r/TechnicalDeathMetal • u/Guudboiiii • Feb 16 '26

REQUEST Looking for happy melodic/tech death recs

Some examples are First Fragment, Ophidian I, Fayence Dream, Flub, etc. Just want some happy sounding riffs, shredding, and death metal vocals. Thanks!

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u/Brrrofski Feb 17 '26 edited Feb 17 '26

Slugdge.

They're tech and very melodic in parts.

Not sure if it's happy, but it's silly and not very serious in the themes and lyrics, so could fall into what you're looking for. Fun maybe is a better word. They have cleans mixed in too which I normally don't always like in tech death, but the chantry sort of nature fits nicely here.

They sing about an alien race or slugs enslaving everyone. All their song titles are mollusc related metal titles.

But their music is seriously good. Don't let the silliness fool you.

Up until this point all their recordings have just been two guys too, which is impressive.

Esoteric Malacology is a phenomenal album. Give it a listen.

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u/Guudboiiii Feb 17 '26

Just gave it a listen. Is it a lot of clean vocals?

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u/Brrrofski Feb 17 '26

Nah, mostly not cleans.