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Vault Of Horrors (2024)
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Ash the Sky merges death metal, melodic death metal, and thrash metal from Newcastle upon Tyne since 2018, their sky-burning name evoking total atmospheric destruction. Their Tyneside origins feed a triple-genre assault of industrial intensity.
Hanover, Pennsylvania melodic death metal band bringing Scandinavian-influenced melodeath to the Keystone State's small-town underground, balancing melody with aggression.
Groznjan's Ashen Divinity bring melodic death metal and thrash from the hilltop town known as Croatia's 'town of artists,' blending technical proficiency with aggressive melodicism. Active since 2014, their geographic origins make them one of extreme metal's most picturesquely situated acts.
Los Angeles black/melodic death metal hybrid exploring ancient Near Eastern mythology through extreme metal, reflecting L.A.'s multicultural influence on its underground music.
Boise, Idaho melodic death/thrash project with an ongoing Chronicles of Suffering series since 2013. Three volumes trace an epic narrative of disillusionment through technically accomplished extreme metal from Idaho's capital — a state rarely represented in the genre.
Kutina's Ashes of Eternity deliver melodic death metal exploring themes of mortality and impermanence. Launched in 2024, they bring polished melodeath from central Croatia with Scandinavian-influenced guitar work and powerful vocal delivery.
Ashes of Fallen delivers melodic death metal from an undisclosed Russian location as of 2025. Their military-memorial name — evoking the remains of the defeated — drives compositions of melodic combat.
Ashes of Moon has crafted melodic death metal from Bruck an der Mur in Styria since 2012. From this small Alpine town at the confluence of the Mur and Mürz rivers, they bring Scandinavian-influenced melodicism to Austria's mountainous interior.
Ashes of Sorrow is a melodic death metal and metalcore band from Wurzburg, Germany, formed in 2018, combining the melodic guitar harmonies of Scandinavian melodeath with metalcore's heavy breakdowns and aggressive vocal delivery. The band operates from the heart of Franconia's growing metal scene.
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