Technical metal

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Technical metal, and its variant math metal, are cross-genre references to bands who perform a regular show of skill using changeable, sometimes jazz-like time signatures and drumming patterns, and often dissonant or atonal guitar riffs. Bands of this type are also called technical metal if their music is more technical than is normal for the genre of music they play. Examples of tech metal would include The Human Abstract, Watchtower, Atheist, Cynic, Aghora, Meshuggah, Spastic Ink, Gordian Knot, Spiral Architect, Psyopus, Lethargy, and Behold... The Arctopus, among others.

Technical metal is commonly used to mean a variety of genres, depending on locality and language. Genres commonly known as technical metal include:

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