Worst Technical Death Metal Bands

The Top Ten
1 Necrophagist Necrophagist is a German technical death metal band, founded and fronted by guitarist and vocalist Muhammed Suiçmez.

These guys ruined the genre as a whole. Flashy guitar playing and composition, but the songwriting has no depth and fails to compel. Merely guitar and bass wankery.

2 Rings of Saturn Rings of Saturn is an American technical deathcore band from the Bay Area, California. The band was formed in 2009 and was originally just a studio project. They jokingly dubbed their genre as "aliencore".

Mostly the same as Necrophagist, but with a horrible vocalist, along with slightly more cohesive guitar work.

3 Decrepit Birth Decrepit Birth is an American technical death metal band from Santa Cruz, California. They have released two studio albums through Unique Leader Records and one through Nuclear Blast, and a demo independently.
4 Hour Of Penance Hour of Penance is a technical death metal band from Rome, Italy that was formed in 1999. The band has no original members remaining.
5 The Faceless The Faceless is an American technical death metal band from the Encino neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.
6 Beyond Creation Beyond Creation is a Canadian technical death metal band from Montreal, Quebec. They are currently signed to Season of Mist records.
7 Neuraxis Neuraxis is a Canadian death metal band formed in Montreal in 1994. They play technical death metal and melodic death metal.

I actually really like the first two albums of this band, but then they just went down the path of wank, as have many others.

8 Revocation Revocation is an American technical death metal band from Boston, Massachusetts founded by guitarist and vocalist David Davidson, bassist and vocalist Anthony Buda and drummer Phil Dubois-Coyne in 2000.

The somewhat inventive blend with thrash mostly just means palm muted masturbation, rather than tremolo picking.

9 Decapitated Decapitated is a Polish technical death metal band formed in Krosno in 1996. The group comprises guitarist, founder and composer Wacław "Vogg" Kiełtyka, vocalist Rafał Piotrowski, bassist Paweł Pasek, and drummer Michał Łysejko.

One of the most overrated bands to walk the face of the earth.

10 A Million Dead Birds Laughing
The Contenders
11 Brain Drill Brain Drill is an American technical death metal band formed in 2005 from Ben Lomond, California. They are signed to Metal Blade Records and released their full-length debut album entitled Apocalyptic Feasting on February 5, 2008. In support of their debut, disagreements were engaged and members began ...read more.
12 Atheist Atheist is a progressive/technical death metal band from Florida, founded in 1984 by drummer Steve Flynn and singer/guitarist Kelly Shaefer.

Atheist is cool! Also, why is Slipknot here?

13 Psycroptic Psycroptic is an Australian technical death metal band formed in Hobart in 1999. Mainstay members are Dave Haley on drums, his brother Joe Haley on guitar, and Cameron Grant on bass guitar.
14 Gorod Gorod is a technical death metal band from Bordeaux, France. They formed in 1997 under the name Gorgasm releasing their debut album Neurotripsicks on Deadsun Records in 2004. They changed their name to Gorod in 2005 to avoid confusion with an American band also called Gorgasm, re-releasing their debut ...read more.
15 Archspire
16 Fallujah
17 Slipknot Slipknot is an American metal band formed in Des Moines, Iowa in 1996. The band is best known as one of the pioneers of the New Wave of American Alternative Metal during the late 1990s - 2000s and are distinguishable by the band's clothing choices, consisting of black/red jumpsuits and horror inspired masks. ...read more.
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