Progressive Death, Hardcore, Tech-Death, Death Metal, call the following bands any of those genres. What ever makes you think of really fast and technical death metal with flavors of Progressive Metal. Some of these bands are signed, some are not. Many of them are from the Sacramento valley, which surprisingly have quite a few (young) death metal bands. Definitely look for some bands from the Sacramento area to be making head-way this year.

Here they are, in alphabetical order, 7 new Tech-Death bands that you should check out:

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Alighieri
Unsigned
Hometown: Tracy
Style: Heavy Melodic Death Metal.
Notable: Has shared the stage with a ton of metal bands.
http://www.myspace.com/alighierimetal

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Anatropous
Unsigned
Hometown: Modesto
Style: Mix of Old-School Grindcore and Progressive Death Metal.
Notable: Drummer featured in SickDrummer magazine.
http://www.myspace.com/anatropous

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Demyth
Unsigned
Hometown: “The Valley”
Style: Modern Death Metal with Flavors of Hardcore.
Notable: Look for them to be playing a big Death Metal show in March. Seeking a 4th member.
http://www.myspace.com/demythmetal

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Fallujah
Unsigned
Hometown: Bay Area
Style: Progressive Death Metal.
Notable: Always seem to be on tour. New E.P. sounds tight.
http://www.myspace.com/fallujahbayarea

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Rise of Caligula
Signed to 187
Hometown: “California”
Style: Black Metal meets Noisy Progressive Grindcore.
Notable: Already have two albums recorded.
http://www.myspace.com/riseofcaligula

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The Antioch Synopsis
Unsigned
Hometown: Sacramento
Style: Progressive Spastic Death Metal
Notable: Shared the stage with The Faceless, Decrepit Birth and many others in the genre.
http://www.myspace.com/theantiochsynopsis

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Wrath of Vesuvius
Signed to Abal Records
Hometown: Sacramento?
Style: Progressive Melodic Death Core.
Notable: Set to release a full-length CD this year.
http://www.myspace.com/thewrathofvesuvius

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This is just a portion of the new bands that I’m sure are out there – but hopefully this helps!

-DS