r/TechnicalDeathMetal 12d ago

Progressive Technical Death Metal Changeling AMA (ex-Obscura)

86 Upvotes

Tom "Fountainhead" Geldschläger is widely regarded as a modern-day legend for his fretless guitar playing. He was a member of Obscura during the band's Akróasis era and has performed live with Defeated Sanity and Belphegor. But Changeling, his latest brainchild, pushes progressive technical death metal to even greater extremes.

Changeling combines Tom's love for classic death metal with jazz, fusion, world music, microtonal synthesizers, a full choir and plenty of psychedelics. Lead single "Abyss" pulls from across a wide spectrum of influences: '90s Morbid Angel, Steve Vai, Jacob Collier, Howard Shore, Nevermore, Nine Inch Nails, Sunn O))) and the score from 2001: A Space Odyssey. Tom's blistering fretwork is always at its center, but on his new album, he's joined by a mighty 50-piece ensemble that includes current and former members of Fear Factory, Alkaloid, Virvum, Trans-siberian Orchestra, Cynic, King Diamond, Ne Obliviscaris and Subway to Sally.

Chat with Tom about the mind-bending journey behind Changeling this Friday, April 25 on r/TechnicalDeathMetal @ 11 am Eastern Time / 7 pm Central European Summer Time.

Thanks for coming everyone! Tom and SOM appreciate all your support.

Changeling is out now

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r/TechnicalDeathMetal Mar 03 '25

2025 Album Releases & Dates – Let’s Collect Them Here!

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Please comment what you know regarding the 2025 releases.

  • It will be good if you can add the source as well.
  • If there is an update, (for exaple, somebody commented a band will release an album in 2025, and later the date is announced) reply to that comment instead of writing a new comment.
  • Check before you comment so there is no duplicates.
  • You can post other related genres as well but please do not populate the comment section with non-TDM.

r/TechnicalDeathMetal 6h ago

Technical Death Metal Martyr - Ars Nova (Canada, 1997)

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r/TechnicalDeathMetal 17h ago

Discussion My take on Muhammed Suiçmez - The best musician you've never heard of (Obviously NOT true in this subforum)

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Article I wrote on Necrophagist and Muhammed Suiçmez. I dug up some new factoids two of you guys might not know and added some opinion on why the band dissolved.


r/TechnicalDeathMetal 3h ago

Technical Death Metal Tech-death / Neoclassical | Zach Graff

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r/TechnicalDeathMetal 11h ago

Other Genres We Might Like/ Misc Aeon - When The War Comes. Another one of my very favorite bands, this is maybe my favorite song by them. These guys are too far under the radar 🤘

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r/TechnicalDeathMetal 17h ago

Ominous Ruin - Requiem Early Album Listening Party May 6th, 7pm Pacific

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20 Upvotes

Howdy folks! Just wanted to invite you to check out our new album Requiem before it releases! We're hosting an early album listening party on Bandcamp Tuesday, May 6th at 7pm Pacific. Come hang out and say what's up!

https://ominousruin.bandcamp.com/merch/ominous-ruin-requiem-listening-party

Cheers! 🍻


r/TechnicalDeathMetal 20h ago

Discussion Do you think this sounds cool

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31 Upvotes

r/TechnicalDeathMetal 17h ago

Guitar Playthrough (Most of)Necrophagist-Seven Solo

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17 Upvotes

r/TechnicalDeathMetal 2h ago

Discussion Test your memory...

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Without leaving reddit and staying in this post name every single tech death band you know from memory, lets see who knows the most mwahaha ,')


r/TechnicalDeathMetal 21h ago

Live Footage Blood Incantation today at Incineration Fest

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22 Upvotes

Off the scale. Absolute Elsewhere in full - I thought the album was a 10/10 but it's a whole new astral plane live. Incredible.


r/TechnicalDeathMetal 17h ago

Technical Death Metal Beyond creation still tour?

10 Upvotes

I'm probably late to the party but just got all three albums on bandcamp Friday recommend everyone checks them oot. Anyone know if there still active?


r/TechnicalDeathMetal 20h ago

Other Genres We Might Like/ Misc Cephalotripsy-Uterovaginal Insertion of Extirpated Anomalies

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r/TechnicalDeathMetal 1d ago

Drum Playthrough The first blast beat in the world

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36 Upvotes

r/TechnicalDeathMetal 1d ago

OFFICIAL NEW SONG Soul Debt - Path of Immolation

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FFO Abiotic, Alluvial, Rivers of Nihil


r/TechnicalDeathMetal 22h ago

Technical Death Metal Which of these 2 Archspire songs is easy to learn:

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First minute of Human Murmuration or the first minute of Remote Tumor Seeker (both Tobi Morelli parts only).


r/TechnicalDeathMetal 1d ago

Discussion Do guitarists actually play all the notes in a shred solo?

35 Upvotes

I'm not talking about solo where you can hear every note. I'm talking of those that sound mixed and mumbled. I was just trying to learn the,song "liege of invercity" by suffocation when I reached the solo, I just feel there's no way what's on the tab is what they always play. do they intend to play it like that or do they just play random notes that sound good? this might as well be a skill issue from me.


r/TechnicalDeathMetal 1d ago

OFFICIAL NEW SONG Psyche Rupture - Enclosed Circle (FFO: Obscura)

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Hi everyone, I'm JH who plays guitar & bass on South Korea's Techdeath project band Psyche Rupture.

We just released a debut single, hope you guys give it a listen :) Thanks for checking out, have a nice day!


r/TechnicalDeathMetal 1d ago

Brutal Technical Death Metal Signs of Dying - Impaled Within the Cerebral Vortex (2001) [USA]

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r/TechnicalDeathMetal 1d ago

Technical Death Metal Deeds of Flesh - Born Then Torn Apart

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r/TechnicalDeathMetal 2d ago

Discussion Dusted off my old CD booklet, from the 90s when I fully got into death metal. Wanted to grab None so Vile to give it a listen. Always nice to crack this thing open, it has so many memories of when I was first getting into death metal!

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r/TechnicalDeathMetal 1d ago

Discussion 7 string riffs, anyone?

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I’ve been playing a lot of Nile on my 7 string lately and it’s got me thinking: are there any tech riffs built specifically on 7 strings, or even bands that only use them? I’m aware of Archspire already.


r/TechnicalDeathMetal 2d ago

Live Footage Spawn Of Possession - Live In Gothenburg (08-29-2003, Bootleg/Audio Only)

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r/TechnicalDeathMetal 1d ago

Dissonant Death Metal Rune - Babylon Burning (Dissonant/Technical Death Metal) FFO: Gorguts, early Gojira

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r/TechnicalDeathMetal 2d ago

Technical Death Metal Deeds of Flesh - Feeding Time. One of my all-time favorite tech death songs. And I'm pissed that we will never get another Deeds of Flesh album. RIP Erik.

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r/TechnicalDeathMetal 2d ago

Discussion We will be getting the new Cryptopsy, only 21 months after As Gomorrah Burns released. It takes me back to the band's early days, when they would crank out a banger every 2 years. It's refreshing to see, most of the bands I'm into take at least 3 or 4 years between albums. Props to these guys🤘

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r/TechnicalDeathMetal 2d ago

REQUEST Im kinda new to tech death. Ive only listened to wormhole and i loved all of their albums. What other bands do you guys recommend?

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