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I Am the Void (Drumcorps Remix) (2024)
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MeltDown is a six-piece melodic death metal band from Prague, Czech Republic, formed in 2016 by musicians from diverse backgrounds. Their approach emphasizes melody-driven compositions and euphoric energy over stereotypical aggression, with lyrical themes drawn from cosmic horror.
Formed in 2025 in Bozeman, Montana, Melted Eyes represent something rare in death metal: a band emerging from a landscape more associated with wilderness than metal scenes, channeling that geographic isolation into a sound that feels genuinely removed from any obvious metropolitan influence. Their approach to death metal leans into brutality and atmosphere equally, suggesting a project built from the ground up with little concern for trend or precedent. Bozeman is not a city that produces death metal acts often, which makes the existence of Melted Eyes all the more striking.
Melther is a melodic death/Viking metal act from the Silesian city of Brzeg, active since 2014. The band channels Norse mythology and Scandinavian melodeath traditions through a Polish perspective.
Bál is an atmospheric/post-black metal act from Érd on the outskirts of Budapest, active since 2018. The band crafts expansive, emotionally resonant compositions that push beyond orthodox black metal into post-metal territory.
Meluniblis is a black/death metal band from Turkey, formed in 2023. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
Melyxylem is a black and death metal band from Aberdeen, Scotland, formed in 2025. They forge extreme metal from the Scottish northeast.
Membrance is a death metal act from Venice, active since 2017. The band delivers aggressive extremity from the Veneto, channeling the region's rich musical heritage into crushing compositions.
Memembris is a symphonic black metal (early); black/death metal (later) band from Łomża, Poland, formed in 2017. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
Woodland, California's Memento Mori have spent over a decade — since 2012 — navigating the uncomfortable space where progressive ambition collides with death metal's most destructive impulses. They construct songs of genuine compositional depth without sanding away the aggression that makes death metal viscerally compelling, threading technical passages through punishing rhythmic slabs. It is a balance many bands attempt and few achieve with the kind of coherent vision Memento Mori have developed across their catalog.
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