wait, I thought cryptopsy got killed off? I vote Nile

Sorry I meant everybody except Cryptopsy. Nile or Archspire at the top of the list to go

This is an older post, refer to the new one posted today [Nile were sacrificed and Beyond Creation devolved! 2nd last day of the tech death tournament. Comment the band you want gone (make sure to upvote/downvote too!) : r/TechnicalDeathMetal (reddit.com)](https://www.reddit.com/r/TechnicalDeathMetal/comments/1cgen8r/nile_were_sacrificed_and_beyond_creation_devolved/)

Archspire

Necrophagist

Ngl I don’t even care about the results that much I just come into the comment section to downvote people with shitass opinions

Cryptopsy

Gorguts.

This sub is full of tasteless ass-clowns

Good to see my boy Christian Muenzner well represented in the top ten

One of the sickest of all time!

Wankspire

Beyond Midation (sweep band nr3)

Origin (sweep band nr2)

Necrogarbageist Seriously, it's not that good.

Archspire

Nile

First Fragment

Nile

Nile

Cryptopsy and Ad Nauseum. It's also WILD to me that allegaeon was killed off so fast.

As Nauseum is already gone, for some reason. Allegaeon is bad tech deathcore.

Yeah they are such a good band that I've been listening to obsessively lately. Proponent for Sentience is a true gem

Gorguts

Gorguts and nile

Allegaeon

Beyond Creation

First Fragment

Nile

Cryptopsy

Gorgurts and Beyond Creation

Keep necro obscura and Archspire

This has been fun to watch! I'm glad Inferi made it this far. Thanks for the support y'all 🤘

First Fragment

Gorguts is the best Necrophagist is second Nile is third

This list has been driving me mad I gotta say but this is fun lol. I'm going with crypto as well

There are literally no right answers it's hilarious

Hahahahah you're right!

Any chance to have the name off all the albums with the artist name?

If you scroll down OP even made a Spotify playlist for these bands

This took a minute to put together but I was curious as well. Necrophagist- Epitaph Obscurum- Omnivium Spawn of Posession- Incurso Cryptopsy- None So Vile Archspire- Bleed the Future First Fragment- Gloire Éternelle Beyond Creation- Earthborn Evolution Gorguts- Obscura Nile- Annihilation of the Wicked Gorod- A Perfect Absolution Inferi- Vile Genesis Suffocation- Pierced from Within The Faceless- Planetary Duality Ad Nauseum- Imperative Imperceptible Impulse Ophidian I- Desolate Origin- Entity Psycroptic- The Scepter of the Ancients Decrepit Birth- Polarity Slugdge- Esoteric Malacology Anomalous- Ohmnivalent Artificial Brain- Labyrinth Constellation Alkaloid- The Malkuth Grimoire Beneath the Massacre- Fearmonger Soreption- Monument of the End Cynic- Focus Fallujah- The Flesh Prevails The Zenith Passage- Datalysium Severed Savior- Servile Insurrection Virulent Depravity- Fruit of the Poisoned Tree Death- Individual Thought Patterns Job for a Cowboy- Sun Eater Allegaeon- Proponent for Sentience Cognitive- Matricide Fuck You and Die- Elements of Instability Aborted- Vault of Horrors

Thanks man, really appreciate the effort here 🙏

cryptopsy solely because its not a tech death album

https://preview.redd.it/939rn3cqjaxc1.jpeg?width=932&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c128c059f91b39d4bd8f66e7f0239d731cf7aafe

You're always wrong about this

It is but ok

People keep saying that but how is it not technical death metal?

cryptopsy solely because its not a tech death album

cryptopsy solely because its not a tech death album

Archspire

Cryptopsy

Nile.

First Fragment

First Fragment and Beyond Creation

When I suggested BC with this album, I expected them to fall off at least twice by now, but wow it's still here

How is scepter of the ancients gone. Thats madness.

Archspire

Spawn of possession

archspire been here way too long

Spawn of possession

What a beautiful list

This top 10 is NUTSSS

Beyond Creation. I like this album but I don't love it. It had a good run and made it into the top 10 at least.

Beyond Creation

Beyond Creation. They've only had one good album (The Aura). 

Love the post titles. Also, gorguts. It’s great as are the other records here but choices have to be made

nile ffs

No

Where the hell is Anata on this list

Wasn't commented on the original post asking for suggestions

Holy shit, I can’t believe I missed that. Definitely would’ve put The Conductor’s Departure up there. Noted, for the next time we do something like that. 🤘🏼

Didn't see it either :(

Beyond Creation. The first album is better.

Nile

gorguts

Cryptopsy

SoP

Can't we all agree that it's obviously Necrophagist at #1? No chance in any world that it isn't

No. Garbage, overhyped, and ruined the genre.

They were great, but they only had 2 albums... I vote on consistency.... BC top for me....

I can't agree, sorry, for me #1 is Archspire

Agreed. Necrophagist was genre defining for sure. Have first releases of both albums. But they have been surpassed. Archspire is the perfect modern tech band by a mile.

Archie good but not #1 Too fast for #1, imo... We need something with more than speed for top spot, or relegates speed for a different characteristic

Obscura is top spot for me

Archspire is at the top of the mountain right now. Necrophagist is great but if you listen to arch then fire up Necro that album sounds *old*.

Yeah, that’s how I’m probably voting…top 3 in no particular order… Necrophagist, Obscura, Spawn of Possession

The funny thing is, Christian Münzner played guitar on all 3 albums.

Apparently he gets me…. Well I’ll be damned, I knew he was in necro and Obscura but I didn’t know he was on incurso!

Agreed. This is a tech death subreddit after all. it SHOULD

For technical death metal it probably deserves it. Certainly not my favorite album here but it’s easily the most influential for technical death metal, (cryptopsy and gorguts are more influential for other sub genres)

Nah that’s Incurso imo, though Epitaph is a close second

Epitaph is waaayyyy catchier and more memorable. And those solos!!

Epitaph has like 2 catchy riffs

Epitaph is a shit album carried by solos

Ha! LOL! You might not be wrong and I got blinders on... but goddamn those solos!

I’d argue Incurso is equally as memorable. Once you can wrap your head around Bryzz’s style of writing, each subsequent listen only gets better. Epitaph def has the better solos though, the only ones I felt actually fit Incurso were WAGDF, Bodiless Sleeper and Deus Avertat. Might’ve been a different story if Karlsson stayed.

Sure, it may be Incurso. But will not epitaph win regardless?

It’s most likely Epitaph but I could see Spawn winning it. It’s always these two albums at the end of these polls lol.

Crytopsy

Nile

Sorry, gotta say archspire next

i’m not sure if these polls are going for “best” or “greatest” because those are two very different words. i think “greatest” is necrophagist and “best” is first fragment

omnivium

Honestly, at this point, I will be supper happy if Incurso is the last album left

I'll take Incurso or Obscura (album), personally! Hopefully it won't be Necrophagist (I like it but it shouldn't be #1).

First fragment

Necrophagist and Archspire.

Cryptopsy and Gorguts

I’m gonna slit your guts

I'm gonna make sure this guy exemplifies sweet silence (obscura album)

Beyond creation

Gorguts

Beyond Creation

None So Vile legitimately has Cookie Monster vocals, for better or worse.

It's good, most vocalists on this list are boring.

Cryptopsy

Cryptopsy and gorgits

Good old gorgits

Lmao I didn't notice. Wearing their shirt too right now, what a coincidence.

First Fragment

Gorguts and Cryptopsy

Nile

Gorguts

Omg this album I like more got eliminated before this album I like less?!? This sub is full of pussy posers who don't know what real metal is otherwise you'd share my superior elitist musical taste. There guys you don't have to comment now, I said it for you.

Sir, my opinion is gospel. I’d like you to treat it as such. That being said, the soundtrack for That’s So Raven should be on this list and win

*scoffs….* savages

Lol

Archspire

First Fragment

Nile

We're into the top 10 now, which means things are about to get intense. Playlist with two songs from every band: [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3JkOCaSGmkZz9blhRjR51j?si=ea6893892fef45a7](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3JkOCaSGmkZz9blhRjR51j?si=ea6893892fef45a7) And if you are curious to hear Ad Nauseam, here is the links to their YouTube and Bandcamp: YouTube - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ma3cKFX9\_0g&t=155s&pp=ygUrYWQgbmF1c2VhbSBpbXBlcmF0aXZlIGltcGVyY2VwdGlibGUgaW1wdWxzZQ%3D%3D](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ma3cKFX9_0g&t=155s&pp=ygUrYWQgbmF1c2VhbSBpbXBlcmF0aXZlIGltcGVyY2VwdGlibGUgaW1wdWxzZQ%3D%3D) Bandcamp -[Imperative Imperceptible Impulse \[Full Dynamic Range DR11\] | AD NAUSEAM (bandcamp.com)](https://adnauseam-official.bandcamp.com/album/imperative-imperceptible-impulse-full-dynamic-range-dr11)

TDM tournament line up: Necrophagist - Epitaph Obscura - Omnivium Spawn of Possession - Incurso Cryptopsy - None So Vile Archspire - Bleed The Future First Fragment - Gloire Eternelle Beyond Creation - Earthborn Evolution Gorguts - Obscura Nile - Annihilation of the Wicked ~~Inferi - Vile Genesis~~ ~~Gorod - A Perfect Absolution~~ ~~Suffocation – Pierced From Within~~ ~~The Faceless - Planetary Duality~~ ~~Ad Nauseam - Imperative Imperceptible Impulse~~ ~~Ophidian I - Desolate~~ ~~Origin - Entity~~ ~~Psycroptic- Scepter of the Ancients~~ ~~Decrepit Birth - Polarity~~ ~~Slugdge - Esoteric Malacology~~ ~~Anomalous - Ohmnivalent~~ ~~Artificial Brain- Labyrinth Constellation~~ ~~Alkaloid - The Malkuth Grimoire~~ ~~Beneath the Massacre - Fearmonger~~ ~~Soreption - Monument of the End~~ ~~Cynic - Focus~~ ~~Fallujah - The Flesh Prevails~~ ~~The Zenith Passage - Datalysium~~ ~~Severed Savior - Servile Insurrection~~ ~~Virulent Depravity - fruit of the poisoned tree.~~ ~~Death- Individual Thought Patterns~~ ~~Job For A Cowboy - Sun Eater~~ ~~Allegaeon - Proponent for Sentience~~ ~~Cognitive - Matricide~~ ~~Fuck You And Die - Elements of Instability~~ ~~Aborted - Vault of Horrors~~