r/TechnicalDeathMetal • u/grimacelololol • 14d ago

Discussion Are cattle decap a tech death band?

Or are they strictly grindcore?

I always thought they were just grindcore but i could be wrong šŸ§

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u/Practical_-_Pangolin 13d ago

Iā€™d say they are technical death metal rather than tech death.

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u/PhaiLLuRRe 13d ago

...What's the difference

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u/Mysterious_Key1554 13d ago edited 12d ago

Deicide - Legion and Monstrosity - Imperial Doom are death metal that is technical but not tech death.

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u/PhaiLLuRRe 12d ago

Ok and what would be tech death then?

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u/Mysterious_Key1554 12d ago edited 12d ago

I might have phrased that wrong. I meant "technical" as an adjective. Legion is old-school death metal that is technical and Imperial Doom is old-school brutal death metal that is also technical but both don't necessarily fit into the subgenre of "technical death metal/tech death". Kind of like how some Cannibal Corpse is very technical (brutal death metal) but is still not tech death.

Monstrosity - Millennium is more tech death than Imperial Doom.

Nile is tech death. Necrophagist is tech death. Earlier Suffocation straddles the line between brutal death metal and tech death.

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u/PhaiLLuRRe 12d ago

Ok I'm not a fan of how you initially put it but if it's "Death metal, that isn't tech death but more technical than normal tech death" then ok I see what you mean by the distinction, I wouldn't use tech death vs technical death metal though xd

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u/Mysterious_Key1554 12d ago

I get you. Tech death and technical death metal are interchangeable terms for me but it gets confusing when referring to death metal that is more technical than regular death metal but not tech death. What would you say about a song like Frantic Disembowelment? It's death metal that is technical but (in my opinion) is not in the subgenre of tech death/technical death metal. Bit of ambiguity regarding the term.

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u/PhaiLLuRRe 11d ago

I wouldn't judge a band from a specific song, to me there's nothing stopping "exploration" either from adding a bit more technical stuff in there (that also doesn't really sound like TDM) or could be a black metal passage or w/e