The Faceless

Akeldama (2006)


Planetary Duality (2008)

These guys are one of the best acts that the progressive/technical death metal genre has to offer at the moment. I fucking love them. Michael Keene is a beast on that guitar.

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Necrophagist

Onset of Putrefaction (1999)


Epitaph (2004)

These guys are from Germany and they are easily one of my favorite death metal bands ever. They are known for their brutal, yet technical and classical-music inspired compositions. While Onset is real good, I consider Epitaph to be their best effort. They have a new album coming out sometime this year, I can't wait.

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Orchidectomy - Demo 2005

I found out about this band, actually, in 2005. However, back then I only liked metal that had a breakdown that I could karate kick to ALL THE TIME. Thus, they quickly got deleted being too brutal for my little punk self. Anyway, recently I asked my friend if he could send it to me again. He did, and I am digging it a lot. They are brutal death metal in every sense and have been praised by the likes of Wormed, whom they are heavily influenced by. I heard they have had an album in post-production hiatus and it was flying around somewhere in the bowels of the internet. I found it finally and the recording quality is not so good. Upon further inspection I found out that the version flying around right now is unmastered. I am going to wait patiently for the mastered one. I also heard they broke up from some dude's shout on last.fm. The band's name is the scientific term for castration.

Oh yeah, their drummer slays and he is 16 at the time of this recording.

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Download - Mediafire, 128 kbps
I would gladly show you where to buy it if I knew of a link that existed.

Cattle Decapitation

Humanure (2004)

Karma.Bloody.Karma (2006)

Cattle Decapitation is a deathgrind band whose lyrics, funnily enough, focus on animal rights and the protest of the human consumption of animals. They are pretty awesome, in my opinion. Karma.Bloody.Karma is my favorite of the two, but both are good recordings. Also, Joey Karam of The Locust makes a guest appearance on the track "Total Gore?" on Karma.Bloody.Karma.
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The Black Dahlia Murder

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This is my favorite metal band, and one of my favorite bands in general. They are usually considered melodic death metal, and I see many influences from older thrash bands, black metal bands, and grind bands. Their lyrics focus on things like horror, zombies, monsters, etc. they all love horror movies so that obviously plays through. Start off with Nocturnal, their newest, it is probably their best release and is most appealing upon a first listen. Not to say each other recording doesn't kick ass, though...

Demos + EPs
What A Horrible Night To Have A Curse (2001)
A Cold-Blooded Epitaph (2002)
LPs
Unhallowed (2003)
Miasma (2005)
Nocturnal (2007)