#techdeathmetal

Cognizance - In Light, No Shape

Technical Melodic Death Metal from Leeds, U.K. / Graz, Austria

“In Light, No Shape” is a masterful progressive death metal opus, rich in texture and atmospheric detail, offering everything long-standing fans have been craving, whilst drawing on the technical extremity of Death, Extol and Meshuggah from the mid-90s. This time, the band deliberately breaks with the conventions of modern extreme metal productions, opting instead for a more organic and immersive mix that brings out the distinctive characteristics of their work even more strongly.

1. Transient Fixations 02:49 2. Inflection Chants 03:53 3. A Game of Proliferation 03:37 4. Chasm 04:19 5. Vertical Illusion 03:51 6. A Reconfiguration 03:35 7. Witness Marks 04:04 8. Subterranean Incantation 04:02 9. Induced Contortions 03:30 10. The Zone 03:44

Release date: May 1st, 2026 via @willowtiprecords

The Scalar Process - Agnomysticism

Progressive/Technical Death Metal from France / Switzerland

French progressive/technical death metal band The Scalar Process showed a lot of promise on their debut album as a young band. It took them five years to come up with a follow up album and the progress on it is simply staggering. The music seems to have taken an ethereal form, soaring above and raining down thundering riffs followed by shards of piercing melodies. The alternating showers ensure the music doesn't overwhelm with either blasting or mellow parts, maintaining an elegant balance that keeps you trapped in a dreamlike state throughout its duration. "Agnomysticism" is a highly accomplished album, virtually flawless in all ways, that takes the sound of the band forward and elevates it beyond the ordinary.

1. Physical Conquest 05:59 2. Far from the Flesh 04:46 3. Incessant Continuum 05:40 4. Illness 03:50 5. Affluent Marea 03:03 6. A Breathing Moment 04:01 7. Agnomysticism 06:57 8. Lack of Colors 02:25 9. Sigil 04:19 10. In a Light Frame 04:39

Release date: May 29th, 2026 via @transcendingobscurity

Obscura - A Sonication

Progressive/Technical Death Metal from Landshut, Germany

From its very beginnings in 2002, the German progressive death metal band OBSCURA has demonstrated an uncanny ability for blending different forms of technical, cerebral metal into a coherent synthesis of death, thrash and black metal merged with progressive elements.

1. Silver Linings 04:39 2. Evenfall 05:33 3. In Solitude 03:46 4. The Prolonging 02:08 5. Beyond the Seventh Sun 04:49 6. Stardust 06:32 7. The Sun Eater 04:08 8. A Sonication 07:32

Release date: February 7th, 2025 via @nuclearblastrecords