5) Archspire - Bleed the Future
Archspire is the bleeding edge of technical death metal, more modern, more complex, more challenging than anyone else currently working in the genre. They achieve this by stretching for something that's constantly out of reach and hoping for the best. Watching the little documentary they produced as a companion to the album release, it became obvious that writing this album was a gamble with enormous risk. Everyone pushed harder than they've pushed themselves in the past writing music they're barely even capable of playing. There was legitimate apprehension expressed when they reflected upon playing this live for an audience. Of course that apprehension was immediately answered with the acceptance that more work lies ahead. The work ethic, the professionalism, the lofty aspirations, all things to be admired and on full display on this record. I also highly recommend guitarist Dean Lamb's youtube channel. He's passionate about teaching and learning and is obviously just a really good dude.
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