Abducted -- instrumental tech-death from Washington state, USA

If you have ever thought that you like the music of death metal but all that growling and pig squealing gets in the way of your enjoyment of the musicianship, then Cameron Mills is here to give you an answer to your question through the 2020 recording Self Aware (25:16) (Before this recording, there was only a single in 2016.). Abducted is a do-it-yourself homemade project in which Mr. Mills plays guitar, keyboards, with drum programming. The music is headbanging metal, it is not super technical, but it can go in that direction a bit, while not overdoing it. Fans of old-school death will understand the music, given that even though it is not simplistic guitar work, it has riffs that grab the listener's attention. There is a bit of melody, but not too much, and sometimes it is the keyboards that add a bit of light or melodic bits to the music. Essentially, this is death’s energy without vocals, and with keyboard melodies.

Self Aware by Abducted