new Vaegon release out of nowhere (I mean, I caught the single, but the EP wasn't on my radar)

• Obvurt - An Alternate Dimension (CAN-QC)
• Of the Fallen - ...In One Form or Another [EP] (USA-TX)
• Phobetor - A Solitary Vigil [EP] (UK-ENG)
• Vaegon - Ciphers From The Void [EP] (CAN-AB)

Late Friday update:

• Crown of Anguish - Giants of the Twisting Sun (UK-ENG)
• Re-Buried - Flesh Mourning (USA-WA) (not that tech, but pretty good)

Light week, but plenty to keep catching up on!

• Divergence - In Cycled Aeons [EP] (USA-NY)
• Lyxætherivminthraxas - Polymorph Particle Engagement [EP] (Germany/USA)

All caught up, shredbang!

• Beyond Mortal Dreams - Devastation Hymns [EP] (AUS-SA) (not that tech, but good otherwise)
• Cancroid - Tempus Odii (Russia) (on the groove metal side)
• Disrupted - Chasm of Eternity (Mexico) (thrash death)
• Erebor - Infinitus Somnium (UK-ENG)
• Ritual of Descent - Ephemerality [EP] (USA-TX)

Somehow missed posting anything about this album when it came out on 6.12 - classically regarded as deathcore, but they've been migrating in a death metal direction for the last 2-3 albums, and this one's a slapper for sure (definitely streamed it a good number of times on my phone while my desktop's been out of commission)

Still catching up!

• Absolutism - Stream of Consciousness (Spain)
• Constant Torment - Suspended in Desolate Permanence (USA-MO)

I'm partway back, time to catch up on the new releases backlog! As I've done previously, I'm still saying "this week" just for searchability reasons, don't @ me

• Edit to add the release of the week, forgot when this had come out: Cryptopsy - An Insatiable Violence (CAN-QC) - damn this is solid
• Entity of Chaos - Spectral Echoes [EP] (USA-TX/UK/Germany)
• Order of the Dead - Captives (USA-NY) (thrash death)
• Wrath of Belial - Embers of Dead Empires (Denmark)

Is it "All shall align" the album or the song?

Yes.

Not dead! I know I’m down to only a post a week, and now even that is a couple weeks behind. I was away on vacation, and now that I’m back, I’m having computer issues. I’m excited to catch up on everything I’ve missed, so feel free (as always) to post goodies. I’m aware of a few real brain-melters already, but I know there’s more out there.

I swear to god this song is fucking amazing and has absolutely everything.

The solo isn't even in this vid but Mike Lerner's fucking phrasing is out of this world, and barely anyone can come close to him. He doesn't just play fast, or melodically, he seamlessly goes between the two to create a masterwork of expression.

• The Archon Rift - The Harrowing Path Between Loathing and Love (AUS-ACT) (fantasy-themed instrumental tech, 1-man project!)
• Dark Matter Secret - New Matter (Russia) (instrumental prog tech)
• Declivity - Elimination of All Forms [EP] (USA)
• Fallujah - Xenotaph (USA-CA) (helllllllll yeah)
• Hatred Inherit - Void (Germany) (need a little more time with it to assess tech cred, but vocals remind me of Hideous Divinity and I like that)
• Incremated - Eyes Between Worlds (Mexico) (brutal tech)

I didn't find any proper TDM this week, but these should be of interest to this community anyway (I hope):

• Devoured by the Abyss - Genetic Purification (Mexico) (technical deathcore)
• Sin Deliverance - Universe of Nightmares (Russia)(technical deathcore)

Hooooo big week

• Eschaton - Techtalitarian (USA-CT/MA)
• The Haunted - Songs of Last Resort (Sweden) (melodeath, but big band)
• Horrid Demise - Death Awaits (USA-TX)
• Puteraeon - Mountains of Madness (Sweden) (not super tech, but Swedish goodness)
• Psycroptic - Architects of Extinction [Single] (AUS-TAS)
• Rivers of Nihil - Rivers of Nihil (USA-PA)
• Vader - Humanihility [EP] (Poland) (not tech and only a 3-track EP, but big band)

Belated post for last week's releases, but pretty light week anyway from my perspective:

• Degenerate - Rituals of Rage (Netherlands) (death thrash)
• Unbirth - Asomatous Besmirchment (Italy) (brutal tech)

• Horror of Pestilence - ♾️ [EP] (China)
• No Raza - Tyrona (Colombia)
• Pandemia - Darkened Devotion (Czechia)

• Behemoth - The Shit ov God (Poland) (black metal, or blackened death maybe, but big band)
• For the Pyres - At the Pyres of Sin (Sweden) (not suuper tech, but pretty good)
• Ominous Ruin - Requiem (USA-CA) (female vocalist now apparently?! hell yeah)
• Sphere - Inferno (Poland)
• Vampyre Deth - Chaotic Destruction [EP] (USA-TX) (one-man project, don't judge it by the name)

Oops late, but light week for tech anyway:

• Phyrxian Sun - Overlord (USA-MI)

• Changeling - Changeling (Germany)
• Coffin Feeder - Big Trouble (Belgium)
• Deserted Fear - Veins of Fire (Germany)
• Echoes of the Extinct - Era of Darkness (Finland)
• Kardashev - Alunea (USA-AZ)
• Parthian - Mortuorum (USA-KS)
• Supreme Void - Towards Oblivion (Poland)

• Brain Stem - Nullified (CAN-AB)
• Dormant Ordeal - Tooth and Nail (Poland) (TIL this is just a 2-piece?!)
• Exterminatus - Echoes from a Distant Star Part I (CAN-BC) (NB: drummer from The Zenith Passage!)
• Inoculation - Actuality (USA-OH)
• Into the Fray - Deofolist (Russia)
• Lik - Necro (Sweden)
• Wretched Idol - Unholy (USA-IN) (not tech, but pretty good)

Hello! I am currently trying to write a Wikipedia article for Retromorphosis as there isn't one yet. Problem is: I need published sources discussing the band that are somewhat unbiased (e.g. NOT the band/label web page).

I feel like Psalmus Mortis was one of the most highly anticipated albums in a while and was well received too. Also the band should have an article. Can you help me find some reviews from reputable sources? I am not much of a review reader myself.

Cheers

• Chronepsis - Weight of Eternity [EP] (USA-NJ)
• Cytotoxin - Biographyte (Germany)
• Imperishable - Swallowing the World (Sweden)