{"id":87664,"date":"2018-12-06T09:00:19","date_gmt":"2018-12-06T15:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/?p=87664"},"modified":"2018-12-06T17:25:06","modified_gmt":"2018-12-06T23:25:06","slug":"tech-death-thursday-top-tech-of-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/tech-death-thursday-top-tech-of-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech Death Thursday: Top Tech of 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It’s list season, baby, and I’m going to milk it for all it’s worth.<\/p>\n

My biggest gripe with creating year-end “best of” lists entirely has to do with how limiting it is; I listen to a lot of metal of every variety, so trying to choose just 10 as the “best” or whatever is excruciating. This year was particularly difficult, so I’m going to take this opportunity to do something I’ve never done before and fire off my top ten favorite tech death albums of 2018. I’m not going to include anything featured on my\u00a0list from yesterday<\/a>; the idea is to cover as much ground as possible, and double-listing kind of defeats the purpose. So without any further ado, here are my favorite tech death albums of 2018*:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The Beast of Nod<\/strong> – Vampira: Disciple of Chaos<\/em>
\nIndependent | Review<\/a><\/p>\n

There isn’t a whole lot of technical music out there you can throw on as feel-good background jams, but that happens to be one of\u00a0Vampira’s biggest strengths. From the album’s absurd concept<\/a> to its bouncy riffs and even the bright and colorful cover art, it just oozes fun. The music itself sounds like the product of a\u00a0Protest the Hero<\/strong>\/The Mantle<\/strong> collaboration; it’s full of instrumental theatrics, but it defines itself through its upbeat atmosphere. Just a thoroughly satisfying listen through and through.<\/p>\n