Totally agree with 'catchiness' being lost on a lot of tech bands. Thankfully Archspire has memorable songs!

I still follow the rule that about 10% of the genre is really good and 90% is kinda garbage". I pretty much agree that this is a good rule to follow.

Archspire's Drummer is a freaking machine.

i want to say, oli talks about the catchiness being lost. in their new single, calamus will animate, the chorus is soooo catchy!

Funny hearing Oliver say that there's "no real rockstar shit in tech death" like dude.. that's YOU guys. But seriously though.. where's our new Psycroptic album

Ollie is that dude I can't believe I met haha

I'd pay $150 to see Necrophagist live

Visceral Disgorge jacket is sick.

The problem I would imagine is that a lot of bands can play instruments but they can't write music

I agree with the catchiness statement and I really think Psycroptic's strongest songwriting is on their self-titled album. Although it sounds simpler because there's fewer but stronger riffs, it's still a cunt to play them

4:10 I have even more respect for Ollie after learning this.

My big 4 would be Archspire Beyond Creation Obscura Rings of Saturn

Old Psycroptic was the beez knees.

Archspire is like at an another level of tech death

youre the big ones guys!!!

Totally agree with their point

dude from psycroptic looks like he had a fun night lol

"i try to say the name so you remember it" Me: INVOLUNATARY DOPPELGANGER

Darkthrone & Visceral Disgorge merch !

word!

I have the same hoodie that the archspire vocalist is wearing

Spittin truth

Destroy The Opposition on cassette..?

Archspire is my favorite band, but it's hard for me to grasp that Oli doesn't like the same music that I do... Stay tech :( :( :( I do love the intimacy of metal shows that cost about $15. My hommie and I were one of the 10 people at an Archspire show and during the set Oli roasted me. He called me an orphan or something I couldn't really hear him. I bought a bunch of March from Tobi. Oli claimed the stage was on fire and went to go "take care of the fire" I called Dean Lamb chops and in the most little kid voice calmly said "That's my name". Looking forward to the new album!

is there a weed plant behind them?

What band is on that hoodie that Oliver is wearing?

Weeeellll, you vocal tech death Olí you don’t play tech death, it’s nerd metal and I’m totally a nerd. I was raised (83) on thrash and morbid angel etc but as a guitar player we love seeing guitarists rip the fretboard apart and drummers go insane. That said my horizons aren’t limited, I love jazz cante flamenco and fados.

For me the big star of tech death would be Phil Tougas, or Mohammed if he was still around, and possibly John Gallagher

I think that the big 4 of tech death is Dying fetus, Vader, origin, and necrophagist.

Since when did fluro shirts and death metal become fashionable?

at 1:32 Yes You Do Mean To Say It Like That.... dont be bland be direct about it. Because I would say the same thing. and I still say it that way... I've seen the scene in La change and then merge within each other. With the hardcore bands Down by the Bay clashing with the brutalness of South Central. They couldn't compete so when bands like Suicide Silence started coming out it was okay for them to start doing blast beats and not starting s*** at metal shows. Or i guess real metal shows at that time. Now it's cool because people have gotten over it, I think. But before I remember the same mentality with these core kids thinking "I don't listen to that s*** nah it's not for me". But then again when some of their favorite metalcore/slick hair over everyone's face kinda bands or whatever, started doing more double bass or blast beats or even low growls. They're like oh yeah!!!! let's take this s*** and make it our own and call it death core. LIKE THEY DID WITH DJENT!!! which has obviously been around way longer than when the name came about. I've been listening to Meshuggah and bands like Fear Factory and of course Pantera forever!!! and Da Funk!?!? lol BUT don't get me wrong there are some really good Deathcore bands but for the amount of time that it took to get there without them talking s*** about real death metal bands is ridiculous. some of these fans were So hypocritical. At least artspire and Psycroptic come from real brutal tech metal. It took so long for core kids to get over them selves and actually start playing death metal or even like it.. all they were really doing is just following the footsteps of All Shall Perish, Suicide Silence, The Faceless, job for a cowboy. the list goes on!!! I remember when all of these bands were nothing like what they sound now. MySpace days... I just find it funny that these core kids started acting all hard at every show trying to start s***. meaning at real metal shows when they're Fab bands were on the line up.. Especially around the time when the first Summer Slaughter tours started coming about. Now I like a lot of bands but I come from a background of Death, Cynic, Deeds of Flesh, Morbid Angel, dying fetus, cryptopsy, origin, skinless, necrophagist, of course, Some old school jazz and Flamingo stuff Paco de Lucía, Frank gambale, Chick Corea, etc which probably some have never heard of... one time at the first La metal Fest back in the 2000s in downtown LA. I remember one night was headlined by necrophagist and the next night by Suffocation. There was a bunch of Deathcore bands just starting out that were playing throughout the day and the fans literally cleared out when they heard necrophagist or Suffocation. Or even bands like cattle decapitation. just because there wasn't any Slam Dancing pits. REALLY???? this used to happen a lot. I was like what the f*** this is the real s*** here. now let's keep this clear I do like hardcore but the real hardcore grin shit. Terror, Infest, Madball, Throwdown, bury your dead, Nails, Nazem.. And what just trips me out is, how they're all trying to SOUND just like those bands now (Death metal). The only reason why I say they are all trying TO BE THEM is because they're all from an older age group now.. Back then they're obviously lot younger they had to be the same people. had a lot of friends that if it didn't have breakdowns melodic Maiden rip-off riffs, they weren't into it. Who else would they be ???? Anyways this is my rant. Don't take back what you said period at 1 minute and 30 seconds because a lot of them should have got over themselves a long time ago and now they're all balls deep in your music. Which of course you guys are f****** awesome I just saw you guys with Obscura and a few other Great Tech bands like "Exist".. I was pretty impressed. the LA Show!! That was a show that a lot of people needed to be at if they didn't know about tech metal. anyways psycroptic is a big influence of mine! always has been especially since "scepter of the ancients." you guys never disappoint man. keep it up I'm in this game with you guys. and one more thing the jamming of the notes again comes from the newer bands that all of us and came from a different background. Because I can tell the difference. it has gotten so saturated that even yes I do agree that a lot of tech death is just over done. Necrophagist was probably the last band that really changed the game, besides spawn of possession in my opinion.

There are only a few metal bands that can play arenas, so yeah tech death doesn't have a chance at selling a $150 ticket

SOME THINGS ARE BETTER LEFT UNSAID... Definitely didn't wanna hear that from Oli lol bit of a downer.

Good tech Death? Check out the album "Ecocide" from Polluted Inheritance. It makes the new stuff sound like emo shit.

This is such a meme 😂

Pro Tools killed it all. There aren't "legends" today because everyone is produced to perfection vs having to actually perform in a studio for a full take. Yes, tape splicing was available back in the day nut you still had full on guitar/drum masters that stood out. Today, so much Tech stuff is so produced that "joe blow" in his garage sounds like everyone else....

Damn, since it had Tech Death in the title I thought it'd be Matthew Chalk for Psycroptic, not that talentless hardcore singer dude. Chalky had such an incredible range, fitted tech death so perfectly.

This explains why Psycroptic blows now lolol.

Why do they look hiphop?