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Melech is a death metal act from the small Småland town of Alsterbro, active since 2017. Named after the Hebrew word for 'king,' the band delivers commanding death metal from the Swedish countryside.
Melehan is a progressive death metal band from England, formed in 2024. They push death metal into progressive territory with technical ambition.
Melem is a death and doom metal band from Bourg-en-Bresse, France, formed in 2018. They craft crushing doom-death compositions steeped in oppressive heaviness.
Melencoliasi is a death/thrash metal band from Tychy, Poland, formed in 2025. They forge aggressive extreme metal at the crossroads of death and thrash.
Meliorism is a progressive death metal band from Cambridge, England, formed in 2022. They craft intricate progressive death metal from the university city.
A heavy/power/speed metal act from Debrecen, Burning Sun has been delivering energetic, classic-style metal since 2022. The band channels the radiant intensity of their name into fast, melodic compositions rooted in the NWOBHM and speed metal traditions.
Founded in Banja Luka in the spring of 2017, Melldown play melodic death metal with a contemporary edge, drawing on the melodic Swedish tradition as filtered through a Balkan sensibility. Their debut full-length Cryptomnesia and follow-up M.E.L. document the band's rapid development since their formation.
A death metal act from Rome, Melme emerged in 2024 with a sound rooted in crushing heaviness. The band contributes to the Eternal City's deep and diverse extreme metal community.
A melodic death metal act from Linköping, Melodramatic lives up to its name with emotionally heightened, harmony-rich compositions since 2015. The band channels the Gothenburg melodeath tradition from nearby Östergötland.
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